Peter Michael Goetz

Peter Michael Goetz (born December 10, 1941) is an American actor.^[1]

Peter Michael Goetz
Born	(1941-12-10) December 10, 1941 (age 82) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Education	University of Minnesota
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–2019
Spouse	Constance Fleurat ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	2

Early life and education

Goetz was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Esther L. and Irving A. Goetz, a construction engineer.^[2] Goetz studied at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated.

Career

After college, Goetz joined the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, where over the course of 40 years he has appeared in numerous productions, including Death of a Salesman, All My Sons, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The National Health, An Enemy of the People, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Matchmaker, Arsenic and Old Lace, Waiting for Godot, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Taming of the Shrew.^[3]

Goetz made his Broadway debut as John Barrymore in the 1981 Colleen Dewhurst-directed play Ned and Jack, which closed on opening night. Additional New York City theatre credits include Beyond Therapy, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Government Inspector, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Macbeth, and the off-Broadway productions The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs and Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential.

Feature films in which Goetz has appeared include Wolfen, Prince of the City, The World According to Garp, Jumpin' Jack Flash, King Kong Lives, Father of the Bride, Dad, Glory, My Girl, and The Empty Mirror. His television credits include AfterMASH, Lou Grant, St. Elsewhere, The Facts of Life, Simon & Simon, Matlock, The Golden Girls, L.A. Law, The Cavanaughs, Twin Peaks, Picket Fences, Touched by an Angel, The Practice, The West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Without a Trace, Arrested Development, in addition to numerous television films and mini-series.

Personal life

Goetz married Constance Fleurat in 1966.^[2] They have two sons.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Wolfen	Ross
1981	Prince of the City	U.S. Attorney Charles Deluth
1982	The World According to Garp	John Wolfe
1984	Best Defense	Frank Joyner
1984	C.H.U.D.	Gramps
1985	Beer	Harley Feemer
1986	My Little Girl	Norman Bettinger
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Mr. Page
1986	King Kong Lives	Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
1989	Dad	Dr. Ethridge
1989	Glory	Francis George Shaw
1991	Another You	Therapist
1991	My Girl	Dr. Welty
1991	Father of the Bride	John MacKenzie
1995	Above Suspicion	Judge
1995	Father of the Bride Part II	John MacKenzie
1996	Infinity	Dr. Gell-Mann
1996	The Empty Mirror	Sigmund Freud
1998	My Engagement Party	Robert Salsburg
1999	Valerie Flake	Douglas Flake
2000	The View from the Swing	Dr. Mullins
2013	Scenic Route	Old Man in Car
2015	Martyrs	Professor	Uncredited
2019	A Violent Separation	Riley Jenkins

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Act of Love	Dr. Warren Fitzpatrick	Television film
1981	Another World	Dr. Feldman	Episode #1.4336
1982	One of the Boys	George Shields	2 episodes
1982	Lou Grant	Bob O'Brien	Episode: "Obituary"
1982	The Phoenix	Professor	Episode: "One of Them"
1983	An Invasion of Privacy	Gerald Deims	Television film
1983	Star Wars	Admiral Ozzel	2 episodes
1983	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Larry Andrews	Episode: The Count"
1983	The Edge of Night	Harry Lavender	9 episodes
1984	All Together Now	Walt Parker	Television film
1984–1985	AfterMASH	Wally Wainright	9 episodes
1985	Braker	Captain Joyce	Television film
1985	The Facts of Life	Fred Burnett	Episode: "A New Life"
1986	The Twilight Zone	American Ambassador Fraser	Episode: "A Small Talent for War"
1986	Simon & Simon	Michael Fielding	Episode: "Eye of the Beholder"
1986	Promise	Stuart	Television film
1986–1989	The Cavanaughs	Chuck Cavanaugh	26 episodes
1987	The Bronx Zoo	Dr. Messina	Episode: "Signs of Life"
1987	Spenser: For Hire	Peter Dorian	Episode: "Consilum Abditum"
1988	A Father's Homecoming	Housemaster Chapin	Television film
1988	Maybe Baby	Mayor Vincent Maneri
1988	A Stoning in Fulham County	Keller
1989	The Karen Carpenter Story	Harold Carpenter
1989	Midnight Caller	Stanton Durose	Episode: "But Not for Me"
1989	The Outside Woman	Madison	Television film
1989	What's Alan Watching?	Leo Hofstetter	Unsold pilot
1989	I Know My First Name Is Steven	Pat Hallford	2 episodes
1989	Mancuso, F.B.I.	Kaufman	Episode: "Weapons-Grade"
1989	Matlock	Steven Abbot	Episode: "The Scrooge"
1990	The Golden Girls	Dr. Stein	Episode: "Like the Beep Beep Beep of the Tom Tom"
1990	L.A. Law	Dr. Robert Woolf	Episode: "Whatever Happened to Hannah?"
1990	Twin Peaks	Jared Lancaster	3 episodes
1990	Gabriel's Fire	Petroni	2 episodes
1990	Fine Things	Bergosian	Television film
1991	Tagget	Alex Howell
1991	Stat	Ira	Episode: "Safe Smuggling"
1992	The Water Engine	Soapbox Speaker One	Television film
1992–1993	Room for Two	Ken Kazurinsky	26 episodes
1993	Picket Fences	Dr. Haber	Episode: "Cross Examination"
1993	The Day My Parents Ran Away	Waldo	Television film
1994	The Boys Are Back	Ron Ginrich	Episode: "Mikey at Nike"
1995	The Buccaneers	Colonel St. George	4 episodes
1995	My Brother's Keeper	Tabor	Television film
1996	Sisters	Elton Grenthal	Episode: "The Best Man"
1996	The Faculty	Principal Herbert Adams	13 episodes
1996	The Pretender	Dr. Miles Hendricks	Episode: "Pilot"
1996	Touched by an Angel	Jordan Du Bois	Episode: "The Violin Lesson"
1997	Ellen	Dr. Haddassi	Episode: "Makin' Whoopie"
1997	413 Hope St.	David L. Forrest	Episode: "Redemption"
1997	Fame L.A.	Mr. Hicks	Episode: "The Guru"
1999	Home Improvement	Dr. Hanover	2 episodes
2000	Family Law	Mr. Yarborough	Episode: "A Mother's Son"
2000	Chicken Soup for the Soul	2000	Episode: "Letters to Suzie"
2000–2001	The Practice	Dr. Dennis Murphy	3 episodes
2001	The West Wing	Paul Hackett	Episode: "18th and Potomac"
2001	That's Life	Ron Winters	Episode: "M.Y.O.B."
2001, 2003	Gilmore Girls	Straub Hayden	2 episodes
2003	Without a Trace	Mr. Mandel	Episode: "A Tree Falls"
2006	Arrested Development	Dr. Farmer	Episode: "Fakin' It"
2006	Where There's a Will	Donnie Paul Lugger	Television film
2006	Psych	Griffin Mahoney	Episode: "Weekend Warriors"
2009	Mending Fences	Doc Beatty	Television film
2016	Rush Hour	Rooney	Episode: "O Hostage! My Hostage!"

References

1. Preston, Rohan (February 6, 2013). "Goetz takes leave from Guthrie's 'Journey'". Star Tribune.
2. Peter Michael Goetz Biography (1941-) at FilmReference.com
3. Peter Michael Goetz at Dublin Theatre Festival

External links

• Peter Michael Goetz at IMDb
• Peter Michael Goetz at the Internet Broadway Database
• Peter Michael Goetz at the Internet Off-Broadway Database