Langley Wallingford

infobox soap character
name= Langley Wallingford
series= All My Children
alias= Leslie Wilson
first= 1979
last= March 3, 2001
cause= Passed Away (according to Phoebe English)
occupation= con artist
Professor
Archaeologist
spouse=Phoebe Tyler Wallingford (dissolved by his death)
family= Verla Grubbs (daughter)
Hillary Wilson (daughter)
residence Pine Valley, Pennsylvania
portrayer=Louis Edmonds Langley Wallingford was a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children. He was played by Louis Edmonds from 1979 until his death on March 3, 2001.

History

Langley Wallingford (real name Lenny Wlasuk, alias Leslie Wilson) was an old con artist and criminal who was acquainted with Myrtle Lum Fargate in her carney days---via purse snatching. He got wind that newly divorcee Phoebe Tyler was a rich old bird in Pine Valley and ripe for plucking. Langley then made his way to town and incidentally stopped by the boutique and ducked when he saw the owner--Mrs. Fargate. Knowing she would blow his scam he quickly hurried out of the boutique without the gift he planned to purchase for Phoebe.

Ms. Vallentine, Phoebe's maid, got wind from Myrtle of Langley's was posing as a distinguished professor and was penniless. She planned to inform her boss of Langley's dirty deeds, but was held off by Langley. Langley and Phoebe wed in 1980 and were lovebirds for a while. That is until 1986.

Another fast talking Cassanova, Wade Matthews, was in the picture and planned to bilk Phoebe out of her fortune just as Langley originally had planned before he fell in love with her. Wade had sabotaged Langley and Phoebe's marriage and talked a liquored up Phoebe into marring him the Caribbean!

Wade put his evil plan in motion to kill Phoebe for the heafty insurance policy. The plot took a bizarre twist when Wade's lover Shelly took a tumble down a flight of stairs and Phoebe was thrown in jail for attempted murder. Langley was determined to save his precious Phoebe at all costs. Langley donned a wig and dress disguised as Phoebe, pryed a confession out of the unsuspecting Wade while holding a gun. Upon returning home, Langley and Phoebe reunited.

In 1995 Langley's eldest daughter, Verla Grubbs, (Carol Burnett) came back to Pine Valley to seeking Langley's blessing as she was about to wed.

Langley the diligent archaeologist, had engaged in archaeological digs from time to time around the world. In 2001 it was mentioned that he left Pine Valley on an important historical dig. In reality, the actor who played Langley Wallingford for over two decades had died. When Phoebe Wallingford passed on in 2005, her last words to her niece , Brooke English were, Cquote2|Langley is waiting for me.|Phoebe Tyler Wallingford|"All My Children", 2005

Fans are left to interpret this as Langley has also passed on.

Family

* Verla Grubbs (daughter)
* Hillary Wilson (daughter)

Marital Status at the time of death

* Married to Phoebe Tyler Wallingford (June 1980-2001) (second marriage)

Marriages

* unamed (mother of Hillary Wilson)
* Phoebe Tyler Wallingford (June 1980- (divorced)