Trivia

At one time managed his own theatrical company.

RADA-trained British character actor of stage and screen. During the 1950s, in particular, played many sly or menacing roles in B-movies. Not to be confused with Broadway singer and dancer Harold Lang (1920-1985).

He was also a well-known teacher of acting in London drama schools, and was seen at work in this field in the TV documentary The Class (1961), directed by John Schlesinger.

After his early death, an unnamed friend was quoted in an obituary article as saying that "he died as he would have wished to die - face down in a Cairo brothel.".