Peter Horton Biography (1953-)

Born August 20, 1953, in Bellevue, WA; father, in the shipping business; married Linda Hamilton (an actress), 1979 (divorced, 1980); married Michelle Pfeiffer (an actress), 1981 (divorced, 1988); married Nicole Deputron, 1995; children: (third marriage) one daughter. Addresses: Agent: William MorrisAgency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.; Lawyer: Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren & Richman, LLP, 450 North RoxburyDr., Eighth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: N2N Entertainment, 9348 Civic Center Dr., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, producer, composer
Birth Details: August 20, 1953; Bellevue, Washington, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Crane McFadden, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, CBS, 1982-83
Professor Gary Shepherd, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987-91
Eziekiel Stone, Brimstone, Fox, 1998-99
Max Ryan, The Geena Davis Show, ABC, 2000
Miniseries
Documentary director, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
Movies
Tony Smith, She's Dressed to Kill (also known as Someone's Killing the World's Greatest Models), NBC, 1979
Jack O'Callahan, Miracle on Ice, ABC, 1981
Bill, Freedom, ABC, 1981
Doug, Choices of the Heart (also known as In December the RosesWill Bloom Again), NBC, 1983
Jim Harrison, Children of the Dark, CBS, 1994
The Gift, 1994
General George Armstrong Custer, Crazy Horse, TNT, 1996
Steven Keeney, Death Benefit, USA Network, 1996
Lieutenant Clay Maloney, Murder Live!, NBC, 1997
Scott Fischer, Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (also known as Death on Everest), ABC, 1997
Eli Mayhew, While I Was Gone, CBS, 2004
Specials
Host, Dolphins, Whales, and Us (documentary), CBS, 1990
Times Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as TheEarth Day Special), ABC, 1990
Host, Marine Life Miracles (documentary), PBS, 1992
Episodic
Eric, "Mother's Rule," Eight Is Enough, ABC, 1979
Raymond Collins, "One of the Boys," The White Shadow, 1979
"Trouble On the South Side," Kaz, 1979
Wayne, "John Ewing III: Part 1 and 2," Dallas, 1979
Scott, "The Victim," Flamingo Road, 1981
Barry Dorn, "Lust et Veritas," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983
Barry Dorn, "Newheart," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1983
Joe, "The Gift," Directed By, Showtime, 1994
Jack Keyes, "Columbus Day," Gun, ABC, 1997
Ray Nicolet, "The One That Got Away," Karen Sisco, ABC, 2003
Nick Brustin, "Boom, Swagger, Boom," Line of Fire, ABC, 2003
Nick Brustin, "I'm Your Boogie Man," Line of Fire, ABC, 2003
Alex (uncredited), "Abduction," LAX, NBC, 2004

Pilots
Tom Sawyer, Sawyer and Finn, NBC, 1983
Professor Hartman, Class of `96, 1993
Capital City, ABC, 2004
Television Work
Series
Producer, Brimstone, Fox, 1998-99
Co-executive producer, Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 2005
Movies
Director, Extreme Close-Up (also known as Home Video), NBC,1990
Executive producer, Murder Live!, NBC, 1997
Television Director
Specials
"One Too Many," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1985
Episodic
thirtysomething, ABC, 1988
"Whose Woods Are These?," The Wonder Years, ABC, 1988
Gun, ABC, 1997
Once and Again, ABC, 1999
"Carte Blanche," The Shield, FX, 2002
MDs, ABC, 2002
"Take the Money and Run," Line of Fire, ABC, 2003
One Tree Hill, The WB, 2003
Grey's Anatomy, ABC, 2005
Pilots
Class of '96, Fox, 1993
Birdland, ABC, 1994
Film Appearances
Joey Madona, Fade to Black, American Cinema, 1980
Fourth cult member, Serial, Paramount, 1980
Jacob, Split Image (also known as Captured), Orion, 1982
Dr. Burt Stanton, Children of the Corn (also known as Stephen King's "Children of the Corn"), New World Pictures, 1984
Father Mahoney, Where the River Runs Black, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
Harry, "Hospital," Amazon Women on the Moon (also known as Cheeseburger Film Sandwich), Universal, 1987
Zack Barnes, Side Out, TriStar, 1990
Jamie, Singles, Warner Bros., 1992
Patrick Brewer, The Baby-Sitter's Club, Columbia, 1995
Roy Foxx, Two Days in the Valley, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996
Brian, The End of Violence (also known as Am ende der gewalt), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Buena Vista, 1997
Jack, Gun, 1997
Dr. Donald Hayden, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous, Imax Corporation, 1998
Dr. Michael Welles, Thoughtcrimes, United International, 2003
Lionel, The Dust Factory, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2004
The urologist, Happy Endings, Lions Gate, 2005
The Naked Brothers Band, 2005
Film Director
"Two I.D.s," Amazon Women on the Moon (also known as Cheeseburger Film Sandwich), Universal, 1987
The Cure, Universal, 1995
Powers That Be, New Line Cinema, 1997
Other Film Work
Second unit director, The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
Stage Appearances
Appeared in Butterflies Are Free, Masquers Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.
WRITINGS
Television Movies
Murder Live!, NBC, 1997
Screenplays
(As Peter I. Horton) Falling Fire (also known as The Cusp and Three Minutes to Impact), Concorde Pictures, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

TV Guide, November 8, 1997, pp. 30-33, 51

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