---
name: "Peter S. Davis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-s-davis"
fi1m_id: "peter-s-davis"
imdb_id: "nm0205287"
tmdb_id: 53866
wikidata_id: "Q26235093"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
died: "21 February 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 50
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:37:57.155469+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Peter S. Davis

## Identity

Peter S. Davis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-s-davis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-s-davis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0205287
- **TMDB ID:** 53866
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26235093
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26235093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205287/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53866

Producer. Born 1 January 1950 in Long Island. Died 21 February 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Long Island
- **Died:** 21 February 2021
- **Active:** 1986–1991
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher Lambert](https://film.one/person/christopher-lambert.md), [Peter Bellwood](https://film.one/person/peter-bellwood.md), [Russell Mulcahy](https://film.one/person/russell-mulcahy.md), [Sean Connery](https://film.one/person/sean-connery.md), [William N. Panzer](https://film.one/person/william-n-panzer.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 50, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (1), 1990s 24 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26235093, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205287/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53866

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Highlander*](https://film.one/film/highlander.md) (75)
- **Hulu:** [*Highlander II: The Quickening*](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md) (24)

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## Biography

Peter S. Davis was an American film producer. He began his career as a Wall Street lawyer before moving to Hollywood in 1977. With longtime partner Bill Panzer, he founded Davis-Panzer Productions, which produced more than 17 feature films and 150 hours of television.

Davis produced *The Death Collector* (1976), *Stunts* (1977), *The Osterman Weekend* (1983) and *Cutting Class* (1989). He is best known for *Highlander* (1986), which he helped develop from a screenplay by Gregory Widen and which launched a franchise of sequels, a television series and related media. He died on 21 February 2021 at his home in Calabasas, California.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Highlander II: The Quickening* (1991), Fi1m 24, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md)
- *Highlander* (1986), Fi1m 75, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Highlander: The Search for Vengeance* (2007), Producer
- *Highlander: The Source* (2007), Producer
- *Highlander: Endgame* (2000), Producer
- *Poison* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Highlander: The Adventure Begins* (1996), Producer
- *Highlander: The Animated Series* (1994), series, Producer
- *Highlander: Counterfeit* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Highlander: Unholy Alliance* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Highlander: The Gathering* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Highlander II: The Quickening* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md)
- *King of the Wind* (1990), Producer
- *Cat Chaser* (1989), Producer
- *Cutting Class* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Freeway* (1988), Producer
- *Highlander* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *The Osterman Weekend* (1983), Producer
- *St. Helens* (1982), Producer
- *O'Hara's Wife* (1982), Producer
- *Steel* (1979), Producer, Story Developer
- *Stunts* (1977), Executive Producer
- *Family Enforcer* (1976), Executive Producer

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