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

CREDITS
Film Producer
A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1976
Eyes of Laura Mars, Columbia, 1978
The Main Event, Warner Bros., 1979
Six Weeks, Universal, 1982
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
Money Train, Columbia, 1995
My Fellow Americans, Warner Bros., 1996
Rosewood, Warner Bros., 1997
Wild Wild West, Warner Bros., 1999
Ali, Columbia, 2001
Film Executive Producer
Die Laughing, Warner Bros., 1980
Caddyshack, Warner Bros., 1980
An American Werewolf in London (also known as American Werewolf), Universal, 1981
(Uncredited) Missing, Universal, 1982
Flashdance, Paramount, 1983
D.C. Cab (also known as Street Fleet), Universal, 1983
The Legend of Billie Jean (also known as Fair Is Fair), TriStar, 1985
The Color Purple (also known as Moon Song), Universal, 1985
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
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
Film Appearances
Boy on a donkey crossing the Red Sea, The Ten Commandments, Paramount, 1956
Black Beret, Sheena, Columbia, 1984
Television Executive Producer
Series
Dreams, 1984
(With Al Giddings) Oceanquest (also known as Ocean Quest),NBC, 1985
Movies
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
Finish Line, 1989
Also executive producer of Nightmare at Bitter Creek.
Specials
Clue: Movies, Murder and Mystery, CBS, 1986
The Making of Gorillas in the Mist, syndicated, 1988
Superman 50th Anniversary, 1988
Television Appearances
Episodic
Ironmonger, "The Terrible Clockman," Shirley Temple's Storybook, 1961
Specials
Guest, The Barbara Walters Special, 1976
Barbra: With One More Look at You (also known as The Making of"A Star Is Born"), 1976
Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters, Fox, 1989
Movies
Doorman, Parole, 1982
RECORDINGS
Videos
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

Fortune, July 22, 1996, p. 100
People Weekly, May 27, 1991, p. 86
Washington Monthly, September, 1996, pp. 49-50

User Contributions:

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:

forum