Matheson Lang
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Great Defender
as Sir Douglas Rolls 1934
The Cardinal
as Cardinal de Medici 1936
Drake of England
as Francis Drake 1935
Little Friend
as John Hughes 1934
Masks and Faces
as Coachman 1917
The Island of Despair
as Stephen Rhodes 1926
White Slippers
as Lionel Hazard 1924
Carnival
as Sylvio Steno 1921
The King's Highway
as Paul Clifford 1927
Channel Crossing
as Jacob Van Eeden 1933
The Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing 1926
The Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing 1930
Slaves of Destiny
as Luke Charnock 1924
Henry, King of Navarre
as Henry 1924
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
as Dick Turpin 1922
A Romance of Old Baghdad
as Prince Omar 1922