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5 unusual facts about Peter Strauss


For Love Alone

Peter Strauss was originally cast to play James Quick but was replaced by Sam Neill.

K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments

The series features the voice talents of award-winning stars including Tom Bosley, John Schneider, George Newbern, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rene Auberjonois, Peter Strauss, and Tim Curry.

Kimberly Beck

She also had a role in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II with Peter Strauss and a host of other well-received television mini-series.

Michael Ontkean

Ontkean was not the director's first choice for the film: Arthur Hiller had previously approached Tom Berenger, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, William Hurt and Peter Strauss to play the lead, before finally approaching Ontkean.

Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy also acquired the Peter Strauss Ranch from the entertainer Peter Strauss in the central Santa Monica Mountains, which was also turned over to the National Park Service and opened to the public in the SMMNRA.


Flight of Black Angel

Flight of Black Angel is a 1991 TV (Showtime) aviation film directed by Jonathan Mostow, featuring William O'Leary and Peter Strauss.

Marvin J. Chomsky

In 1982 he directed Vanessa Redgrave in the TV movie, My Body, My Child and in 1989 the miniseries Brotherhood of the Rose with Robert Mitchum, Peter Strauss and David Morse.

T. Cullen Davis

Davis was also the subject of the book Texas Justice by Cartwright, which was made into a TV movie starring Peter Strauss as Cullen and Heather Locklear as Priscilla.


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Peter Strauss Ranch

In 1976, Peter Strauss purchased the property after being moved by the area's natural beauty while filming the mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man at nearby Malibu Lake.