Howard Lang
Known for Acting · 89 credits
- Born
- 1911-03-20
- Died
- 1989-12-11
- Place of birth
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Donald Yarranton
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.
Known For
Horizon
1964
as Mr. Rothery
Theatre 625
1964
as Grimmett
The Persuaders!
1971
as Coalition Club Member (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Landlord / Inn Patron with Password (uncredited)
Gideon's Way
1965
as Sergeant Fowler
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Courier - Pilot / Sir John Lowther / Party Guest
TV Shows (27)
Horizon
1964
as Mr. Rothery
Theatre 625
1964
as Grimmett
The Persuaders!
1971
as Coalition Club Member (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Landlord / Inn Patron with Password (uncredited)
Gideon's Way
1965
as Sergeant Fowler
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Courier - Pilot / Sir John Lowther / Party Guest
ITV Play of the Week
1955
as George Hutton
The Onedin Line
1971
as Captain Baines
Interpol Calling
1959
as Commander Siddons
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
as Schmidt
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Drayman
Sir Francis Drake
1961
as Grenville
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Polish Bosun
The Scales of Justice
1962
as Abbott
King of the River
1966
as Captain Friar
Sword of Freedom
1958
as Major Domo
The Basil Brush Show
1968
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1970
as Sir John Seymour
HMS Paradise
1964
as Commander Bell
White Hunter
1957
as Burrows
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
as Medon
The Pickwick Papers
1985
as Tony Weller
Jane
1982
as Churchill
The Adventures of the Big Man
1956
as Balford
African Patrol
1958
as Brad / Collins
It's Murder. But Is It Art?
1972
as Chief Constable
O.S.S.
1957
Movies (62)
Ben-Hur
1959
as Hortator (uncredited)
Great Expectations
1946
as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)
Convoy
1940
as Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
A Night to Remember
1958
as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)
The Pyrates
1986
as Captain Yardley
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Policeman at window (uncredited)
Hamlet
1948
as Servant (uncredited)
The Hide-Out
1956
as Greeko
Dunkirk
1958
as Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
as Officer Aboard Cassandra (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Innocent Meeting
1959
as Macey
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
as Irate Farmer (uncredited)
The One That Got Away
1957
as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
Night Train to Munich
1940
Perfect Friday
1970
as Bank Commissionaire
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959
as Whitsun (Uncredited)
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960
as Court Usher
The Giant Behemoth
1959
as Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)
Macbeth
1971
as Old Soldier (uncredited)
Pool of London
1951
as Detective Detaining Suspect (uncredited)
10 Rillington Place
1971
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Chief Inspector
The Haunting
1963
as Hugh Crain (uncredited)
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Labour Party Member greeting Johnnie Byrne (uncredited)
Gorgo
1961
as First Colonel
Blonde Blackmailer
1955
as Scotland Yard Detective
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954
as Town Crier
Beau Brummell
1954
as Hecker (uncredited)
The Crooked Sky
1957
as Commisioner
Date at Midnight
1960
as Inspector
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963
as Horg
So Well Remembered
1947
as Man Attending Royal Opera House (uncredited)
Nothing But the Best
1964
as Jutson
The Mudlark
1950
as Footman (uncredited)
The Middle Watch
1940
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Rainbow Jacket
1954
as Police Constable on Point Duty (uncredited)
The Last Load
1948
as Senior Police Officer (uncredited)
Tiger in the Smoke
1956
as Detective (uncredited)
Jassy
1947
as Juryman (uncredited)
Counterspy
1953
as Policeman
Freedom Radio
1941
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
High Treason
1951
as Policeman Discovering Jimmy's Body (uncredited) / Policeman (uncredited)
The House Across the Lake
1954
as Inspector Edgar (uncredited)
Man Accused
1959
as Police Sergeant
A Woman's Temptation
1959
as Radio operator
The Birthday Present
1957
as Cellblock Officer (uncredited)
Street of Shadows
1953
as Card Player (uncredited)
Jackpot
1960
as George
Eyewitness
1956
as Cinema Commissionaire
The Big Chance
1957
as Saw Mill Man
The Floating Dutchman
1954
as Gaoler (uncredited)
The Mysterious Bullet
1955
as Davy Charlesworth
Neutral Port
1940
as German Naval Officer (uncredited)
Links of Justice
1958
as Usher
Devil's Point
1954
as Marne
Nothing Venture
1948
as Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)
Night Train for Inverness
1960
as Sergeant
Keep It Clean
1956
as Police Sergeant
Destination Death
1956
as Police Sgt(uncredited)
The Missing Man
1953
as Inspector Haslett (uncredited)
The Blazing Caravan
1954
as Publican (uncredited)
About Howard Lang
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. With 89 credits spanning from 1940 to 1986, Howard Lang has appeared in 62 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular Howard Lang Movies
- Ben-Hur (1959) — as Hortator (uncredited)
- Great Expectations (1946) — as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)
- Convoy (1940) — as Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
- A Night to Remember (1958) — as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)
- The Pyrates (1986) — as Captain Yardley
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