Howard Lang

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 84

Gender Male

Birthday March 20, 1911

Day of Death December 11, 1989 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Marylebone, London, England, UK

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Donald Yarranton

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Howard Lang

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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.

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- Movies 57
- TV Shows 27
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- Acting 88

Acting

1986

as Captain Yardley

1985

4 episodes as Tony Weller

1984		Jane 1 episode as Churchill
1984		The Last Days of Pompeii 3 episodes as Medon

1983

7 episodes as Winston Churchill

1976

1 episode

1972

3 episodes as Chief Inspector

1971		Macbeth as Old Soldier (uncredited)
1971		The Persuaders! 1 episode as Coalition Club Member (uncredited)
1971		The Onedin Line 91 episodes as Captain Baines
1971		10 Rillington Place

1970		Horizon 1 episode as Mr. Rothery
1970		Perfect Friday as Bank Commissionaire
1970		The Six Wives of Henry VIII 1 episode as Sir John Seymour

1966

1 episode as Captain Friar

1965		Gideon's Way 1 episode as Sergeant Fowler
1965		The Scales of Justice 1 episode as Abbott

1964		HMS Paradise 1 episode as Commander Bell
1964		Nothing But the Best as Jutson

1963		Doctor Who 3 episodes as Horg
1963		Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child as Horg
1963		The Haunting as Hugh Crain (uncredited)

1961		Sir Francis Drake 15 episodes as Grenville
1961		Gorgo as First Colonel

1960		The Trials of Oscar Wilde as Court Usher
1960		Night Train for Inverness as Sergeant
1960		Jackpot as George

1959		A Woman's Temptation
1959		Interpol Calling 1 episode as Commander Siddons
1959		Ben-Hur as Hortator (uncredited)
1959		Man Accused as Police Sergeant
1959		Innocent Meeting as Macey
1959		The Giant Behemoth as Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)

1958		Corridors of Blood as Chief Inspector
1958		African Patrol 1 episode as Collins 1 episode as Brad
1958		The Adventures of William Tell 1 episode as Schmidt
1958		A Night to Remember as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)
1958		Sword of Freedom 1 episode as Major Domo
1958		Dunkirk as Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)

1957		The One That Got Away as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
1957		White Hunter 1 episode as Burrows
1957		The Birthday Present as Cellblock Officer (uncredited)
1957		O.S.S. 26 episodes
1957		The Big Chance as Saw Mill Man
1957		Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! 1 episode as Polish Bosun
1957		The Crooked Sky as Commisioner
1957		The Adventures of Robin Hood 1 episode as Inn Patron with Password (uncredited)

1956		The Hide-Out as Greeko
1956		Tiger in the Smoke as Detective (uncredited)
1956		The Adventures of Robin Hood 1 episode as Landlord
1956		The Battle of the River Plate as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
1956		Destination Death as Police Sgt(uncredited)
1956		Eyewitness as Cinema Commissionaire
1956		The Adventures of the Big Man 3 episodes as Balford
1956		ITV Play of the Week 1 episode as George Hutton
1956		Keep It Clean as Police Sergeant

1955		Sunday Night Theatre 1 episode as Party Guest
1955		Blonde Blackmailer as Scotland Yard Detective
1955		The Mysterious Bullet as Davy Charlesworth

1954		Devil's Point as Marne
1954		Beau Brummell as Hecker (uncredited)
1954		The Men of Sherwood Forest as Town Crier
1954		The Rainbow Jacket as Police Constable on Point Duty (uncredited)
1954		The House Across the Lake as Inspector Edgar (uncredited)
1954		The Blazing Caravan as Publican (uncredited)

1953		Street of Shadows as Card Player (uncredited)
1953		Sunday Night Theatre 1 episode as Sir John Lowther
1953		Counterspy as Policeman
1953		The Missing Man as Inspector Haslett (uncredited)

1952		Sunday Night Theatre 1 episode as Courier - Pilot
1952		The Floating Dutchman as Gaoler (uncredited)

1951		High Treason as Policeman Discovering Jimmy's Body (uncredited)
1951		The Lavender Hill Mob as Policeman at window (uncredited)
1951		Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. as Officer Aboard Cassandra Captain Horatio Hornblower
1951		Pool of London as Detective Detaining Suspect (uncredited)

1950

as Footman (uncredited)

1948		Hamlet as Servant (uncredited)
1948		Nothing Venture as Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)
1948		The Last Load as Senior Police Officer (uncredited)

1947		Jassy as Juryman (uncredited)
1947		So Well Remembered as Man Attending Royal Opera House (uncredited)

1946

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

1941

as Radio Operator (uncredited)

1940		Neutral Port as German Naval Officer (uncredited)
1940		Convoy as Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
1940		Night Train to Munich
1940		The Middle Watch as Sailor (uncredited)

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