Matheson Lang
Actor
- Born
- May 15, 1879 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- April 11, 1948 (age 68)
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.
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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
The Hell Ship
February 5, 1923
The Great Defender
November 26, 1934
The Cardinal
January 4, 1936
Drake of England
May 16, 1935
Little Friend
November 18, 1934
Carnival
June 26, 1921
Channel Crossing
October 14, 1933
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
September 1, 1922
Carnival
October 30, 1931
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
November 5, 1928
Acting25
- 1936The Cardinal as Cardinal de Medici
- 1935Drake of England as Francis Drake
- 1934The Great Defender as Sir Douglas Rolls
- 1934Little Friend as John Hughes
- 1933Channel Crossing as Jacob Van Eeden
- 1931Carnival as Silvio Steno
- 1930The Chinese Bungalow as Yuan Sing
- 1928The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Sir Percy Blakeney
- 1928The Blue Peter as David Hunter
- 1927The King's Highway