Jon Peters

Highlights

  • In 1999, Produced "The Wild Wild West", directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Will Smith, Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline; Robert Conrad, star of the 1960s CBS-TV series source material also appeared
  • In 1995, First producing credit post-Guber, "Money Train"
  • In 1991, Resigned (really forced out by Guber and Sony) as co-chair of Columbia Pictures Entertainment and severed all ties with GPEC; continued affiliation with Columbia through his own production company (film, music and TV)

Family & Companions

  • married at age 14 to a 15-year-old; annulled by the time Peters was 22
  • Barbra Streisand: met in 1974 when he styled a wig for her; became her personal manager and later produced the remake of "A Star Is Born"; godmother to Peters' two daughters
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones: reportedly turned down Peters' marriage proposal; no longer together

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