He is married to Patricia Thorne, a poet, fiction, prose, and non-fiction writer who received her M.F.A in creative writing with Honors from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2017.
Worley Thorne's work includes scripts for Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Paper Chase, Fantasy Island, Dallas, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Charlie's Angels, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, Doctors' Private Lives and others.
He adapted a screenplay in English, based on a French original, titled "Albert's Piano," for Italian producer Marcello Danon (best known for "La Cage Aux Folles.")
His original screenplay "The Yankee," based in the American Revolution, was written for Becker Productions.
Thorne is a past Governor of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the body which determines and gives out Emmy Awards.