Jennings Lang
| Jennings Lang | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 28, 1915 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 1996 (aged 81) Palm Desert, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film producer, screenwriter actor |
| Spouse(s) | Monica Lewis (m. 1956-1996; his death); 3 sons |
Jennings Lang (May 28, 1915, New York City – May 29, 1996, Palm Desert, California) was an American film producer, as well as a screenwriter and actor.
Lang was born to a Jewish family in New York City, New York. Originally a lawyer, from New York City, he came to Hollywood in 1938 and set up an office as a talent agent. In 1940 he joined the Jaffe agency and within a few years became the company's president, and came to be known as one of Hollywood's leading agents.
In 1950 he joined the MCA talent agency and two years later became vice president of MCA TV Limited; in this capacity, he worked with MCA's subsidiary Revue Productions involved in developing, creating, and selling new series in the 1950s and '60s, such as Wagon Train, The Bob Cummings Show, and McHale's Navy.
In 1951, Lang was shot in the left inner thigh and groin by film producer Walter Wanger, who believed Lang was having an affair with his wife, actress Joan Bennett. The following is extracted from the book On Sunset Boulevard (1998, p. 431) by Ed Sikov:
In 1951, producer Walter Wanger discovered that his wife, Joan Bennett, was having an affair with the agent Jennings Lang. Their encounters were brief and frequent. When Lang and Bennett weren't meeting clandestinely at vacation spots like New Orleans and the West Indies, they were back in L.A. enjoying weekday quickies at a Beverly Hills apartment otherwise occupied by one of Lang's underlings at the agency. When Wanger found proof of the affair, he did what any crazed cuckold would do: he shot Lang in the balls.
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