Actor

Howard Lang

March 20, 1911 · Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.

Notable work

7.9
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Hortator (uncredited)
7.1
The Haunting (1963)
as Hugh Crain (uncredited)
7.3
Great Expectations (1946)
as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)
7.1
Macbeth (1971)
as Old Soldier (uncredited)

Often works with

Michael Goodliffe
4 titles together
A Night to Remember, Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., The Battle of the River Plate
Finlay Currie
3 titles together
Ben-Hur, Great Expectations, Corridors of Blood
André Morell
3 titles together
Ben-Hur, 10 Rillington Place, The Giant Behemoth
Anthony Bushell
3 titles together
A Night to Remember, Hamlet, The Battle of the River Plate
Basil Dignam
3 titles together
10 Rillington Place, Gorgo, Corridors of Blood
Christopher Lee
3 titles together
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., The Battle of the River Plate, Corridors of Blood

Full filmography · 86

The Pyrates
as Captain Yardley
1986
Macbeth
as Old Soldier (uncredited)
19717.1
10 Rillington Place
cast
19717.3
Perfect Friday
as Bank Commissionaire
19706.2
Nothing But the Best
as Jutson
1964
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as Horg
19637.2
The Haunting
as Hugh Crain (uncredited)
19637.1
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Irate Farmer (uncredited)
19616.5
No Love for Johnnie
as Labour Party Member greeting Johnnie Byrne (uncredited)
1961
Gorgo
as First Colonel
19615.3
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Court Usher
19606.4
Date at Midnight
as Inspector
1960