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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 15, 1879
Died
April 11, 1948
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also Known As
- Alexander Matheson Lang
Matheson Lang
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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.
Known For
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Cardinal de Medici
The Cardinal
1936
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Francis Drake
Drake of England
1935
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Sir Douglas Rolls
The Great Defender
1934
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John Hughes
Little Friend
1934
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Jacob Van Eeden
Channel Crossing
1933
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Silvio Steno
Carnival
1931
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Yuan Sing
The Chinese Bungalow
1930
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Sir Percy Blakeney
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928
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David Hunter
The Blue Peter
1928
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Paul Clifford
The King's Highway
1927
Credits
The Cardinal
as Cardinal de Medici
1936
5.2
Drake of England
as Francis Drake
1935
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The Great Defender
as Sir Douglas Rolls
1934
4.8
Little Friend
as John Hughes
1934
3.5
Channel Crossing
as Jacob Van Eeden
1933
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Carnival
as Silvio Steno
1931
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The Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing
1930
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The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Sir Percy Blakeney
1928
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The Blue Peter
as David Hunter
1928
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The King's Highway
as Paul Clifford
1927
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The Island of Despair
as Stephen Rhodes
1926
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The Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing
1926
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The Secret Kingdom
as John Quarrain
1925
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White Slippers
as Lionel Hazard
1924
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Slaves of Destiny
as Luke Charnock
1924
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Henry, King of Navarre
as Henry
1924
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Guy Fawkes
as Guy Fawkes
1923
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The Wandering Jew
as Matathias
1923
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The Hell Ship
as Jan Steen
1923
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Dick Turpin's Ride to York
as Dick Turpin
1922
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A Romance of Old Baghdad
as Prince Omar
1922
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Carnival
as Sylvio Steno
1921
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Victory and Peace
as Edward Arkwright
1918
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Masks and Faces
as Coachman
1917
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The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
1916
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