Howard Lang

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-03-20 (78 years old)

Deathday

1989-12-11

Place of Birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Howard Lang

Biography

Howard Lang (born Donald Yarranton; 20 March 1911 - 11 December 1989) was an English actor known for playing Captain William Baines in the BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line.

Acting

1963

The Haunting

as Hugh Crain (uncredited)

1954

1953

Counterspy

as Policeman

1956

The Hide-Out

as Greeko

1961

Gorgo

as First Colonel

1951

Pool of London

as Detective Detaining Suspect (uncredited)

1960

1959

Ben-Hur

as Hortator (uncredited)

1957

The Birthday Present

as Cellblock Officer (uncredited)

1959

Man Accused

as Police Sergeant

1970

Perfect Friday

as Bank Commissionaire

1958

Corridors of Blood

as Chief Inspector

1959

The Giant Behemoth

as Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)

1960

Jackpot

as George

1956

Eyewitness

as Cinema Commissionaire

1956

Tiger in the Smoke

as Detective (uncredited)

1957

The Big Chance

as Saw Mill Man

1986

The Pyrates

as Captain Yardley

1971

Macbeth

as Old Soldier (uncredited)

1940

The Middle Watch

as Sailor (uncredited)

1940

Convoy

as Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

1940

Neutral Port

as German Naval Officer (uncredited)

1941

Freedom Radio

as Radio Operator (uncredited)

1946

Great Expectations

as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)

1947

So Well Remembered

as Man Attending Royal Opera House (uncredited)

1947

Jassy

as Juryman (uncredited)

1948

Nothing Venture

as Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)

1948

Hamlet

as Servant (uncredited)

1948

The Last Load

as Senior Police Officer (uncredited)

1950

The Mudlark

as Footman (uncredited)

1951

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

as Officer Aboard Cassandra Captain Horatio Hornblower

1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

as Policeman at window (uncredited)

1951

High Treason

as Policeman Discovering Jimmy's Body (uncredited)

1953

Street of Shadows

as Card Player (uncredited)

1953

The Missing Man

as Inspector Haslett (uncredited)

1952

The Floating Dutchman

as Gaoler (uncredited)

1954

The Blazing Caravan

as Publican (uncredited)

1954

The House Across the Lake

as Inspector Edgar (uncredited)

1954

The Rainbow Jacket

as Police Constable on Point Duty (uncredited)

1954

Beau Brummell

as Hecker (uncredited)

1955

The Mysterious Bullet

as Davy Charlesworth

1955

Blonde Blackmailer

as Scotland Yard Detective

1956

Keep It Clean

as Police Sergeant

1956

Destination Death

as Police Sgt(uncredited)

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)

1957

The Crooked Sky

as Commisioner

1957

The One That Got Away

as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)

1958

Dunkirk

as Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)

1958

A Night to Remember

as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)

1959

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