Matheson Lang
Acting
Born: 1879-05-15 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 1948-04-11
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 ro
🎬 Movies (26)
The Chinese Bungalow
1940
Theatre Play
The Cardinal
1936
Cardinal de Medici
Drake of England
1935
Francis Drake
Little Friend
1934
John Hughes
The Great Defender
1934
Sir Douglas Rolls
Channel Crossing
1933
Jacob Van Eeden
Carnival
1931
Silvio Steno
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
Yuan Sing
The Blue Peter
1928
David Hunter
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
Sir Percy Blakeney
The King's Highway
1927
Paul Clifford
The Chinese Bungalow
1926
Yuan Sing
The Island of Despair
1926
Stephen Rhodes
The Secret Kingdom
1925
John Quarrain
White Slippers
1924
Lionel Hazard
Slaves of Destiny
1924
Luke Charnock
Henry, King of Navarre
1924
Henry
The Hell Ship
1923
Jan Steen
The Wandering Jew
1923
Matathias
Guy Fawkes
1923
Guy Fawkes
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922
Dick Turpin
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922
Prince Omar
Carnival
1921
Sylvio Steno
Victory and Peace
1918
Edward Arkwright
Masks and Faces
1917
Coachman
The Merchant of Venice
1916
Shylock