Peter Ronson was born in Iceland and excelled in track and field, eventually competing on the Icelandic National Team for the decathlon. After meeting a runner from the United States, he was offered a full scholarship to USC and moved to the US with his three children. While at USC, he was cast in the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth as Hans. After the movie, he declined a long-term acting contract and competed in the 1960 Rome Olympics for Iceland in the 110-Meter Hurdles. He later married a Southern California native and had two more sons, both of whom are now licensed physicians in Southern California.
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He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympics. As an actor, he played Hans Bjelke and was credited as a technical adviser in the 1959 film adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth.
2007
He died of natural causes in 2007 in Orange County, California. He is survived by two sons, Brian and Stephen, with his wife Marie, and by three children from a previous relationship, Lisa, Pétur Jr., and Kristine.
