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.
Movie | The Cardinal | Cardinal de Medici | 1936-01-04 |
Movie | Drake of England | Francis Drake | 1935-05-16 |
Movie | Little Friend | John Hughes | 1934-11-18 |
Movie | The Great Defender | Sir Douglas Rolls | 1934-11-26 |
Movie | Channel Crossing | Jacob Van Eeden | 1933-10-14 |
Movie | Carnival | Silvio Steno | 1931-10-30 |
Movie | The Chinese Bungalow | Yuan Sing | 1930-09-26 |
Movie | The Blue Peter | David Hunter | 1928-09-01 |
Movie | The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Sir Percy Blakeney | 1928-11-05 |
Movie | The King's Highway | Paul Clifford | 1927-10-01 |
Movie | The Chinese Bungalow | Yuan Sing | 1926-11-22 |
Movie | The Island of Despair | Stephen Rhodes | 1926-12-27 |
Movie | The Secret Kingdom | John Quarrain | 1925-08-01 |
Movie | Henry, King of Navarre | Henry | 1924-03-01 |
Movie | White Slippers | Lionel Hazard | 1924-08-01 |
Movie | Slaves of Destiny | Luke Charnock | 1924-03-31 |
Movie | The Hell Ship | Jan Steen | 1923-02-05 |
Movie | A Romance of Old Baghdad | Prince Omar | 1922-03-01 |
Movie | Dick Turpin's Ride to York | Dick Turpin | 1922-09-01 |
Movie | Carnival | Sylvio Steno | 1921-06-26 |
Movie | Victory and Peace | Edward Arkwright | 1918-12-01 |
Movie | Masks and Faces | Coachman | 1917-03-01 |