Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and movie actor, known for his roles in several television miniseries in the 1970s and 1980s. Notably, as Abel Roznovski in Kane and Abel, the TV miniseries from Jeffrey Archer's book of the same title. He won an Emmy Award for his role on the 1979 made-for-television movie The Jericho Mile, and starred in a television remake of the classic 1946 film Angel On My Shoulder in 1980. His other noted television miniseries credits include roles in Rich Man, Poor Man, the sequel Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, and Masada. Strauss also played Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. in the 1977 TV movie Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy.

He also starred in the films Soldier Blue (1970) and Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), and has appeared in several others. He voiced the character of Justin, Captain of the Guard, in the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH, alongside the late Elizabeth Hartman and the late Paul Shenar, and subsequently named his son Justin, for the character. He also starred as an abused husband in the television movie Men Don't Tell, alongside Judith Light. A more recent film is XXX: State of the Union (2005). He also has appeared in commercials for Miracle-Gro. He was the voice of Moses in the animated series K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments. He married the actress Rachel Ticotin on December 31, 1998. Peter starred in the short-lived series Body & Soul as Dr. Isaac Braun in 2002. The series was filmed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He provided the voice for Stoker Van Rotten in both the 1990s and 2006 versions of Biker Mice From Mars.

Strauss also runs a successful citrus production business and is on the advisory board of the Los Angeles Arboretum. He sold a ranch property to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The ranch has since been acquired by the National Park Service as the Peter Strauss Ranch.

Strauss graduated from Northwestern University in 1969.