Robert Lang (24 September 1934 â€" 6 November 2004) was an English
actor.Lang was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of Richard
Lionel Lang and Lily Violet (née Ballard). He was educated at
Fairfield Grammar School and St Simon’s Church School.His TV credits
include That Was The Week That Was, The New Avengers ("The Last of the
Cybernauts?", 1976), 1990 (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1979), Tales
of the Unexpected (1979), King Lear (1983), Confessional (1989), Under
the Hammer (1994), Rasputin (1996), A Dance to the Music of Time
(1997), The Forsyte Saga (2002), Our Mutual Friend (1998), and
Heartbeat (2002). He also appeared in The Return of the Borrowers, as
Mr Platter in 1993. His 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). 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.
actor.Lang was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, the son of Richard
Lionel Lang and Lily Violet (née Ballard). He was educated at
Fairfield Grammar School and St Simon’s Church School.His TV credits
include That Was The Week That Was, The New Avengers ("The Last of the
Cybernauts?", 1976), 1990 (1977), Rumpole of the Bailey (1979), Tales
of the Unexpected (1979), King Lear (1983), Confessional (1989), Under
the Hammer (1994), Rasputin (1996), A Dance to the Music of Time
(1997), The Forsyte Saga (2002), Our Mutual Friend (1998), and
Heartbeat (2002). He also appeared in The Return of the Borrowers, as
Mr Platter in 1993. His 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). 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.
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