Matheson Lang

Matheson Lang

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.

  • Title : Matheson Lang
  • Popularity : 0.501
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1879-05-15
  • Place of Birth : Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Also Known As : Alexander Matheson Lang
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Matheson Lang Movies

  • 1921
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    Carnival

    Carnival

    1 1921 HD

    An actor playing Othello in a stage production of Shakespeare's play becomes jealous of his wife's supposed infidelity and seems bound to kill her in...

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  • 1927
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    The King's Highway

    The King's Highway

    1 1927 HD

    '1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1933
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    Channel Crossing

    Channel Crossing

    1 1933 HD

    Money isn't everything. Tycoon races against time to cross the English Channel in order to save a business deal, but along the way his whole value...

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  • 1935
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    Drake of England

    Drake of England

    7 1935 HD

    Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's...

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  • 1934
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    Little Friend

    Little Friend

    3.5 1934 HD

    A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

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  • 1934
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    The Great Defender

    The Great Defender

    4.8 1934 HD

    Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the...

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  • 1923
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    The Hell Ship

    The Hell Ship

    6.1 1923 HD

    A naval adventure that focuses on the rivalry among the crew, particularly the indignation wrought by the behavior of inplacable Captain Steen. Dick,...

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  • 1926
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    The Chinese Bungalow

    The Chinese Bungalow

    1 1926 HD

    A Mandarin marries an English girl and tries to poison her lover.

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  • 1926
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    The Island of Despair

    The Island of Despair

    4 1926 HD

    A shipwrecked captain saves a girl from a Spanish murderer by threatening to give him leprosy.

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  • 1936
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    The Cardinal

    The Cardinal

    5 1936 HD

    Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable...

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  • 1930
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    The Chinese Bungalow

    The Chinese Bungalow

    1 1930 HD

    A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.

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  • 1924
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    White Slippers

    White Slippers

    5 1924 HD

    In Mexico a girl saves a treasure hunter from a mutinous crew and he saves her from her gambling husband.

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  • 1924
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    Slaves of Destiny

    Slaves of Destiny

    1 1924 HD

    In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.

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  • 1924
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    Henry, King of Navarre

    Henry, King of Navarre

    1 1924 HD

    In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.

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  • 1922
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    Dick Turpin's Ride to York

    Dick Turpin's Ride to York

    1 1922 HD

    A highwayman rides to York to stop a lady marrying a usurper.

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  • 1922
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    A Romance of Old Baghdad

    A Romance of Old Baghdad

    1 1922 HD

    In nineteenth century Mesopotamia a series of romantic enganglements ensue.

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  • 1925
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    The Secret Kingdom

    The Secret Kingdom

    1 1925 HD

    A wealthy man who acquires a mind-reading machine is soon horrified to discover what people are really thinking.

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  • 1928
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    The Blue Peter

    The Blue Peter

    1 1928 HD

    After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama.

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  • 1931
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    Carnival

    Carnival

    1 1931 HD

    During a performance of Othello a jealous actor attempts to strangle his wife who he believes has committed adultery..

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  • 1917
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    Masks and Faces

    Masks and Faces

    4.5 1917 HD

    An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.

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  • 1928
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    The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Wandering Jew

    The Wandering Jew

    1 1923 HD

    'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Film Institute)

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  • 1918
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    Victory and Peace

    Victory and Peace

    1 1918 HD

    'Nurse saves captain from invading Germans and is saved herself when he leads counter-attack.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1940
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    The Chinese Bungalow

    The Chinese Bungalow

    4.2 1940 HD

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  • 1921
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    Carnival

    Carnival

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1931
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    Carnival

    Carnival

    1 1931 HD

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