His daughter, Katherine Hover, says he died on Friday at his home in Ridgefield., Conn.
Hanley's works include "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground" and "Mrs. Dally Has a Lover" and the teleplays "The Long Way Home" and "The Kennedys of Massachusetts." He won Emmys for the TV films "The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank" and "Something About Amelia."
He also wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film, "The Gypsy Moths," as well as several novels.
A native of Lorain, Ohio, Hanley is also survived by another daughter, Nell Hanley; a sister, Patricia Hanley; and three granddaughters.
His sister Ellen Hanley was a musical theater actress. She died in 2007.
