{{short description|American screenwriter}} '''Harley Peyton''' is an American screenwriter and television producer.<ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=22 July 2020 |title='Chucky' EP Harley Peyton & Jeremiah Chechik's Newly Formed Modern Story Signs with Buchwald |url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/chucky-harley-peyton-jeremiah-chechiks-newly-formed-modern-story-signs-with-buchwald-1202992123/ |website=Variety}}</ref> He worked in both capacities on ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' and was nominated for the [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1990]] [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series]] for his work on the [[Episode 3 (Twin Peaks)|series' third episode]].
==Biography== He went to [[Harvard]] and [[Stanford]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burge |first=Constance M. |date=September 2001 |title=Harley Peyton - Hollywood Bandit |url=http://screentalk.org:80/int008.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020126214927/http://screentalk.org:80/int008.htm |archive-date=January 26, 2002 |magazine=Screentalk Magazine}}</ref>
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 (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 (TV series)|Moon Over Miami]]'' and ''[[Route_66_(1993_TV_series)|Route 66]]''. Other series Peyton has worked on include ''[[Dracula (2013 TV series)|Dracula]]'', ''[[Reign (TV series)|Reign]]'' and ''[[Dominion (TV series)|Dominion]]''. He scripted the superhero series ''Three Inches'' for Syfy, but it was never ordered to series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jeffery |first=Morgan |date=8 December 2010 |title=Syfy denies 'Three Inches' axe |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a292098/syfy-denies-three-inches-axe/ |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> In 2021, he created ''[[Reginald the Vampire]]'' for Syfy. It has been renewed for a second series.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=15 January 2023 |title='Reginald the Vampire' Renewed for Season 2 at Syfy |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/reginald-the-vampire-renewed-for-season-2-at-syfy-1235222353/ |website=Variety}}</ref> ==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Film !! Credit !! Notes |- |1987 |''[[Less than Zero (film)|Less than Zero]]'' |Screenplay By | |- |1991 |''Danger Team'' |Writer |Television Movie |- |1993 |''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' |Screenplay By |Uncredited Revision |- | rowspan=2|1996 |''Bullet Hearts'' |Executive Producer |Television Movie |- |''[[Heaven's Prisoners]]'' |Screenplay By |Co-Wrote Screenplay with [[Scott Frank]] |- | rowspan=2|1997 |''[[Keys to Tulsa]]'' |Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director | |- |''[[Gold Coast (novel)|Gold Coast]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1996/scene/vpage/caruso-back-on-tv-in-showtime-gold-1117466586/ |title=Caruso back on TV in Showtime 'Gold' |author=Ray Richmond |newspaper=Variety |date=18 December 1996 |accessdate=21 December 2019}}</ref> |Screenplay By |Television Movie |- |2001 |''[[Bandits (2001 film)|Bandits]]'' |Writer, Executive Producer | |- |2004 |''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' |Screenplay By |Uncredited Revision |- | rowspan=2|2011 |''[[Friends with Benefits (film)|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=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! TV Series !! Credit !! Notes |- |1990-91 |''[[Twin Peaks]]'' |Writer, Producer | |- | rowspan=2|1993 |''[[Route_66_(1993_TV_series)|Route 66]]'' |Creator, Co-Executive Producer | |- |''[[Moon Over Miami (TV series)|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 (2013 TV series)|Dracula]]'' |Writer, Co-Executive Producer | |- |2014-15 |''[[Reign (TV series)|Reign]]'' |Writer, Executive Producer | |- |2015 |''[[Dominion (TV series)|Dominion]]'' |Writer |Episode "The Longest Mile Home" |- |2016 |''[[Dark Matter (2015 TV series)|Dark Matter]]'' |Writer |Episode "She's One of Them Now" |- |2016-18 |''[[Channel Zero (TV series)|Channel Zero]]'' |Writer, Executive Producer | |- |2019-20 |''[[Project Blue Book (TV series)|Project Blue Book]]'' |Writer, Co-Executive Producer | |- |2021–24 |''[[Chucky (TV series)|Chucky]]'' |Writer, Executive Producer | |- |2021–24 |''[[Reginald the Vampire]]'' |Creator, Writer, Executive Producer | |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0679037|name=Harley Peyton}}
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