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