Robert Lang (actor)
Robert Lang (born September 24, 1934 in Bristol , Gloucester , † November 6, 2004 in Sutton , London ) was a British stage and television actor.
Life
Lang was born in 1934 to Lily Violet (nee Ballard) and Richard Lionel Lang. He attended Fairfield Grammar School and St Simon's Church School. At first he wanted to be a meteorologist , but then went to the Bristol Old Vic Theater School.
Lang made his debut at the Garrick Theater as Uncle Ernest in Oh! My papa!
In 1962 Laurence Olivier brought him and other actors to the newly founded National Theater . By that time, Lang was already a highly acclaimed actor. Oliver was particularly impressed by his appearances as Theseus in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Court and as an actor in Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths at the Royal Shakespeare Company . For his appearance as Pierre Cauchon , Bishop of Beauvais , in George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan , the critic Caryl Brahms praised him for his quiet size, coherence and gravity.
In the mid-1970s he was director of the Cambridge Theater Company for two years. In 1971 he married Ann Bell and had two children with her.
Filmography (selection)
- That Was The Week That Was
- 1965: Othello
- 1969: A journey with love and death
- 1970: Dance of Death of the Vampires
- 1973: The Mackintosh Man
- 1973: The night of a thousand eyes
- 1976: Roar at the devil
- 1978: The horror of Medusa
- 1978: The great train robbery
- 1979: The incredible stories of Roald Dahl
- 1988: Hawks
- 1989: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn
- 1994: Four weddings and a death
- 1996: Rasputin
- 1997: Oscar Wilde
- 1998: Our mutual friend
- 2002: The Forsyte saga
- 2002: Heartbeat
Web links
- Robert Lang in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robert Lang in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Lang Biography (1934-). Retrieved June 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Robert Lang . November 17, 2004, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed June 14, 2019]).
- ^ "That Was The Week That Was," BBC Comedy
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lang, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British stage and television actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bristol , Gloucester |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 2004 |
| Place of death | Sutton , London |