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Matheson Alexander Lang (May 15, 1879 – April 11, 1948) was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances roles in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays.
In 1916, Lang became one of the first major theatre stars to act on film, as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, with his wife as Portia. He went on to appear in over 30 films and was one of Britain's leading movie stars of the 1920s. Among his memorable roles were Guy Fawkes (1923), Matthias in The Wandering Jew (1923) (which also featured his wife as Judith), Henry IV in Henry, King of Navarre (1924), and Henry V in Royal Cavalcade (1935).
Lang also wrote the plays Carnival (1919) and The Purple Mask (1920), both of which were produced on Broadway and made into films.
Matheson Lang died in Bridgetown, Barbados. He was 68.
Filmography
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Movies 25
Writer 1
The Chinese Bungalow (1940)
The Cardinal (1936)
Drake of England (1935)
The Great Defender (1934)
Little Friend (1934)
Channel Crossing (1933)
Carnival (1931)
The Chinese Bungalow (1930)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928)
The Blue Peter (1928)
The King's Highway (1927)
The Island of Despair (1926)
The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
The Secret Kingdom (1925)
White Slippers (1924)
Slaves of Destiny (1924)
Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
The Wandering Jew (1923)
The Hell Ship (1923)
Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922)
Carnival (1921)
Victory and Peace (1918)
Everybody's Business (1917)
Masks and Faces (1917)
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GenderMale
Birthday1879-05-15
Deathday1948-04-11 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceMontreal, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
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