Actor

Matheson Lang

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Movies: 11Series: 0Crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 1160003

IMDb ID: nm0485851

Known for: Acting

Born: May 15, 1879

Died: April 11, 1948

Age: 68

Place of birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1921 - 1940

Years active: 20

Wikidata: Q2758610

Also known as

Alexander Matheson Lang

Other jobs

Theatre Play (3)

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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.

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