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
Channel Crossing
1933
as Jacob Van Eeden
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922
as Prince Omar
Carnival
1921
as Sylvio Steno
Drake of England
1935
as Francis Drake
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
as Sir Percy Blakeney
Henry, King of Navarre
1924
as Henry
Movies (25)
Channel Crossing
1933
as Jacob Van Eeden
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922
as Prince Omar
Carnival
1921
as Sylvio Steno
Drake of England
1935
as Francis Drake
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
as Sir Percy Blakeney
Henry, King of Navarre
1924
as Henry
Carnival
1931
as Silvio Steno
Little Friend
1934
as John Hughes
The Hell Ship
1923
as Jan Steen
The Cardinal
1936
as Cardinal de Medici
Masks and Faces
1917
as Coachman
The Secret Kingdom
1925
as John Quarrain
The Blue Peter
1928
as David Hunter
The Great Defender
1934
as Sir Douglas Rolls
White Slippers
1924
as Lionel Hazard
The King's Highway
1927
as Paul Clifford
The Merchant of Venice
1916
as Shylock
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
as Yuan Sing
The Island of Despair
1926
as Stephen Rhodes
Victory and Peace
1918
as Edward Arkwright
Slaves of Destiny
1924
as Luke Charnock
The Wandering Jew
1923
as Matathias
Guy Fawkes
1923
as Guy Fawkes
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922
as Dick Turpin
The Chinese Bungalow
1926
as Yuan Sing
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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- Channel Crossing (1933) — as Jacob Van Eeden
- A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922) — as Prince Omar
- Carnival (1921) — as Sylvio Steno
- Drake of England (1935) — as Francis Drake
- The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1928) — as Sir Percy Blakeney
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