American film and television actor (1927–2021)
Peter Mark Richman
Born Marvin Jack Richman
(1927-04-16 ) April 16, 1927Died January 14, 2021(2021-01-14) (aged 93) Occupation Actor Years active 1949–2011 Spouse
Helen Richman
(
m. 1953)
Children 5, including
Lucas Richman Website
petermarkrichman .com
Peter Mark Richman (born Marvin Jack Richman ; April 16, 1927[
citation needed ] – January 14, 2021) was an American actor in films and on television, who was for many years credited as Mark Richman .
[1] He appeared in about 30 films and 130 television series from the 1950s until his retirement in 2011.
Career
Films
Making his feature film debut in
William Wyler 's 1956 film
Friendly Persuasion , Richman was, by that time, a regularly employed television actor, as well as a member of
New York 's
Actors Studio , a resource of which he would avail himself frequently until moving to
Los Angeles in 1961.
[2]
[3] He played Nicholas "Nick" Cain in the 1961 films
The Murder Men and
The Crimebusters . He reprised his role as Nicholas Cain in the television series
Cain's Hundred . His other films include
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), and
Vic (2005). His last film credits were
Mysteria and
After the Wizard , both released in 2011. Richman sat on the board of trustees of the
Motion Picture and Television Fund .[
citation needed ]
Television
His television credits include
Hawaii Five-O , Justice ,
The Fall Guy ,
The DuPont Show with June Allyson ,
Stoney Burke ,
Breaking Point ,
The Fugitive ,
The Outer Limits ,
Blue Light ,
The Invaders ,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ,
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ,
The Wild Wild West ,
Bonanza ,
Daniel Boone ,
The Silent Force ,
Get Christie Love! ,
The Bionic Woman ,
Knight Rider ,
The Incredible Hulk ,
Mission: Impossible ,
Combat! and
Matlock . He had multiple guest roles on
The F.B.I. over its nine-year run. He appeared as Ralph Offenhouse in
Star Trek: The Next Generation ' s first season episode "
The Neutral Zone ". Richman starred in the penultimate filmed episode of
The Twilight Zone , titled "
The Fear ". He voiced
The Phantom in the animated series
Defenders of the Earth . Richman's other TV roles were on the soap opera
Santa Barbara as Channing Creighton 'C.C.' Capwell (1984),
Longstreet as Duke Paige, on the soap opera
Dynasty as
Andrew Laird (1981–1984), and a recurring role on
Three's Company (1978–1979) as Chrissy's father, Rev. Luther Snow. He guest-starred on
Beverly Hills, 90210 .
Personal life
Richman was married to actress Helen (Landess) Richman from 1953 until his death, and they had five children together, including
composer and
Grammy Award -winning
conductor
Lucas Richman . Before his acting career, he started off his career as a pharmacist. "My father died when I was 16 and my brother was kind of a surrogate father," recalled Richman. "He was a pharmacist and I worked in his store as a teenager. He thought I should get a real education so I ended up reluctantly going to pharmacy school. I expected to flunk out after six weeks but stuck it out, graduated, and became a licensed pharmacist in two states."
[4]
Richman died of natural causes in
Woodland Hills, California , on January 14, 2021, at the age of 93.
[5]
Partial filmography
Friendly Persuasion (1956) as Gard Jordan
The Strange One (1957) as Cadet Colonel Corger
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958) (Season 4 Episode 7: "Man with a Problem") as Officer Steve Barrett
Girls on the Loose (1958) as Police Lieutenant Bill Hanley
The Black Orchid (1958) as Noble
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 17: "The Cure") as Mike
The Murder Men (1961) as Nick Cain
Cain's Hundred (TV series, 1961-1962) as Nicholas Cain, series lead
The Crimebusters (1962) as Nicholas Cain
The Outer Limits episode "
The Borderland " (December 1963) as Professor Ian Fraser
Combat! , 2 episodes, "The Hostages" (1964) as Captain Aptmeyer & "Counterplay" (1966) as Marchand / German Lieutenant
Dark Intruder (1965) as Robert Vandenburg
Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966) as Adam Chance
Blue Light (1966, TV series) (episode "The Friendly Enemy") as Von Stafenberg
The Fugitive , 2 episodes (1964-1966, TV series) as Johnny / Deputy Steel
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , season 2: "The Monster's Web" (1966, TV series) as Gantt
The F.B.I. (1965-1974, TV series) in 8 different roles
The Invaders , episode 4: "The Leeches" (January 31, 1967, TV series) as Tom Wiley
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , season 4: "Secret of the Deep" (1968, TV series) as John Hendrix
For Singles Only (1968) as Gerald Pryor
Hawaii Five-O (1969, TV series) (episode "Along Came Joey") as Nick Morgan
Lancer (1969, TV series) (episode “Angel Day and Her Sunshine Girls”) as Bolton
House on Greenapple Road (1970) as Sal Gilman
The Silent Force (1970, TV series) (episode "A Deadly Game of Love")
Yuma (1971) as Major Lucas
The New Perry Mason (1973) Ralph 'Junius' Addison (episode "The Case of the Horoscope Homicide")
Hawkins (1974, TV series) (episode "Murder in the Slave Trade")
Get Christie Love! (1974, TV series) as Young
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl , 2 episodes (1976, TV series) as The Pharaoh
The Bionic Woman (1977, TV series) (episode "Escape To Love") as Colonel Dubnov
Vega$ (1978, TV series) (episode "Lost Women")
Wonder Woman (1978, TV series) (episode "Gault's Brain") as Dr. Crippin
Three's Company , 3 episodes (1977-1979, TV series) as Reverend Snow
Blind Ambition (1979, TV series) as Robert Mardian
PSI Factor (1980) as Edgar Hamilton
Battlestar Galactica 1980 (1980, TV series) episodes "The Night the Cylons Landed" Parts I and II as Colonel Briggs
Dynasty , 27 episodes (1981-1984, TV series) as
Andrew Laird
Hart to Hart (1979-1984, TV series) (in "The Murder of Jonathan Hart" as Owen Grant and in "Harts at High Noon" as Arthur Horton
Knight Rider (1983-1985, TV series) (in "Goliath Returns" as Dr. Klaus Bergstrom and in "Many Happy Returns" as Kleist)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988, TV series) episode
"The Neutral Zone" , as Ralph Offenhouse
Murder She Wrote (1988, TV series)- episode "Deadline for Murder", as Lamar Bennett
Judgement Day (1988) as Priest
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) as Charles McCulloch
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) as Arthur Dunwell
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1996, TV series) as voice of
old Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Superman: The Animated Series (1999) as voice of
Abin Sur
Poolhall Junkies (2002) as Phillip
Vic (2005) as Paul Marcus
After the Wizard (2011) as Charles Samuel Williams
Mysteria (2011) as Senator Mitchell
References
^ Dick Kleiner:
"He Added Peter to Make His Mark," The Meriden Morning Record TV News (Saturday, October 30, 1971), p. ONE-A. "For years, Mark Richman was a successful actor around town... Suddenly, about a year ago, the name Peter Mark Richman began popping up in credits. It took a while for the public to realize they were one and the same. The reason for adding Peter goes back to Richman's belief in the Eastern philosophy, Subud. 'I came to believe that Mark wasn't right for me. I took the name Peter - it means a great deal to me, it means, I like to think, that I am a good person.'"
^
Mark Richman at the
Wisconsin Historical Society 's Actors Studio audio collection
^
NANA :
"Mark Richman Finds Retreat," The Vancouver Sun (Saturday, November 4, 1961), p. 5. "Mark Richman, who chases nasties ... five days a week in TV's Cain's Hundred, has moved his wife and two children out from New york. They have set up headquarters high on a quiet isolated hill in Pacific Palisades."
^ Nick Thomas (April 7, 2016).
"Peter Mark Richman: The Pharmacist-Turned-Actor" . TheSpectrum.com . USA Today. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
^ Saperstein, Pat (January 14, 2021).
"Peter Mark Richman, Actor in 'Beverly Hills 90210,' 'Three's Company,' Dies at 93" .
Variety .
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