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

Horizon
1970
Theatre 625
1965
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1956
Sunday Night Theatre
1952
The Persuaders!
1971
ITV Play of the Week
1956
The Onedin Line
1971
Interpol Calling
1959
Gideon's Way
1965
Sergeant Cork
1963
The Adventures of William Tell
1958
Ben-Hur
1959

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
94
1986
The Pyrates
as Captain Yardley
1985
The Pickwick Papers
as Tony Weller
1984
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Medon
1984
Jane
as Churchill
1976
The Basil Brush Show
1972
It's Murder. But Is It Art?
as Chief Constable
1971
10 Rillington Place
1971
Macbeth
as Old Soldier (uncredited)
1971
The Onedin Line
as Captain Baines
1971
The Persuaders!
as Coalition Club Member (uncredited)
1970
Perfect Friday
as Bank Commissionaire
1970
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Sir John Seymour
1970
Horizon
as Mr. Rothery
1966
King of the River
as Captain Friar
1965
The Scales of Justice
as Abbott
1965
Gideon's Way
as Sergeant Fowler
1965
Theatre 625
as Grimmett
1964
Nothing But the Best
as Jutson
1964
HMS Paradise
as Commander Bell
1963
The Haunting
as Hugh Crain (uncredited)
1963
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
as Horg
1963
Sergeant Cork
as Drayman
1961
Gorgo
as First Colonel
1961
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Irate Farmer (uncredited)
1961
No Love for Johnnie
as Labour Party Member greeting Johnnie Byrne (uncredited)
1961
Sir Francis Drake
as Grenville
1960
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Court Usher
1960
Jackpot
as George
1960
Night Train for Inverness
as Sergeant
1960
Date at Midnight
as Inspector
1959
Ben-Hur
as Hortator (uncredited)
1959
Man Accused
as Police Sergeant
1959
The Giant Behemoth
as Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)
1959
A Woman's Temptation
as Radio operator
1959
Innocent Meeting
as Macey
1959
The Siege of Pinchgut
as Whitsun (Uncredited)
1959
Interpol Calling
as Commander Siddons
1958
Corridors of Blood
as Chief Inspector
1958
Dunkirk
as Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)
1958
A Night to Remember
as Chief Officer Henry Wilde (uncredited)
1958
Links of Justice
as Usher
1958
The Adventures of William Tell
as Schmidt
1958
Sword of Freedom
as Major Domo
1958
African Patrol
as Brad
1958
African Patrol
as Collins
1957
The Birthday Present
as Cellblock Officer (uncredited)
1957
The Big Chance
as Saw Mill Man
1957
The Crooked Sky
as Commisioner
1957
The One That Got Away
as Sergeant - Welsh Guards (uncredited)
1957
O.S.S.
1957
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Inn Patron with Password (uncredited)
1957
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
as Polish Bosun
1957
White Hunter
as Burrows
1956
The Hide-Out
as Greeko
1956
Eyewitness
as Cinema Commissionaire
1956
Tiger in the Smoke
as Detective (uncredited)
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)
1956
ITV Play of the Week
as George Hutton
1956
The Adventures of the Big Man
as Balford
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Landlord
1955
The Mysterious Bullet
as Davy Charlesworth
1955
Blonde Blackmailer
as Scotland Yard Detective
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
as Party Guest
1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Town Crier
1954
Devil's Point
as Marne
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)
1953
Counterspy
as Policeman
1953
Street of Shadows
as Card Player (uncredited)
1953
The Missing Man
as Inspector Haslett (uncredited)
1953
Sunday Night Theatre
as Sir John Lowther
1952
Sunday Night Theatre
as Courier - Pilot
1951
Pool of London
as Detective Detaining Suspect (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)
1951
High Treason
as Policeman (uncredited)
1950
The Mudlark
as Footman (uncredited)
1948
Nothing Venture
as Henchman in Restaurant (uncredited)
1948
Hamlet
as Servant (uncredited)
1948
The Last Load
as Senior Police Officer (uncredited)
1947
So Well Remembered
as Man Attending Royal Opera House (uncredited)
1947
Jassy
as Juryman (uncredited)
1946
Great Expectations
as Man sitting next to Pip at Magwitch's Trial (uncredited)
1941
Freedom Radio
as Radio Operator (uncredited)
1940
Night Train to Munich
1940
The Middle Watch
as Sailor (uncredited)
1940
Convoy
as Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
1940
Neutral Port
as German Naval Officer (uncredited)