Robert Lang was an English actor of stage and television. When Laurence Olivier invited him to join the new National Theatre Company, at the Old Vic, Robert Lang was already earning high praise as an actor. From 1971 until his death he was married to Ann Bell, best known for her portrayal of Marion Jefferson in the BBC war drama Tenko. The couple appeared together in Tenko Reunion. Lang was born in Bristol, the son of Lily Violet and Richard Lionel Lang. He was educated at Fairfield Grammar School and St Simon’s Church School. He had intended to become a meteorologist but then trained... for the stage at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Lang made his London debut in 1957 as Uncle Ernest in Oh! My Papa!. With the ’59 Theatre Company at the Lyric, Hammersmith, he won Kenneth Tynan’s “total admiration” for his performance as Ejnar, a painter, in an important revival of Ibsen’s Brand; his performance as Robespierre in Georg Büchner’s Danton's Death with the same company was also praised.
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| Birthdate: | September 24, 1934 |
| Birthplace: | Bristol |
| Date of death: | November 6, 2004 |