Matheson Lang
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
The Cardinal
1936
as Cardinal de Medici
Drake of England
1935
as Francis Drake
Little Friend
1934
as John Hughes
The Great Defender
1934
as Sir Douglas Rolls
Channel Crossing
1933
as Jacob Van Eeden
Carnival
1931
as Silvio Steno
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
as Yuan Sing
The Blue Peter
1928
as David Hunter
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
as Sir Percy Blakeney
The King's Highway
1927
as Paul Clifford
The Chinese Bungalow
1926
as Yuan Sing
The Island of Despair
1926
as Stephen Rhodes
The Secret Kingdom
1925
as John Quarrain
White Slippers
1924
as Lionel Hazard
Slaves of Destiny
1924
as Luke Charnock
Henry, King of Navarre
1924
as Henry
The Hell Ship
1923
as Jan Steen
The Wandering Jew
1923
as Matathias
Guy Fawkes
1923
as Guy Fawkes
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922
as Dick Turpin
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922
as Prince Omar
Carnival
1921
as Sylvio Steno
Victory and Peace
1918
as Edward Arkwright
Masks and Faces
1917
as Coachman
The Merchant of Venice
1916
as Shylock