
Birthday
1911/03/20
Day of death
1989/12/11 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also know as
Donald Yarranton
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.

(1954) The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Town Crier

(1963) The Haunting
as Hugh Crain (uncredited)

(1954) Devil's Point
as Marne

(1971) 10 Rillington Place
as ---

(1940) Night Train to Munich
as ---

(1953) Counterspy
as Policeman

(1956) The Hide-Out
as Greeko

(1961) Gorgo
as First Colonel

(1951) Pool of London
as Detective Detaining Suspect (uncredited)

(1960) The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Court Usher

(1959) Ben-Hur
as Hortator (uncredited)

(1957) The Birthday Present
as Cellblock Officer (uncredited)

(1959) Man Accused
as Police Sergeant

(1970) Perfect Friday
as Bank Commissionaire

(1963) Corridors of Blood
as Chief Inspector

(1959) The Giant Behemoth
as Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)

(1960) Jackpot
as George

(1956) Eyewitness
as Cinema Commissionaire

(1956) Tiger in the Smoke
as Detective (uncredited)

(1963) Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as Horg

(1957) The Big Chance
as Saw Mill Man

(1964) Nothing But the Best
as Jutson

(1960) Night Train for Inverness
as Sergeant
(1959) A Woman's Temptation
as Radio operator
(1986) The Pyrates
as Captain Yardley

(1971) Macbeth
as Old Soldier (uncredited)
(1940) The Middle Watch
as Sailor (uncredited)

(1940) Convoy
as Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
(1940) Neutral Port
as German Naval Officer (uncredited)

(1941) Freedom Radio
as Radio Operator (uncredited)

(1946) Great Expectations
as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)

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

(1947) Jassy
as Juryman (uncredited)

(1948) Nothing Venture
as Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)

(1948) Hamlet
as Servant (uncredited)

(1948) The Last Load
as Senior Police Officer (uncredited)

(1950) The Mudlark
as Footman (uncredited)

(1951) Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
as Officer Aboard Cassandra (uncredited)

(1951) The Lavender Hill Mob
as Policeman at window (uncredited)

(1951) High Treason
as Policeman Discovering Jimmy's Body (uncredited)

(1953) Street of Shadows
as Card Player (uncredited)

(1953) The Missing Man
as Inspector Haslett (uncredited)

(1954) The Floating Dutchman
as Gaoler (uncredited)

(1954) The Blazing Caravan
as Publican (uncredited)

(1954) The House Across the Lake
as Inspector Edgar (uncredited)

(1954) The Rainbow Jacket
as Police Constable on Point Duty (uncredited)

(1954) Beau Brummell
as Hecker (uncredited)
(1955) The Mysterious Bullet
as Davy Charlesworth

(1955) Blonde Blackmailer
as Scotland Yard Detective

(1956) Keep It Clean
as Police Sergeant
(1956) Destination Death
as Police Sgt(uncredited)

(1956) The Battle of the River Plate
as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)

(1957) The Crooked Sky
as Commisioner

(1957) The One That Got Away
as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)

(1958) Dunkirk
as Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)

(1958) A Night to Remember
as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)

(1959) Innocent Meeting
as Macey

(1951) High Treason
as Policeman (uncredited)

(1962) The Scales of Justice
as Abbott

(1959) Interpol Calling
as Commander Siddons
(1957) O.S.S.
as ---

(1970) The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Sir John Seymour

(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Grenville

(1963) Doctor Who
as Horg

(1971) The Onedin Line
as Captain Baines

(1984) The Last Days of Pompeii
as Medon

(1965) Gideon's Way
as Sergeant Fowler

(1983) The Winds of War
as Winston Churchill

(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as Schmidt
(1964) HMS Paradise
as Commander Bell
(1966) King of the River
as Captain Friar

(1982) Jane
as Churchill

(1985) The Pickwick Papers
as Tony Weller

(1968) The Basil Brush Show
as ---

(1971) The Persuaders!
as Coalition Club Member (uncredited)

(1964) Horizon
as Mr. Rothery

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Courier - Pilot

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Sir John Lowther

(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Party Guest

(1955) ITV Play of the Week
as George Hutton
(1956) The Adventures of the Big Man
as Balford

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Landlord

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Inn Patron with Password (uncredited)
(1957) Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Polish Bosun
(1957) White Hunter
as Burrows

(1958) Sword of Freedom
as Major Domo
(1958) African Patrol
as Brad
(1958) African Patrol
as Collins

(1963) Sergeant Cork
as Drayman

(1964) Theatre 625
as Grimmett

(1972) It's Murder. But Is It Art?
as Chief Constable