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Name
  
Harold Lang


Role
  
Actor

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Died
  
November 16, 1970, Cairo, Egypt

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Harold Lang (1923 in London – 16 November 1970 in Cairo, Egypt) was a British actor. RADA-trained British character actor of stage and screen. During the 1950s, in particular, played many sly or menacing roles in B-movies. At one time managed his own theatrical company.

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Partial filmography

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  • The Spider and the Fly (1949)
  • Cairo Road (1950)
  • It Started in Paradise (1952)
  • The Long Memory (1952)
  • Wings of Danger (1952)
  • The Saint's Return (1953)
  • Murder by Proxy (1954)
  • Dance, Little Lady (1954) - Mr. Bridson
  • Passing Stranger (1954) - Spicer
  • The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) - Hubert
  • The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - Christie
  • It's a Wonderful World (1956) - Mervyn Wade
  • The Betrayal (1957) - Clay
  • The Flesh is Weak (1957) - Henry
  • Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) - Commandant Suhren
  • Man with the Gun (1958) - John Drayson
  • Chain of Events (1958) - Jimmy Boy
  • Links of Justice (1958) - (uncredited)
  • Paranoiac (1963) - RAF Type
  • West 11 (1963) - Silent
  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) - Roy Shine (segment "Voodoo")
  • The Psychopath (1966) - Briggs
  • Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969) - Camp Neighbour
  • Other works (March 1959) He acted in Thomas Otway's translation of Molière's play, "The Cheats of Scapin", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Maxwell Shaw, Peter Sallis OBE, Patrick Wymark, Fulton Mackay and Helene Montague in the cast. Peter Dews was the director.

    (1959) He acted in Michael Meyer's translation of Henrik Ibsen's play, "Brand", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with the 59 Theatre Company featuring Patrick McGoohan, Dilys Hamlett, Patrick Wymark, Fulton Mackay, Peter Sallis OBE, Frank Windsor and June Bailey in the cast. Michael Elliott was the director.

    (1965) He directed William Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It", at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park, London, England with Ann Morrish, Gary Raymond, Phyllida Law, Edward Atienza, John Justin, Andrew Downie and Alfred Burke in the cast. The crew included Peter Rice (designer) and Elisabeth Lutyens (music).

    (1952) He acted in Jean Anouilh's play, "Thieves' Carnival", at the Arts Theatre Club in London, England with John Laurie, Robin Bailey, Wyndham Goldie, Judith Furse, Maxine Audley, David Bird, Gerald Harper and Tutte Lemkow in the cast. Roy Rich was the director. John Hotchkis was the musical director.

    (1955) He acted in Marcelle Maurette's stage adaptation and translation of Émile Zola's novel, "Therese Raquin", to the stage as "The Lovers", at the Opera House in Manchester, England with Eva Bartok, Sam Wanamaker, Helen Haye, Kynaston Reeves and Peter Copley in the cast. Sam Wanamaker was also the director.

    (1958) He acted in Bernard Kops' play, "The Hamlet of Stepney Green", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with John Fraser, Thelma Ruby, John Barrard and George Selway in the cast.

    (1959) He acted in Georg Beuchner's play, "Danton's Death", at the Lyric Opera House in Hammersmith, London, England in a 59 Theatre Company production with Patrick McGoohan, Patrick Wymark, James Maxwell, John Turner, Fulton Mackay, Peter Sallis, Lee Fox, Maxwell Shaw, Dilys Hamlett, Avril Elgar and June Bailey in the cast. Caspar Wrede was the director.

    (November 1955-December 1955) He acted in William Shakespeare's plays, "King Lear" and "Much Ado About Nothing", at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford, England with John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Moira Lister, Helen Cherry, Anthony Nicholls, George Devine, Raymond Westwell, David O'Brien and Richard Easton in the cast. George Devine and John Gielgud were the directors. Isamu Noguchi and Mariano Andreu were the designers. Roberto Gerhard and Leslie Bridgewater were the musical directors.

    (July 21, 1947) He acted in the musical, "Best Foot Forward," at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Edith Fellows, Alice Pearce, Hugh Martin, Michael Hall and Beverly Janis in the cast. John Cecil Holm wrote the book. Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane wrote the music and lyrics.

    References

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