Peter-Henry Schroeder of Los Angeles, California, passed away peacefully June 7, 2025, at Lake City VA Medical Center in Florida, with his loving family at his side. He was 90 years old. Well-known in the entertainment industry and highly respected as a master of his craft, he lived doing what he loved, and in his own words ---”I had a long and rich life, and I thank God for it.”

Born Peter Henry Martin Griffith James Schroeder on January 2, 1935, in Syracuse, New York, to Carl George and Maria Angotti Schroeder, he made Los Angeles his home for over 60 years. 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.

He is also survived by his brother Carl Schroeder, sister Maria Curley, nieces Debbie, Dawn, Heidi, Gretchen, Colleen, Laura, Maria and nephews Carl, Paul, and Robert. He was predeceased in death by his brother Thomas Schroeder, sister-in-law Carol and niece Kimberley, his sister-in law Maureen Schroeder (wife of Carl), and nephew Thomas, his brother-in-law Robert Curley, (husband of Maria), and James Charles with Antoinette Cristiani Bass (father and mother of Felicia). He is also survived by many loving relatives and friends.

Peter-Henry graduated from St. Aloysius Academy, Rome, NY. He was drafted into the U.S. Army to active duty in the Korean War from 1953 to 1955, was assigned to a unit that participated in a USO show and saw Marilyn Monroe performing for the troops in Korea, 1954. While in Korea his troop made its way up to the DMZ (demilitarized zone) where President Trump met with Kim Jong Un 65 years later, he “was at that spot.” He was a dedicated and proud Veteran of the United States Army who was blessed to have the Lake City VA staff wrap their arms around him, and care for him with honor, as he made his final journey.

After his return from service, Peter-Henry spent the next 70 years of his life as an actor, artist, filmmaker, producer, and director, in film, television, theater productions and in music. Early in his career, in New York City, he was drawn to study the art of acting, influenced by Stanislavski, and Lee and Paula Strasberg, where he used those techniques he mastered throughout his career as an actor and as a teacher. He studied with Paula, who ironically was known as an acting coach for Marilyn Monroe and studied privately at Carnegie Hall with Dustin Hoffman and John Voight.

Peter-Henry was also a recording artist for Capital Records and Ascot with the hit song “Where’s the Girl for Me” and ironically, again, recorded “Memories of Marilyn” in 1964, ten years after he saw her in Korea. During this time he was swooned over in teen magazines, and found hanging out alongside his friends, Bobby Darin and Jerry Granahan.

He moved to Hollywood, CA, in the early sixties, immersing himself in the entertainment business, acting in television, commercials, film, and theater, and even in the music business, becoming involved with the “Strawberry Alarm Clock”. 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 ’79 where, from within, he trained and mentored hundreds of actors in the craft of acting.

Peter-Henry was a masterful character actor, and through his creativity, passion, and dedication, led a remarkable life and career which enriched the lives of those he touched. He worked with the best of the best in the business for over sixty years, working with Meryl Streep and Alan Alda in the 1979 film, “the Seduction of Joe Tynan”, working as the Klingon Chancellor in the 2001 episodes of “Star Trek: Enterprise, and working with Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman in the 2012 Academy Award winning film “Argo”.

Peter-Henry worked in theatre as the best of the best, starring as “Kelly” in his award-winning production of Thomas Babe’s “A Prayer for My Daughter” which ran seven shows a week for a remarkable nine months at the Richmond Shepard Studio Theatre (The Complex) in Hollywood, working with Charlton Heston in The Detective Story at the Ahmanson, and working with Stuart Whitman in The Country Girl at the Tiffany Theatre.

In and around L.A. Peter-Henry enjoyed the community of actors and artists, and businesses that made Hollywood the center of the entertainment industry. When frequenting his favorite restaurants or on walkabout for a coffee, there would be many a time when folks would mistake Peter-Henry for Jack Nicholson and gawk and stare, and maybe have enough courage to ask for an autograph. His grandsons, Peter and Jarrid, when accompanying him, would be the first to call out this phenomenon and affectionately coined a phrase, “Hey grandpa, they’re having a ---Jack Attack”.

Peter-Henry will be remembered as a loving father and grandfather, and his dedication and creativity that illuminated the path for so many. He was a warrior in his last days, where he showed his tenacity to live and his love for the craft, and in his own words “When are you going to get me out of here, I’ve got to get back to LA”---to work.

Peter-Henry Schroeder will return to L.A. as he wished, not to work this time, but instead ---leaving behind a legacy that indelibly shaped generations of artists and storytellers.

A ceremony with Military Honors to rest in peace at the VA National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, 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 at https://humananimallife.org/peter-henry-schroeder/

For inquiries, visit his official website http://actorartist.com