Samuel A. Peeples

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Samuel A. Peeples
Vital statistics
Name	Samuel A. Peeples
Aliases	Samuel Anthony Peeples
Roles	Writer
Place of birth	American Fork, Utah
Gender	Male
Date of birth	September 2nd, 1917
Date of death	August 27th, 1997
First appearance	Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Samuel A. Peeples was an American television screenwriter born in American Fork, Utah on September 2nd, 1917. His early career was spent writing Western novels, but eventually turned his talents towards television beginnning with an episode of The Rifleman in 1958. Throughout the 1960s, Peeples wrote scripts for dozens of Western TV series such as Rawhide, Have Gun - Will Travel, Bat Masterson and Overland Trail. In 1966, he made his first contribution to the sci-fi genre penning the script for the second pilot episode of the Star Trek television series, "Where No Man Has Gone Before". He also wrote one episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series entitled "Beyond the Farthest Star". In 1977, he wrote five episodes of Space Academy and the following year, he scripted nine episodes of the live-action children's adventure series Jason of Star Command. In 1979, he wrote seven episodes of the Flash Gordon animated series. His final film role was writing the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, for which he was uncredited. Peeple passed away in Santa Rosa, California on August 27th, 1997 at the age of 79.

Body of work

Film

Film	Year	Role
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	Co-writer (additional material)

Television

Series	Episode	Role
Star Trek	Where No Man Has Gone Before	Writer
Star Trek: The Animated Series	Beyond the Farthest Star	Writer
Space Academy	Castaways in Time and Space	Writer
Space Academy	The Rocks of Janus	Writer
Space Academy	The Phantom Planet	Writer
Space Academy	Space Hookey	Writer
Space Academy	Star Legend	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Attack of the Dragonship	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Prisoner of Dragos	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Escape from Dragos	Writer
Jason of Star Command	A Cry for Help	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Wiki to the Rescue	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Planet of the Lost	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Beyond the Stars!	Writer
Jason of Star Command	Secret of the Ancients	Writer
Jason of Star Command	The Power of the Star Disk	Writer
Flash Gordon	A Planet in Peril	Writer
Flash Gordon	The Monsters of Mongo	Writer
Flash Gordon	To Save Earth	Writer
Flash Gordon	The Beast Men's Prey	Writer
Flash Gordon	Blue Magic	Writer
Flash Gordon	King Flash	Writer
Flash Gordon	Tournament of Death	Writer

External Links

• Samuel A. Peeples at AMG
• Samuel A. Peeples at IMDB
• Samuel A. Peeples at Wikipedia
• Samuel A. Peeples at Memory Alpha

References

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Flash Gordon Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Flash Gordon franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Flash Gordon crew members category.

Jason of Star Command Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Jason of Star Command television series. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Jason of Star Command crew members category.

Space Academy Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Space Academy television series. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Space Academy crew members category.

Star Trek Actor or Crew member This article relates to actors or production crew members pertaining to the Star Trek television series. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Star Trek crew members category.