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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brock Peters to Jonathan Prince
Jon Peters Biography (1945?-)
Full name, John H. Peters; born June 2, 1945 (some sources cite 1947), in VanNuys, CA; son of Jack Peters (a cook); mother, a receptionist; married firstwife (divorced); married Lesley Ann Warren (an actress), 1967 (divorced, 1977); married Christine Forsyth (an architectural designer), 1987 (divorced, 1988); children: (second marriage) Christopher; (third marriage) Caleigh (daughter), Skye (daughter); Jordan. Addresses: Office: Peters Entertainment, 3601 West Olive Ave., Suite 600, Burbank, CA 91505.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Producer
- Birth Details
- June 2, 1945?
- Van Nuys, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Producer
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A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1976
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Eyes of Laura Mars, Columbia, 1978
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The Main Event, Warner Bros., 1979
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Six Weeks, Universal, 1982
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Vision Quest (also known as Crazy for You), Warner Bros., 1985
- (With Peter Guber and Neil Canton) The Witches of Eastwick, WarnerBros., 1987
- (With Guber and Canton) Caddyshack II, Warner Bros., 1988
- (With Guber) Tango and Cash, Warner Bros., 1989
- (With Guber and Chris Kenny) Batman, Warner Bros., 1989
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Money Train, Columbia, 1995
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My Fellow Americans, Warner Bros., 1996
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Rosewood, Warner Bros., 1997
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Wild Wild West, Warner Bros., 1999
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Ali, Columbia, 2001
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Film Executive Producer
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Die Laughing, Warner Bros., 1980
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Caddyshack, Warner Bros., 1980
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An American Werewolf in London (also known as American Werewolf), Universal, 1981
- (Uncredited) Missing, Universal, 1982
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Flashdance, Paramount, 1983
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D.C. Cab (also known as Street Fleet), Universal, 1983
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The Legend of Billie Jean (also known as Fair Is Fair), TriStar, 1985
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The Color Purple (also known as Moon Song), Universal, 1985
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Clue (also known as Clue: The Movie), Paramount, 1985
- (With Peter Guber) Youngblood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1986
- (With Guber) Head Office, TriStar, 1986
- (With Guber, Mark Damon, and John W. Hyde) The Clan of the Cave Bear, Warner Bros., 1986
- (With Guber and Roger Birnbaum) Who's That Girl?, Warner Bros., 1987
- (With Guber and Steven Spielberg) Innerspace, Warner Bros., 1987
- (With Guber) Rain Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
- (With Guber) Gorillas in the Mist (also known as The Adventureof Dian Fossey and Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey), Universal, 1988
- (With Guber) Missing Link, Universal, 1989
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The Bonfire of the Vanities, Warner Bros., 1990
- (With Guber, Benjamin Melniker, and Michael Uslan) Batman Returns,Warner Bros., 1992
- (With Guber) This Boy's Life, Warner Bros., 1993
- (With Guber) With Honors, Warner Bros., 1994
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Film Appearances
- Boy on a donkey crossing the Red Sea, The Ten Commandments, Paramount, 1956
- Black Beret, Sheena, Columbia, 1984
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Television Executive Producer
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Series
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Dreams, 1984
- (With Al Giddings) Oceanquest (also known as Ocean Quest),NBC, 1985
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Movies
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The Toughest Man in the World, 1984
- (With Peter Guber) Brotherhood of Justice, ABC, 1986
- (With others) Bay Coven (also known as Bay Cove,
The Devils of Bay Cove,
Eye of the Demon, and Strangers in Town),1987
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Finish Line, 1989
- Also executive producer of Nightmare at Bitter Creek.
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Specials
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Clue: Movies, Murder and Mystery, CBS, 1986
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The Making of Gorillas in the Mist, syndicated, 1988
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Superman 50th Anniversary, 1988
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
- Ironmonger, "The Terrible Clockman," Shirley Temple's Storybook, 1961
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Specials
- Guest, The Barbara Walters Special, 1976
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Barbra: With One More Look at You (also known as The Making of"A Star Is Born"), 1976
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Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters, Fox, 1989
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Movies
- Doorman, Parole, 1982
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
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Caddyshack: The 19th Hole, Warner Bros. Home Video, 1999
Further Reference
ADAPTATIONS
- The films Eyes of Laura Mars, released by Columbia in 1978, and Tango and Cash, released by Warner Bros. in 1989, were based on storiesby Peters.
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Griffin, Nancy and Kim Masters, Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood, Simon & Schuster, 1996
Periodicals
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Fortune, July 22, 1996, p. 100
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People Weekly, May 27, 1991, p. 86
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Washington Monthly, September, 1996, pp. 49-50
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