Peter-Henry Schroeder obit

Peter-Henry Schroeder Dies: ‘Argo’ & ‘Star Trek’ Character Actor Was 90

 

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Peter-Henry Schroeder, who played roles as diverse as a producer in the Oscar-winning Argo and a Klingon in Star Trek: Enterprise, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on June 7 at Lake City VA Medical Center in Florida. He was 90 years old.

Schroeder was drafted into the U.S. Army to active duty in the Korean War from 1953 to 1955, where he was assigned to a unit that was involved with the USO. After his return from service, he studied with Paula Strasberg.

Schroeder was also a recording artist for Capital Records and Ascot, where he released the singles “Where’s the Girl for Me” (1960) and “Memories of Marilyn” (1964), ten years after he saw her at a USO show in Korea.

In Hollywood, he formed his own production company, PHS Productions, to pursue his own projects, was a guest teacher at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and established the Actor/Artist Group Workshop in 1979.

Also in 1979, Schroeder worked with Meryl Streep and Alan Alda in The Seduction of Joe Tynan. In 2001, he had a two-episode arc as the Klingon Chancellor on Star Trek: Enterprise. More recently, he played a producer in the Academy Award-winning film Argo.

In his last days at a VA Medical Center in Florida, Schroeder frequently asked, “When are you going to get me out of here, I’ve got to get back to LA [to work].”

He will return to L.A. with ceremony with Military Honors to rest in peace at the VA National Cemetery there. The ceremony will be held at a future date to be announced.

In lieu of flowers, condolences may be shared in his memory through the Human Animal Life Foundation.

He is survived by his daughter Valerie Lynn Schroeder, his son Peter Henry Schroeder II with daughter-in-law Felicia Cristiani Bass, his grandson Peter Henry Schroeder III and his grandson Jarrid Michael Schroeder.

 

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