Matheson Lang
Known for Acting · 25 credits
- Born
- 1879-05-15
- Died
- 1948-04-11
- Place of birth
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as
- Alexander Matheson Lang
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.
Known For
Henry, King of Navarre
1924
as Henry
The Merchant of Venice
1916
as Shylock
Little Friend
1934
as John Hughes
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
as Sir Percy Blakeney
The Blue Peter
1928
as David Hunter
Slaves of Destiny
1924
as Luke Charnock
Movies (25)
Henry, King of Navarre
1924
as Henry
The Merchant of Venice
1916
as Shylock
Little Friend
1934
as John Hughes
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
as Sir Percy Blakeney
The Blue Peter
1928
as David Hunter
Slaves of Destiny
1924
as Luke Charnock
The Secret Kingdom
1925
as John Quarrain
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922
as Prince Omar
Masks and Faces
1917
as Coachman
The Great Defender
1934
as Sir Douglas Rolls
Drake of England
1935
as Francis Drake
Guy Fawkes
1923
as Guy Fawkes
The Cardinal
1936
as Cardinal de Medici
The Island of Despair
1926
as Stephen Rhodes
Carnival
1931
as Silvio Steno
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
as Yuan Sing
Channel Crossing
1933
as Jacob Van Eeden
Carnival
1921
as Sylvio Steno
The Hell Ship
1923
as Jan Steen
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922
as Dick Turpin
White Slippers
1924
as Lionel Hazard
The Wandering Jew
1923
as Matathias
The Chinese Bungalow
1926
as Yuan Sing
Victory and Peace
1918
as Edward Arkwright
The King's Highway
1927
as Paul Clifford
About Matheson Lang
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 Wanderi… With 25 credits spanning from 1916 to 1936, Matheson Lang has appeared in 25 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Henry, King of Navarre (1924) — as Henry
- The Merchant of Venice (1916) — as Shylock
- Little Friend (1934) — as John Hughes
- The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928) — as Sir Percy Blakeney
- The Blue Peter (1928) — as David Hunter
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