# Harley Peyton

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American screenwriter

**Harley Peyton** is an American screenwriter and television producer.[1] He worked in both capacities on *[Twin Peaks](/source/Twin_Peaks)* and was nominated for the [1990](/source/42nd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards) [Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Writing_for_a_Drama_Series) for his work on the [series' third episode](/source/Episode_3_(Twin_Peaks)).

## Biography

He went to [Harvard](/source/Harvard) and [Stanford](/source/Stanford).[2]

Peyton began, working on feature films in the 1980s and 1990s. He performed rewrites on several studio productions, and adapted the [Dave Robicheaux](/source/Dave_Robicheaux) novel [*Heaven's Prisoners*](/source/Heaven's_Prisoners_(novel)) by [James Lee Burke](/source/James_Lee_Burke) into a 1996 feature film. 2009's *[In the Electric Mist](/source/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](/source/Moon_Over_Miami_(TV_series))* and *[Route 66](/source/Route_66_(1993_TV_series))*. Other series Peyton has worked on include *[Dracula](/source/Dracula_(2013_TV_series))*, *[Reign](/source/Reign_(TV_series))* and *[Dominion](/source/Dominion_(TV_series))*. He scripted the superhero series *Three Inches* for Syfy, but it was never ordered to series.[3] In 2021, he created *[Reginald the Vampire](/source/Reginald_the_Vampire)* for Syfy. It has been renewed for a second series.[4]

## Filmography

### Films

Year Film Credit Notes 1987 Less than Zero Screenplay By 1991 Danger Team Writer Television Movie 1993 The Three Musketeers Screenplay By Uncredited Revision 1996 Bullet Hearts Executive Producer Television Movie Heaven's Prisoners Screenplay By Co-Wrote Screenplay with Scott Frank 1997 Keys to Tulsa Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director Gold Coast[5] Screenplay By Television Movie 2001 Bandits Writer, Executive Producer 2004 Catwoman Screenplay By Uncredited Revision 2011 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

Year TV Series Credit Notes 1990-91 Twin Peaks Writer, Producer 1993 Route 66 Creator, Co-Executive Producer 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 Writer, Co-Executive Producer 2014-15 Reign Writer, Executive Producer 2015 Dominion Writer Episode "The Longest Mile Home" 2016 Dark Matter Writer Episode "She's One of Them Now" 2016-18 Channel Zero Writer, Executive Producer 2019-20 Project Blue Book Writer, Co-Executive Producer 2021–24 Chucky Writer, Executive Producer 2021–24 Reginald the Vampire Creator, Writer, Executive Producer

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** D'Alessandro, Anthony (22 July 2020). ["'Chucky' EP Harley Peyton & Jeremiah Chechik's Newly Formed Modern Story Signs with Buchwald"](https://deadline.com/2020/07/chucky-harley-peyton-jeremiah-chechiks-newly-formed-modern-story-signs-with-buchwald-1202992123/). *Variety*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Burge, Constance M. (September 2001). ["Harley Peyton - Hollywood Bandit"](https://web.archive.org/web/20020126214927/http://screentalk.org:80/int008.htm). *Screentalk Magazine*. Archived from [the original](http://screentalk.org:80/int008.htm) on January 26, 2002.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Jeffery, Morgan (8 December 2010). ["Syfy denies 'Three Inches' axe"](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a292098/syfy-denies-three-inches-axe/). *[Digital Spy](/source/Digital_Spy)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** White, Peter (15 January 2023). ["'Reginald the Vampire' Renewed for Season 2 at Syfy"](https://deadline.com/2023/01/reginald-the-vampire-renewed-for-season-2-at-syfy-1235222353/). *Variety*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ray Richmond (18 December 1996). ["Caruso back on TV in Showtime 'Gold'"](https://variety.com/1996/scene/vpage/caruso-back-on-tv-in-showtime-gold-1117466586/). *Variety*. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

## External links

- [Harley Peyton](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679037/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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