{"id":29417,"date":"2026-07-10T18:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:49:57","slug":"peter-riegert","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert","title":{"rendered":"Peter Riegert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald &#8220;Boon&#8221; Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On television, he is best known for his portrayal of crooked New Jersey State Assemblyman Ronald Zellman on The Sopranos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald &#8220;Boon&#8221; Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-29417","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peter Riegert - lovemoviesnight.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peter Riegert - lovemoviesnight.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald &#8220;Boon&#8221; Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"lovemoviesnight.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert\",\"name\":\"Peter Riegert - lovemoviesnight.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-10T18:49:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Person\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?post_type=movie_engine_person\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Peter Riegert\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"lovemoviesnight.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lovemoviesnight.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peter Riegert - lovemoviesnight.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peter Riegert - lovemoviesnight.com","og_description":"Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, writer, and director. He notable film roles include Donald &#8220;Boon&#8221; Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive &#8220;Mac&#8221; MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988), and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). On [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert","og_site_name":"lovemoviesnight.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert","url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert","name":"Peter Riegert - lovemoviesnight.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-10T18:49:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=peter-riegert#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Person","item":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?post_type=movie_engine_person"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Peter Riegert"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/","name":"lovemoviesnight.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/movie_engine_person\/29417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/movie_engine_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/movie_engine_person"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}