Robert Lang (actor)
{{Short description|English actor (1934–2004)}}
{{For|other people of the same name|Robert Lang (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Lang
| image = Robert_Lang_(actor).jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1934|9|24}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|11|6|1934|9|24}}
| death_place = Sutton, England
| yearsactive = 1948–2004
| spouse = {{marriage|Ann Bell|1971}}{{cite web |title=Robert Lang |website=The Independent |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-lang-533020.html |date=13 November 2004}}
| children = 2
}}
Robert Lang (24 September 1934 – 6 November 2004) was an English actor.
Early life
Lang was born in Bristol, the son of Richard Lionel Lang and Lily Violet (née Ballard).Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage, vol. 1, ed. Ian Herbert, Gale Research Co., 1981, p. 406 He was educated at Fairfield Grammar School and St Simon’s Church School.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1476764/Robert-Lang.html Obituary: Robert Lang], The Daily Telegraph, 17 November 2004, accessed 25 November 2008
Career
Lang's television credits include Out of the Unknown ("Deathday", 1971), That Was The Week That Was, Thriller (1 episode, 1974), The New Avengers ("The Last of the Cybernauts?", 1976), 1990, Raffles - The Last Laugh (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1979), Tales of the Unexpected (1979), King Lear (1983), Confessional (1989), Prince Caspian (1989), Under the Hammer (1994), Rasputin (1996), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), The Forsyte Saga (2002), Midsomer Murders S4 E2 Destroying Angel (2001),Our Mutual Friend (1998), and Heartbeat (2002).{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/robert-lang-p40422/other_appearances |title=Robert Lang | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances |website=AllMovie}}{{cite web |url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9847 |title=Robert Lang |website=www.aveleyman.com}} He also appeared in The Return of the Borrowers, as Mr Platter in 1993.{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d221e3d |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803120504/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d221e3d |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2019 |title=The Borrowers Series 2 Part 5 (1993) |publisher=BFI}}
Lang's films include Interlude (1968), Dance of Death (1969), A Walk with Love and Death (1969), The House That Dripped Blood (1970), Savage Messiah (1972), The Mackintosh Man (1973), Night Watch (1973), Shout at the Devil (1976), Rogue Male (1976), The Medusa Touch (1978), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Runners (1983), Hawks (1988), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Wilde (1997).{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f41b091 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518212751/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f41b091 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 May 2017 |title=Robert Lang |publisher=BFI}} He played the Squire in Cider with Rosie (1998), and his final film appearance was as Mr Osbourne in Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005), screened a few months after his death from cancer in November 2004 at the age of 70.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mrs-palfrey-at-the-claremont-v338298/cast-crew |title=Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) - Dan Ireland | Cast and Crew |website=AllMovie}}
Selected filmography
{{main|Robert Lang filmography}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0485894|Robert Lang}}
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Category:Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Category:Deaths from cancer in England
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors