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June 28, 2021

John Langley was a renowned American TV and film director. He was best recognized as the creator and executive producer of the TV show “Cops”. Langley is often referred to as the Godfather of Reality Television. John Langley net worth at the time of his death is estimated to be around $200 million.

Full Name	John Langley
Birth Date	June 1, 1943
Birth Place	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U. S.
Profession	Director, writer, and producer
Wife	Maggie Langley
Net Worth	$200 million
Died	June 26, 2021

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Early life

John Langley was born on 1st June 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. He shifted his place to Los Angeles when he was a small kid. John had served at the intelligence unit of the U. S. Army for 2 years from 1961 to 1963.

Regarding his education, he has studied at the California State University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University in 1971. Later, he received a master’s degree from the University in literature and composition. Langley has also made brief participation in the University of California’s Doctorate of philosophy program.

John Langley Net Worth & Career

John made an entry into the reality television world on December 2, 1986, by producing a TV show called “American Vice: The Doping of Nation”. The show became a big success, which inspired him to make other reality shows. Later on, he joined The Hooley Dooleys where he showed his creative skill by creating the Big Red Car for The Wiggles.

Langley ultimately left his association with The Hooley Dooley’s in 1989. Then, he formed the Barbour/Langley Productions along with TV producer, Malcolm Barbour. Soon, he came up with the idea of running the TV program, Cops. He had to go through a difficult situation to sell the show to TV network executives.

John finally had hope when he got to meet the head of Fox, Barry Diller, who ordered a pilot episode. The episode received mixed reviews from Fox executives, due to its overly graphic nature of murder scene.

Later on, Rupert Murdoch, who was not recognized by anyone in the preview of the episode showed some interest in the show, which eventually changed Fox’s decision. The show aired on the Fox Network till 2013, and then it was picked up by the Paramount Network. The network began airing its 32nd season, and it became one of the longest-running reality series in the history of television.

The Paramount Network pulled the long-running TV show from its schedule in June 2020, after the national protests against the murder of George Floyd. The last episode of the show was aired on the network on May 11, 2020. Langley’s productions company was named Langley Productions in 1994 after his partner Barbour announced his retirement.

Langley has likewise created and produced several other syndicated TV shows such as “Code 3”, “Video Justice”, “Anatomy of Crime”, and “Cop Files”. He was the producer of the TV series “Inside American Jail”, the crime movie “Brooklyn’s Finest”, and the reality documentary series “Undercover Stings”.

John Langley Personal Life

John Langley was married to Maggie Langley. He tied the knot with her in 1971. John and his wife, Maggie shared a strong bond throughout their life, and they were near to celebrate their 50 years anniversary together, until he died at the age of 78 on June 26, 2021. He shares a son named Morgan Langley with his wife, Maggie. His son, Morgan is also a TV producer, with whom he produced the TV series “Inside American Jail”.

John reportedly died due to a heart attack while he was competing in an off-road race in Baja, Mexico. According to Director of Record Off-Road Races, Ramon Castro, he died around 3 p. m. during the Coast Ensenada-San Felipe 250 off-road race.