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Lang, Matheson Alexander
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Matheson Alexander Lang, 1879-1948, was a Canadian-born stage and film actor and playwright in the early 20th century. He is best remembered for his performances in Great Britain in Shakespeare plays. He went on to appear in over 30 films and was one of Britain's leading movie stars of the 1920s. In 1926 he travelled from England to Canada on the SS Montrose for a Canadian Tour, followed by a season in New York. In Canada, he crossed the country on the Canadian Pacific Railway.