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- Born
- 1879
- Works
- 2
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- The purple mask
- Mr. Wu looks back
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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 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…
Known for
- The Cardinal — Cardinal de Medici1936
- Drake of England — Francis Drake1935
- Little Friend — John Hughes1934
- The Great Defender — Sir Douglas Rolls1934
- Channel Crossing — Jacob Van Eeden1933
- Carnival — Silvio Steno1931
- The Chinese Bungalow — Yuan Sing1930
- The Blue Peter — David Hunter1928
- The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel — Sir Percy Blakeney1928
- The King's Highway — Paul Clifford1927
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- Family name
- Lang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Montreal
- Place of death
- Bridgetown
- Occupation
- playwright
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- Matheson Lang
- date of birth
- 1879-05-15
- date of death
- 1948-04-22
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