Matheson Lang
Born: 1879-05-15 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 1948-04-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia 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
1940
- The Chinese Bungalow ... (Theatre Play)
1936
- The Cardinal as Cardinal de Medici
1935
- Drake of England as Francis Drake
1934
- The Great Defender as Sir Douglas Rolls
- Little Friend as John Hughes
1933
- Channel Crossing as Jacob Van Eeden
1931
- Carnival as Silvio Steno
1930
- The Chinese Bungalow as Yuan Sing
1928
- The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Sir Percy Blakeney
- The Blue Peter as David Hunter
1927
- The King's Highway as Paul Clifford
1926
- The Island of Despair as Stephen Rhodes
- The Chinese Bungalow as Yuan Sing
1925
- The Secret Kingdom as John Quarrain
1924
- Henry, King of Navarre as Henry
- Slaves of Destiny as Luke Charnock
- White Slippers as Lionel Hazard
1923
- The Hell Ship as Jan Steen
- The Wandering Jew as Matathias
- Guy Fawkes as Guy Fawkes
1922
- Dick Turpin's Ride to York as Dick Turpin
- A Romance of Old Baghdad as Prince Omar
1921
- Carnival as Sylvio Steno
1918
- Victory and Peace as Edward Arkwright
1917
- Masks and Faces as Coachman
1916
- The Merchant of Venice as Shylock