---
name: "Noel Langley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/noel-langley"
fi1m_id: "noel-langley"
imdb_id: "nm0486538"
tmdb_id: 9052
wikidata_id: "Q1163080"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 December 1911"
died: "4 November 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:51:44.116817+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Noel Langley

## Identity

Noel Langley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/noel-langley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** noel-langley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0486538
- **TMDB ID:** 9052
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1163080
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Langley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1163080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9052

Writer. Born 25 December 1911 in South Africa. Died 4 November 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 December 1911, South Africa
- **Died:** 4 November 1980
- **Active:** 1939–1952
- **Also known as:** Ноэль Лэнгли, Ноэль Ленгли
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (2), 1950s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Langley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1163080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9052

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wizard of Oz*](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md) (91)
- **Tubi:** [*Ivanhoe*](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Noel Langley (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1980) was a South African-born novelist, playwright, screenwriter and director who later became a naturalised American. He began his career writing plays and novels in Britain before moving to Hollywood under contract to MGM.

Langley is best known for his work on *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), for which he wrote the initial screenplay and received credit for the adaptation alongside Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. His other screenwriting credits include *They Made Me a Fugitive* (1947), *Scrooge* (1951), *Ivanhoe* (1952), *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1952) and *Knights of the Round Table* (1953).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Ivanhoe* (1952), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md)
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, Screenplay, Adaptation — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Fi1m 66, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *These Foolish Things* (2006), Novel
- *The Wizard of Oz on Ice* (1996), Original Film Writer, Story
- *The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True* (1995), Writer, Original Film Writer
- *Workteams & the Wizard of Oz* (1993), Writer
- *We’re Off to See... The Most Happy Fellows* (1990), Story
- *The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters* (1963), series, Writer
- *Snow White and the Three Stooges* (1961), Writer
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, Writer, Novel
- *The Search for Bridey Murphy* (1956), Director, Writer
- *The Vagabond King* (1956), Screenplay
- *Svengali* (1954), Director, Screenplay
- *Knights of the Round Table* (1953), Screenplay
- *Our Girl Friday* (1953), Screenplay, Director
- *The Pickwick Papers* (1952), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1952), Screenplay
- *Ivanhoe* (1952), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md)
- *Scrooge* (1951), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *Tom Brown's Schooldays* (1951), Screenplay
- *Trio* (1950), Writer
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, Theatre Play
- *Adam and Evelyne* (1949), Story
- *Cardboard Cavalier* (1949), Writer
- *Edward, My Son* (1949), Theatre Play
- *The Vicious Circle* (1948), Adaptation
- *They Made Me a Fugitive* (1947), Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *Unexpected Uncle* (1941), Screenplay
- *Florian* (1940), Writer
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Screenplay, Adaptation — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *Queer Cargo* (1938), Theatre Play
- *Maytime* (1937), Writer
- *The Secret of Stamboul* (1936), Dialogue

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