Peter Tolan Biography (1958-)
Born July 5, 1958, in Scituate, MA. Addresses: Agent: Creative ArtistsAgency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, producer, actor
- Birth Details
- July 5, 1958
- Scituate, Massachusetts, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Work
- Series
- Co-producer, Home Improvement, ABC, 1991
- Executive story editor, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991-1992
- Co-producer, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991-1993
- Co-executive producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992-1993
- Executive producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993-1995
- Co-producer, Good Advice, CBS, 1994
- Creator and executive producer, The George Wendt Show, CBS, 1995
- Creator and executive producer, Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
- Executive producer, America's Sweethearts, 2001
- Creator and executive producer, The Job, ABC, 2001-2002
- Executive producer, Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (also known as My Adventures in Television), ABC, 2002
- Creator, Rescue Me, FX, 2004
- Also worked as consulting producer, The Larry Sanders Show, HBO.
- Television Director
- Episodic
- Sessions, HBO, 1991
- "Vacation," The Job, ABC, 2002
- "Chinese Baby," Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central), 2002
- Also directed "Do Not Go Squealing into That Good Night," Style and Substance, CBS.
- Television Work
- Pilots
- Executive producer, Dave Chappelle, Fox, 1998
- Executive producer, HMO, ABC, 2001
- Director and executive producer, Rescue Me, FX, 2004
- Television Appearances
- Episodic
- The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992
- Piano player, Love and War, CBS, 1992
- Adam Loderman, "Off Camera," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1993
- Mr. Taylor, Good Advice, CBS, 1994
- Carl, "Chelsea Gets an Opinion," Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
- Dr. Devon, "The Greatest Story Ever Toad," Maggie, CBS, 1998
- Sean, "Sacrilege," The Job, ABC, 2002
- Film Appearances
- Jeremy, Home, 1989
- Dorothy's Christmas party guest, Alice, Orion, 1990
- Stage Appearances
- Laughing Matters, Arts Common at St. Peter's Church, New York City, 1989
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- My Fellow Americans, Warner Bros., 1996
- (With Harold Ramis and Kenneth Lonergan) Analyze This, Warner Bros., 1999
- What Planet Are You From?, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2000
- Bedazzled (also known as Teuflisch), Twentieth Century-Fox,2000
- America's Sweethearts, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
- Stealing Harvard, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
- Analyze That, Warner Bros., 2002
- (Uncredited rewrite) The In-Laws, Warner Bros., 2003
- The Smoker, 2004
- Television Episodes
- Wish You Were Here, CBS, 1990
- "Teacher, Teacher," Carol & Company, 1990
- "Adventures in Fine Dining," Home Improvement, ABC, 1991
- "Nothing More Than Feelings," Home Improvement, ABC, 1991
- Sessions, HBO, 1991
- Murphy Brown, CBS, 1991-1993
- The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1992-1998
- "Two Times Twenty," Good Advice, CBS, 1994
- The George Wendt Show, CBS, 1995
- Buddies, ABC, 1996
- "Secrets & Ellen," Ellen, ABC, 1997
- "The Boss and Other Disasters," Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
- The Job, ABC, 2001-2002
- Rescue Me, FX, 2004
- Wrote "Paris," Wish You Were Here; also wrote the stories for episodes "Marrakesh" and (with Larry Jacobsen) "Barcelona," Wish You Were Here.
- Television Pilots
- Buddies, 1996
- Style and Substance, CBS, 1998
- Dave Chapelle, Fox, 1998
- HMO, ABC, 2001
- The Job, ABC, 2001
- Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (also known as My Adventures in Television), ABC, 2002
- Rescue Me, FX, 2004
- Television Theme Songs
- Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (also known as My Adventures in Television), ABC, 2002
- Television Movies
- Name, ABC, 1999
- Stage Plays
- "Best Half Foot Forward," Program B, Festival of One Act Plays, Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, New York City, 1988
- (With Linda Wallem; and musical composer and lyricist) Laughing Matters, Arts Common at St. Peter's Church, 1989
- "Pillow Talk," Evening B, Festival of One Act Comedies, Judith Anderson Theatre, New York City, 1989
- "Stay Carl Stay," Evening A, The 7th Annual Festival of One Act Comedies, Judith Anderson Theatre, 1991