The Biography

Archie Lang (July 14, 1920 – February 17, 2016) was an American actor and singer born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and earned a master's degree in music from Columbia University before working as a singer, a television announcer and host, and a stage producer, including a production of Ruth Page's The Nutcracker for Chicago Tribune Charities. From the late 1970s he played character parts in film and television, among them the mixer in Brian De Palma's Blow Out, roles in Going Berserk, Reform School Girls, Dream Lover and Bonanza: The Return, and guest appearances on The Incredible Hulk, The Love Boat, Knots Landing, Murder, She Wrote and Early Edition.