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