1879-05-15 ( 145 years old ) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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.
Movies
The Cardinal
1936-01-04
Drake of England
1935-05-16
The Great Defender
1934-11-26
Little Friend
1934-11-18
Channel Crossing
1933-10-14
Carnival
1931-10-30
The Chinese Bungalow
1930-09-26
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1928-11-05
The Blue Peter
1928-09-01
The King's Highway
1927-10-01
The Island of Despair
1926-12-27
The Chinese Bungalow
1926-11-22
The Secret Kingdom
1925-08-01
White Slippers
1924-08-01
Slaves of Destiny
1924-03-31
Henry, King of Navarre
1924-03-01
Guy Fawkes
1923-09-01
The Wandering Jew
1923-05-01
The Hell Ship
1923-02-05
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922-09-01
A Romance of Old Baghdad
1922-03-01
Carnival
1921-06-26
Victory and Peace
1918-12-01
Masks and Faces
1917-03-01
The Merchant of Venice
1916-07-21
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