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Peter Coyote TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
SPIKESat, Jul 4, 1:00 PMWorld's Scariest Police ChasesBuy
ABCFAMSat, Jul 4, 2:00 PMDr. Dolittle: Tail to the ChiefBuy
SHO2eSat, Jul 4, 3:00 PMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy
ENCMon, Jul 6, 8:40 AMResurrecting the ChampBuy
CINEMAXMon, Jul 6, 9:00 AMFemme FataleBuy
ENCWed, Jul 8, 12:15 PMErin BrockovichBuy
ENCWed, Jul 8, 9:50 PMErin BrockovichBuy
SHO2eThu, Jul 9, 4:45 PMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy
SHOeThu, Jul 9, 5:00 PMa/k/a Tommy ChongBuy
AMCSat, Jul 11, 1:00 AMJagged EdgeBuy
CINEMAXSat, Jul 11, 12:20 PME.T. The Extra-TerrestrialBuy
HBOSGeSat, Jul 11, 2:00 PMOutrageous FortuneBuy
ENCSun, Jul 12, 1:40 AMSphereBuy
SHOeSun, Jul 12, 12:30 PMa/k/a Tommy ChongBuy
SHOeMon, Jul 13, 4:05 AMa/k/a Tommy ChongBuy
SHO2eMon, Jul 13, 12:45 PMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy
ENCTue, Jul 14, 3:35 AMResurrecting the ChampBuy
SHO2eTue, Jul 14, 5:45 AMA Little Trip to HeavenBuy
ENCTue, Jul 14, 11:00 AMErin BrockovichBuy
ENCTue, Jul 14, 8:00 PMErin BrockovichBuy
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Peter Coyote Biography

Peter Coyote
  • Birth Name: Peter Cohon
  • Birth Place: Colver, PA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/10/1942, Libra
  • Profession: Actor; writer; director
Peter Coyote Fast Facts:
  • Early on he was a dock worker and a feather peddler.
  • From 1976-83, he served as chairman of the California State Arts Council.
  • Made his film debut with an uncredited bit in 1978's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
  • Won a 1993 Pushcart Prize for nonfiction for Carla's Story, a chapter from his memoir Sleep Where I Fall about his days in the '60s and '70s counterculture.
  • Tested for the role of Indiana Jones in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark. The next year, director Steven Spielberg cast him in a pivotal part in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. 
  • Served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1997 and wrote about the experience for the magazine Mother Jones.
  • Worked for Baykeepers, an organization that tracked polluters of San Francisco Bay.
    Peter Coyote Relationships:
  • Marilyn McCann - Ex-wife
  • Morris Cohon - Father
  • Ruth Fidler - Mother
  • Stefanie Pleet - Wife

    • Peter Coyote Awards:
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee

  • College:
  • Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA (BA in English Literature, 1964); Attended San Francsico State University, San Francisco, CA
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