Star Trek fans everywhere are in mourning after it’s been announced that Enterprise series star Peter-Henry Schroeder has died aged 90.
The American actor was best known from Star Trek: Enterprise, the 2000s TV iteration of the long-running sci-fi series which ran for four seasons.
Schroeder famously appeared in the two-parter pilot episode Broken Bow, in which he played the Chancellor – a high-ranking member of space series’ Klingron race.
Later in his career, he appeared in 2012 best picture Academy Award winner Argo, with his final credited role coming in 2020 political satire Sammy-Gate.
Schroeder is reported to have ‘passed away peacefully’ in June while surrounded by members of his family at the Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in the US state of Florida.
No cause of death has been provided at this point.
On X earlier this year, @HereisthePlac paid tribute to Schroder’s story and experiences, saying: ‘What a man he is. Incredible human. Fascinating life story. Could be a movie.’
Reports in Deadline say that, during his final days, Schroeder was repeatedly asking when he was going to be allowed out of hospital and back to work.
‘When are you going to get me out of here? I’ve got to get back to LA [to work],’ he is reported to have demanded, eager to return to the job he loved so much.
Schroeder is survived by his daughter Valerie Lynn and his son Peter Henry II, his daughter-in-law Felicia Cristiani Bass, and his grandsons Peter Henry III and Jarrid Michael.
Away from cinema and TV, Schroeder spent time in the US Army, and was in active duty during the prolonged Korean War, which ended in 1953. Schroeder was still stationed there during the aftermath in 1955.
He was assigned to a unit involved with the United Service Organisations, the non-profit organisation that provided live entertainment to US Army soldiers and their families.
In the 1960s he briefly became a recording artist under the name Pete Schrayder, releasing a song called Where’s the Girl for Me in 1960 and, in 1964, Memories of Marilyn – written about a USO show Monroe played in the 1950s.
Back in the world of cinema, he formed his own production company, PHS Productions, and became a teacher at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
X user @IiiReverend recalled learning under him: ‘Peter Henry Schroeder was incredible acting teacher to work with. He is a wonderful person.
‘I took classes with him at the South Coast repertory in Orange County and up in Hollywood for a few years.’
In the late 1970s, Schroeder worked with Alan Alda and Meryl Streep on The Seduction of Joe Tynan, the critically acclaimed American political drama.
He also starred in episode of the legendary American comedy series Cheers, starring alongside Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, and Bebe Nuewirth.
Appearing in the 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise episode, Schroder played a Klingon Chancellor.
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