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.

Known For

Town Crier

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Hugh Crain (uncredited)

The Haunting

Marne

Devil's Point

10 Rillington Place

Policeman

Counterspy

Night Train to Munich

Greeko

The Hide-Out

First Colonel

Gorgo

Detective Detaining Suspect (uncredited)

Pool of London

Court Usher

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Hortator (uncredited)

Ben-Hur

Cellblock Officer (uncredited)

The Birthday Present

Police Sergeant

Man Accused

Bank Commissionaire

Perfect Friday

Chief Inspector

Corridors of Blood

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

Behemoth, the Sea Monster

George

Jackpot

Cinema Commissionaire

Eyewitness

Detective (uncredited)

Tiger in the Smoke

Horg

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Saw Mill Man

The Big Chance

Jutson

Nothing But the Best

Sergeant

Night Train for Inverness

Radio operator

A Woman's Temptation

Captain Yardley

The Pyrates

Old Soldier (uncredited)

Macbeth

Sailor (uncredited)

The Middle Watch

Gunnery Officer (uncredited)

Convoy

German Naval Officer (uncredited)

Neutral Port

Radio Operator (uncredited)

Freedom Radio

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

Great Expectations

Man Attending Royal Opera House (uncredited)

So Well Remembered

Juryman (uncredited)

Jassy

Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)

Nothing Venture

Servant (uncredited)

Hamlet

Senior Police Officer (uncredited)

The Last Load

Footman (uncredited)

The Mudlark

Officer Aboard Cassandra (uncredited)

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Policeman at window (uncredited)

The Lavender Hill Mob

Policeman Discovering Jimmy's Body (uncredited)

High Treason

Card Player (uncredited)

Street of Shadows

Inspector Haslett (uncredited)

The Missing Man

Gaoler (uncredited)

The Floating Dutchman

Publican (uncredited)

The Blazing Caravan

Inspector Edgar (uncredited)

The House Across the Lake

Police Constable on Point Duty (uncredited)

The Rainbow Jacket

Hecker (uncredited)

Beau Brummell

Davy Charlesworth

The Mysterious Bullet

Scotland Yard Detective

Blonde Blackmailer

Police Sergeant

Keep It Clean

Police Sgt(uncredited)

Destination Death

Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)

The Battle of the River Plate

Commisioner

The Crooked Sky

Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)

The One That Got Away

Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)

Dunkirk

Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)

A Night to Remember

Macey

Innocent Meeting

Policeman (uncredited)

High Treason

Inspector

Date at Midnight

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

59

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-03-20

Place of Birth

Marylebone, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Donald Yarranton