Peter Horton (born August 20, 1953) is an American actor and director.
He played Professor Gary Shepherd on the television series
Thirtysomething from 1987 until 1991.Horton was born in Bellevue,
Washington, to a father who worked in the shipping business. He
attended Redwood High School in Marin County, California, and
Principia College in Illinois.During his run on Thirtysomething,
People magazine named him one of the "50 Most Beautiful People".
Horton acted in television shows including St. Elsewhere, The White
Shadow, Dallas, Eight Is Enough, "In Treatment" and The Geena Davis
Show, played the lead in the short-lived series Brimstone, and played
Crane McFadden in the one season series (1982â€"1983) "Seven Brides
for Seven Brothers". He played Jacob in the 1982 feature film Split
Image, Father Mahoney in the 1986 feature film "Where the River Runs
Black" Roy Fox in the 1996 film "Two Days In The Valley" and played
Burt in the 1984 Stephen King movie Children of the Corn. He had a
minor role in Cameron Crowe's Seattle romantic comedy, Singles. He
played Harry Landers in the "Hospital" skit from Amazon Women on the
Moon opposite wife Michelle Pfeiffer, whom he had previously directed
in the ABC Afterschool Special One Too Many in 1985. Horton also
appeared in the 1997 TV movie version of the Jon Krakauer book Into
Thin Air: Death on Everest, playing Scott Fischer, the leader of the
disastrous 1996 climb on Mount Everest. He was also in the movie
Sideout (1990) as Zach Barnes, a down and out ex-volleyball champ. As
a director he has worked on several television series including The
Shield, Thirtysomething, The Wonder Years, Once and Again, and
directed the pilot for Grey's Anatomy as well as pilots for Class of
'96, Birdland, Dirty Sexy Money, The Philanthropist and
Reconstruction. He directed the 1990 film for television Extreme
Close-up as well as the 1995 feature film The Cure. As a producer he
produced Reconstruction (which he co-created), Lone Star, The
Philanthropist, The Body Politic (which he also co-created), Grey's
Anatomy, Six Degrees and Murder Live (for which he wrote the story).He
appeared in Who Killed the Electric Car? and is on the board of
directors of the Environmental Alliance.
He played Professor Gary Shepherd on the television series
Thirtysomething from 1987 until 1991.Horton was born in Bellevue,
Washington, to a father who worked in the shipping business. He
attended Redwood High School in Marin County, California, and
Principia College in Illinois.During his run on Thirtysomething,
People magazine named him one of the "50 Most Beautiful People".
Horton acted in television shows including St. Elsewhere, The White
Shadow, Dallas, Eight Is Enough, "In Treatment" and The Geena Davis
Show, played the lead in the short-lived series Brimstone, and played
Crane McFadden in the one season series (1982â€"1983) "Seven Brides
for Seven Brothers". He played Jacob in the 1982 feature film Split
Image, Father Mahoney in the 1986 feature film "Where the River Runs
Black" Roy Fox in the 1996 film "Two Days In The Valley" and played
Burt in the 1984 Stephen King movie Children of the Corn. He had a
minor role in Cameron Crowe's Seattle romantic comedy, Singles. He
played Harry Landers in the "Hospital" skit from Amazon Women on the
Moon opposite wife Michelle Pfeiffer, whom he had previously directed
in the ABC Afterschool Special One Too Many in 1985. Horton also
appeared in the 1997 TV movie version of the Jon Krakauer book Into
Thin Air: Death on Everest, playing Scott Fischer, the leader of the
disastrous 1996 climb on Mount Everest. He was also in the movie
Sideout (1990) as Zach Barnes, a down and out ex-volleyball champ. As
a director he has worked on several television series including The
Shield, Thirtysomething, The Wonder Years, Once and Again, and
directed the pilot for Grey's Anatomy as well as pilots for Class of
'96, Birdland, Dirty Sexy Money, The Philanthropist and
Reconstruction. He directed the 1990 film for television Extreme
Close-up as well as the 1995 feature film The Cure. As a producer he
produced Reconstruction (which he co-created), Lone Star, The
Philanthropist, The Body Politic (which he also co-created), Grey's
Anatomy, Six Degrees and Murder Live (for which he wrote the story).He
appeared in Who Killed the Electric Car? and is on the board of
directors of the Environmental Alliance.
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