Profile

Howard Lang

Acting

Born 1911-03-20 · Died 1989-12-11

Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

95 credits across movies and TV

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The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954 · Town Crier

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The Haunting

1963 · Hugh Crain (uncredited)

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Devil's Point

1954 · Marne

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10 Rillington Place

1971

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Night Train to Munich

1940

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Counterspy

1953 · Policeman

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The Hide-Out

1956 · Greeko

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Gorgo

1961 · First Colonel

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Pool of London

1951 · Detective Detaining Suspect (uncredited)

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The Trials of Oscar Wilde

1960 · Court Usher

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Ben-Hur

1959 · Hortator (uncredited)

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The Birthday Present

1957 · Cellblock Officer (uncredited)

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Man Accused

1959 · Police Sergeant

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Perfect Friday

1970 · Bank Commissionaire

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Corridors of Blood

1963 · Chief Inspector

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The Giant Behemoth

1959 · Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)

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Jackpot

1960 · George

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Eyewitness

1956 · Cinema Commissionaire

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Tiger in the Smoke

1956 · Detective (uncredited)

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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

1963 · Horg

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The Big Chance

1957 · Saw Mill Man

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Nothing But the Best

1964 · Jutson

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Night Train for Inverness

1960 · Sergeant

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A Woman's Temptation

1959 · Radio operator

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The Pyrates

1986 · Captain Yardley

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Macbeth

1971 · Old Soldier (uncredited)

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The Middle Watch

1940 · Sailor (uncredited)

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Convoy

1940 · Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

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Neutral Port

1940 · German Naval Officer (uncredited)

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Freedom Radio

1941 · Radio Operator (uncredited)

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Great Expectations

1946 · Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)

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So Well Remembered

1947 · Man Attending Royal Opera House (uncredited)

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Jassy

1947 · Juryman (uncredited)

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Nothing Venture

1948 · Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)

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Hamlet

1948 · Servant (uncredited)

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The Last Load

1948 · Senior Police Officer (uncredited)

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The Mudlark

1950 · Footman (uncredited)

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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

1951 · Officer Aboard Cassandra (uncredited)

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The Lavender Hill Mob

1951 · Policeman at window (uncredited)

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High Treason

1951 · Policeman Discovering Jimmy's Body (uncredited)

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Street of Shadows

1953 · Card Player (uncredited)

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The Missing Man

1953 · Inspector Haslett (uncredited)

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The Floating Dutchman

1954 · Gaoler (uncredited)

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The Blazing Caravan

1954 · Publican (uncredited)

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The House Across the Lake

1954 · Inspector Edgar (uncredited)

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The Rainbow Jacket

1954 · Police Constable on Point Duty (uncredited)

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Beau Brummell

1954 · Hecker (uncredited)

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The Mysterious Bullet

1955 · Davy Charlesworth

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Blonde Blackmailer

1955 · Scotland Yard Detective

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Keep It Clean

1956 · Police Sergeant

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Destination Death

1956 · Police Sgt(uncredited)

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The Battle of the River Plate

1956 · Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)

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The Crooked Sky

1957 · Commisioner

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The One That Got Away

1957 · Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)

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Dunkirk

1958 · Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)

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A Night to Remember

1958 · Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)

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Innocent Meeting

1959 · Macey

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High Treason

1951 · Policeman (uncredited)

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Date at Midnight

1960 · Inspector

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The Curse of the Werewolf

1961 · Irate Farmer (uncredited)

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No Love for Johnnie

1961 · Labour Party Member greeting Johnnie Byrne (uncredited)

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The Siege of Pinchgut

1959 · Whitsun (Uncredited)

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Links of Justice

1958 · Usher

The Scales of Justice

1962 · Abbott

Interpol Calling

1959 · Commander Siddons

O.S.S.

1957

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970 · Sir John Seymour

Sir Francis Drake

1961 · Grenville

Doctor Who

1963 · Horg

The Onedin Line

1971 · Captain Baines

The Last Days of Pompeii

1984 · Medon

Gideon's Way

1965 · Sergeant Fowler

The Adventures of William Tell

1958 · Schmidt

HMS Paradise

1964 · Commander Bell

King of the River

1966 · Captain Friar

Jane

1982 · Churchill

The Pickwick Papers

1985 · Tony Weller

The Basil Brush Show

1968

The Persuaders!

1971 · Coalition Club Member (uncredited)

Horizon

1964 · Mr. Rothery

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Courier - Pilot

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Sir John Lowther

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Party Guest

ITV Play of the Week

1955 · George Hutton

The Adventures of the Big Man

1956 · Balford

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955 · Landlord

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955 · Inn Patron with Password (uncredited)

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

1957 · Polish Bosun

White Hunter

1957 · Burrows

Sword of Freedom

1958 · Major Domo

African Patrol

1958 · Brad

African Patrol

1958 · Collins

Sergeant Cork

1963 · Drayman

Theatre 625

1964 · Grimmett

It's Murder. But Is It Art?

1972 · Chief Constable