Matheson Lang
Age: 68 | From: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Person Details
Birthday: 1879-05-15 01:59:02
Death: 1948-04-11 01:59:02
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 25
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Channel Crossing
(1933) Jacob Van Eeden
The Wandering Jew
(1923) Matathias
The Island of Despair
(1926) Stephen Rhodes
Drake of England
(1935) Francis Drake
The Blue Peter
(1928) David Hunter
Carnival
(1931) Silvio Steno
The Great Defender
(1934) Sir Douglas Rolls
Little Friend
(1934) John HughesActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Cardinal de Medici | |
| 1935 | Francis Drake | |
| 1934 | Sir Douglas Rolls | |
| John Hughes | ||
| 1933 | Jacob Van Eeden | |
| 1931 | Silvio Steno | |
| 1930 | Yuan Sing | |
| 1928 | Sir Percy Blakeney | |
| David Hunter | ||
| 1927 | Paul Clifford | |
| 1926 | Stephen Rhodes | |
| Yuan Sing | ||
| 1925 | John Quarrain | |
| 1924 | Lionel Hazard | |
| Luke Charnock | ||
| Henry | ||
| 1923 | Matathias | |
| Jan Steen | ||
| 1922 | Dick Turpin | |
| Prince Omar | ||
| 1921 | Sylvio Steno | |
| 1918 | Edward Arkwright | |
| 1917 | Coachman | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Theatre Play | |
| 1931 | Theatre Play | |
| 1921 | Theatre Play | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
