Harley Peyton is an American television producer and writer.[1] He worked in both capacities on Twin Peaks and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on the series.

Biography

He went to Harvard and Stanford.[2]

Peyton began, working on feature films in the 1980s and 1990s. He performed rewrites on several studio productions, and adapted the Dave Robicheaux novel Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke into a 1996 feature film. 2009's In the Electric Mist, also featuring Robicheaux (albeit played by Tommy Lee Jones), acted as a sequel, but Peyton was not involved.

Peyton also expanded into television in the 1990s, writing and creating series such as Moon Over Miami and Route 66. Other series Peyton has worked on include Dracula, Reign and Dominion. He scripted the superhero series Three Inches for Syfy, but it was never ordered to series.[3] In 2021, he created Reginald the Vampire for Syfy. It has been renewed for a second series.[4]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmCreditNotes
1987 Less than Zero Screenplay By
1991 Danger Team Writer Television Movie
1993 The Three Musketeers Screenplay By Uncredited Revision
1996 Bullet Hearts Executive Producer Television Movie
Heaven's Prisoners Screenplay By Co-Wrote Screenplay with Scott Frank
1997 Keys to Tulsa Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director
Gold Coast[5] Screenplay By Television Movie
2001 Bandits Writer, Executive Producer
2004 Catwoman Screenplay By Uncredited Revision
2011 Friends with Benefits Story By Co-Wrote Story with Keith Merryman and David A. Newman
Three Inches Executive Producer Television Movie
2016 JL Ranch Written By Television Movie

Television

YearTV SeriesCreditNotes
1990-91 Twin Peaks Writer, Producer
1993 Route 66 Creator, Co-Executive Producer
Moon Over Miami Creator, Writer, Executive Producer
2007 The Bronx is Burning Writer Episode "The Straw"
2012-13 Wedding Band Writer, Consulting Producer
2013-14 Dracula Writer, Co-Executive Producer
2014-15 Reign Writer, Executive Producer
2015 Dominion Writer Episode "The Longest Mile Home"
2016 Dark Matter Writer Episode "She's One of Them Now"
2016-18 Channel Zero Writer, Executive Producer
2019-20 Project Blue Book Writer, Co-Executive Producer
2021–Present Chucky Writer, Executive Producer
2021–Present Reginald the Vampire Creator, Writer, Executive Producer

References

  1. ↑ "'Chucky' EP Harley Peyton & Jeremiah Chechik's Newly Formed Modern Story Signs with Buchwald". 22 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Harley Peyton Hollywood Bandit". Archived from the original on January 26, 2002. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Syfy denies 'Three Inches' axe". Digital Spy. 8 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "'Reginald the Vampire' Renewed for Season 2 at Syfy". 15 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Ray Richmond (18 December 1996). "Caruso back on TV in Showtime 'Gold'". Variety. Retrieved 21 December 2019.


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