Harold Lang, anyone?

[Panavision]

As a kid,I was always always intrigued by an actor called Harold Lang. He was the sinister chauffeur/warehouse switchboard man in The Long Memory. Anyone know anything about him? (Not the American Harold Lang)



:- ) Johnny

[batman]

LINK: Harold Lang (I)



Harold Lang appeared in many British films and TV shows. He also had his own theatrical company which, I believe, regularly toured the Middle East. He was excellent as the creepy salesman in Cairo Road and as the police informer in West 11.

[Marky B]

I thought this was about Harry Langdon.

Ta Ta

Marky B

[earlb]

Harold Lang takes me back to my youth watching him in old B/W films. An actor I really enjoyed.

[julian_craster]

Nobody played slimy characters better than Harold Lang......



However small his role, you always remembered him in a film

[wearysloth]

in Paranoiac

[marker]

I thought Harold Lang was in the Onedin Line

[batman]

That was Howard Lang.

[cesare]

As well as that brief appearance (cornered by drunk Oliver Reed in a pub) in PARANOIAC, HL was very memorable in two earlier Hammer films - CLOUDBURST and THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT. For the latter, he had that trans-Atlantic quality Val Guest liked so much down pat.

[Film Man]

Harold played a brilliant cockney in 'Adventure In The Hopfields' with Mandy Miller and Melvyn Hayes...Melvyn told me the Director John Guillermin gave Harold a hard time during shooting.



I seem to remember he died in strange circumstances in Dubai during the sixties? He was also with Mandy in 'Dance Little Lady'...Nice that someone remembers him.

Film Man

[Dr. Schreck]

He did quite a few Hammer and Amicus movies, didn't he? Wasn't he the Nightclub owner in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, for example?



I was looking for a picture of Colin Gordon from The Psychopath, but found Lang instead. ^^







Judy Huxtable, Harold Lang, and Patrick Wymark - no idea who the dark-haired girl is, I have to confess. *coughs*

[batman]

name='Dr. Schreck']

Judy Huxtable, Harold Lang, and Patrick Wymark - no idea who the dark-haired girl is, I have to confess. *coughs*

Her name is Gina Gianelli.

[smudge]

name='batman']Her name is Gina Gianelli.

Didn't she inspire a 1980s vintage multi-coloured ice-cream from Walls....?



Smudge

[batman]

name='smudge']Didn't she inspire a 1980s vintage multi-coloured ice-cream from Walls....?



Smudge

Oh dear me ....

[Walker]

A bump for this thread, as incredibly The Flesh is Weak is shortly due a proper DVD release! Harold Lang is one of those character actors I wish had a more substantial role in something. Has anyone seen the Gerald Thomas directed film "Chain of Events" in which he had a role?

[Joy Titcombe]

name='Panavision']As a kid,I was always always intrigued by an actor called Harold Lang. He was the sinister chauffeur/warehouse switchboard man in The Long Memory. Anyone know anything about him? (Not the American Harold Lang)



:- ) Johnny

I also remember Harol Lang. He was in a childrens TV series called Garry Halliday. Again he played a bad character but I found him fascinating. I was about 15years at the time. I read an article in a daily newspaper about him teaching at a Drama school. I wrote to him as I was acting and drama mad myself He sent me a signed photo which I still have and information on becoming an actor. I was sad to learn of his early death which I read in a magazine called Stage. It must have been around 1970. Joy of Glos

[julian_craster]

Another screen pic of Harold Lang........

[Freddie Freeloader]

Harold Lang, anyone?

No thanks...I'm full.

[Lara 2]

name='batman']Oh dear me ....

That's my mother-in-law you lot are talking about!!

[Dave Rattigan]

I took forever to identify Harold Lang in Paranoiac. He looked so familiar, but I couldn't find the character on IMDB. Eventually it clicked when I saw The Quatermass Xperiment and found his name from that. No wonder I couldn't identify him - IMDB had him billed as "RAF Type" in Paranoiac. What on earth is an RAF type? It's lost on me! I seem to remember he was gay in that movie, or appeared to be.