Matheson Lang [1160003] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.2003 Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Birthday: 1879-05-15 Deathday: 1948-04-11 Age: 68 years Movies: 25 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. The Cardinal1936-01-04 Drake of England1935-05-16 The Great Defender1934-11-26 Little Friend1934-11-18 Channel Crossing1933-10-14 Carnival1931-10-30 The Chinese Bungalow1930-09-26 The Triumph of the Scar1928-11-05 The Blue Peter1928-09-01 The King's Highway1927-10-01 The Island of Despair1926-12-27 The Chinese Bungalow1926-11-22 The Secret Kingdom1925-08-01 White Slippers1924-08-01 Slaves of Destiny1924-03-31 Henry, King of Navarre1924-03-01 Guy Fawkes1923-09-01 The Wandering Jew1923-05-01 The Hell Ship1923-02-05 Dick Turpin's Ride to Y1922-09-01 A Romance of Old Baghda1922-03-01 Carnival1921-06-26 Victory and Peace1918-12-01 Masks and Faces1917-03-01 The Merchant of Venice1916-07-21