Noel Langley

Noel Langley brought many screenplays to Hollywood throughout the course of his Hollywood career. Langley earned a film writing career following such successful contributions to titles such as the adventure "The Secret of Stamboul" (1936) with Valerie Hobson, the Jeanette MacDonald musical "Maytime" (1937) and the Judy Garland family adventure "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). He also appeared in "They Made Me a Fugitive" (1947) and the romance "Adam and Evelyne" (1949) with Stewart Granger. Toward the end of his career, Langley directed the James Hayter comedy adventure "The Pickwick Papers" (1954), the drama "Svengali" (1955) with Donald Wolfit and "The Search For Bridey Murphy" (1956) with Teresa Wright. Langley was most recently credited in "The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Comes True" (TNT, 1995-96). Langley passed away in November 1980 at the age of 69.