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Matheson Lang
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
The Great Defender
as Sir Douglas Rolls
Drake of England
as Francis Drake
White Slippers
as Lionel Hazard
The Chinese Bungalow
as Yuan Sing
Carnival
as Silvio Steno
Guy Fawkes
as Guy Fawkes
Little Friend
as John Hughes
Masks and Faces
as Coachman
The King's Highway
as Paul Clifford
Carnival
as Sylvio Steno
