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4/16/1927  -   1/14/2021
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Peter Mark Richman plays trooper, Scott Franklin in "The Fear."
Twilight Zone season 5, 1964


Also, Peter Mark Richman's play "A Medal for Murray," opened on July 27, 2013 at the Beit Lessin Theater in Tel Aviv, Israel and has now been running for 2 years. Touring all over Israel.. including Haifa and Jerusalem. (Translated into Hebrew.)

 

Miriam Zohar and Ilan Dar dancing in Peter Mark Richman's play, A Medal for Murray, performed in Israel.

 

 

 

My interview in the Jewish Journal just came out: (click here)

"A Medal for Murray," a play by Peter Mark Richman was translated into Hebrew and presented in Tel Aviv by the Beit Lessin theater and opened July 27, 2013. It is expected to have a very long run in Tel Aviv and tour many cities in Israel. The grand dame of Israeli theater, Miriam Zohar, plays the lead with distinguished actor Ilan Dar.

Here are some of the quotes from the critics:

"A MEDAL FOR MURRAY BY PETER MARK RICHMAN IS A MOVING COMEDY THAT DEALS WITH LOVE IN THE GOLDEN YEARS THAT FOCUSES A BEAM OF LIGHT ON MARRIED LIFE, ON THE ART OF COURTSHIP AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ETERNAL LOVE. THE PLAY IS A THEATRICAL GEM (OR PEARL) THAT MOVES THE VIEWER TO LAUGHTER AND SOME TEARS, TO FEEL AND BE HAPPY... THE LAUGHTER IS ONE OF THE STRENGTHS OF THE PLAY AND SOMETIMES IT REACHES THE LEVEL OF HYSTERIA, BUT THIS IS CATHARTIC (A FEELING OF FREEDOM) WHICH BRINGS GREAT SATISFACTION TO THE VIEWERS ALL THROUGH THE FAMILY PLAY THAT'S UNFOLDING BEFORE THEIR EYES..."
--Top editor for VIP....Chaim Noi

"A MEDAL FOR MURRAY GRANTS THE AUDIENCE AN HOUR AND A HALF OF INTEREST, GOOD FEELINGS AND EVEN A SORT OF SPIRITUAL LIFT...I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THIS PLAY IS EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED BY SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE DUMPS. IT CONVINCES US THAT LIFE IS SWEET AND HAPPINESS IS WITHIN REACH..."
--Michael Handelzalts...Haaretz

"THE SHOW IS A GREAT SUCCESS AND IT WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY TO SEE THE AUDIENCE RESPONSE TO IT. PEOPLE COME OUT FROM THE THEATER AND ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH A HUGE SMILE ON THEIR FACES. I HEARD ONE WOMAN SAYING THAT IT GAVE HER HAPPINESS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
--Alon Ophir...the director

 


Classic TV Preservation Society

The Classic TV Preservation Society is a nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. The Board of Directors includes Founder and Executive Director Herbie J Pilato, who wrote the following article.

Peter Mark Richman - The Actor's Actor - Going Strong

A great Light has been circulating Hollywood for decades, shining bright upon countless audiences of the stage, big and small screens - and that Light is the actor named Peter Mark Richman. A professional from the word go, Richman has been sharing his enormous and multifaceted talents with the world for over 50 years, with no sign of stopping.

Name any television program of any worth that ever aired, and Richman has appeared on it. Measure any scene in any TV show, motion picture or play in which he has ever performed, and he's hit his mark with precision. In fact, there are not enough numbers in the decimal system to properly calculate the number of times Richman has delivered the goods of his vocation.

On television alone his impact is astounding. From his early TV days on anthology shows like The Amrstrong Circle Theatre, Alfred Hitchock Presents, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, through the 1960s on his own classic series, Cain's Hundred, to action/adventure shows like The Man From U.N.C.L.E., It Takes A Thief, through the 1970s on detective shows such as Longstreet, (on which he had a regular role), Baretta, Barnaby Jones, and Charlie's Angels, through the 1980s with Hart to Hart, Knight Rider, Dynasty, Star Trek: The Next Generation, on into the 1990s with Beverly Hills, 90210, and beyond.

Whether voicing God, or playing Suzanne Sommer's minister father on Three's Company ; whether voicing an animated Spider-Man, or confronting The Six Million Dollar Man live, Richman has done it all - with class, sophistication and elegance.

.Dynasty .......

A few of his most cherished memories are from working on the anthology shows from the Golden Age of Television, such as Playhouse 90, The United States Steel Hour, and The Philco Playhouse. "They dealt with [fully-developed] stories, and characters," he says.

In those days, Richman lived in New York, and he would commute from the East to the West Coast whenever Hollywood beckoned. "I would land in Hollywood, fly back to New York, and then once my plane landed, I'd receive a call to return to Hollywood, and it continued like that for years. I was one of the migrating actors in the late 50s and 60s."

 

Eventually, Richman purchased a home in Woodland Hills, in which he and his lovely wife, actress Helen Richman, with whom he has raised five children, have remained "happily ensconced" ever since.

In fact, despite his over 500 TV appearances
alone, what he remains most proud
is his children, one of whom is the Grammy-award-winning music maestro Lucas Richman). "I have terrific kids," he says.

And they clearly have a terrific father, who is a terrific actor, and a fine human being, untethered and unaffected by the glitter and glamour of Hollywood - which is one of the reasons why he's going strong.

It also clarifies one of the reasons why has Richman is so blessed...because of his solid sense of family...his strong sense of priority...his delightful sense of humor...and his caring heart...all of which continues to contribute to that shining, bright Light of his humanity - that frequently sparks on screen, and off.
BY HERBIE J. PILATO


 

An extensive interview with Peter Mark Richman and Actors Reporter, Danika Quinn.

 

Peter Mark Richman on

Scene with Janet Leigh on "House on Greenapple Road"
(Tv movie)

His television career began with live TV followed by his own NBC series "Cain's Hundred" as Nick Cain. After that came the series "Longstreet," "Dynasty," "Three's Company" and "Beverly Hills 90210." He has been a guest star in hundreds of television shows and movies including the classic sci-fi shows "Outer Limits," "The Twilight Zone," and "Star Trek : The Next Generation."

This year Peter Mark Richman hosted and narrated with The Philadelphia Orchestra,"An Evening of John Williams Music" for his 80th birthday celebration at the Mann Center. His son Lucas Richman was the guest conductor.


Peter Mark Richman has performed on Broadway, off-Broadway, in Theaters across the country, and has been a guest star in over 500 Television Shows and Movies.

Peter Mark Richman is one of the most versatile actors in Hollywood. Coming from the Actors Studio and the Broadway Theater, he has appeared in many films including: "Friendly Persuasion," "The Black Orchid," "The Strange One," "The Dark Intruder," "For Singles Only" and "Naked Gun 2 1/2."

A serious and accomplished artist, he has had seventeen one-man exhibitions. Mr. Richman's first novel "Hollander's Deal," and his second book "The Rebirth of Ira Masters" are now available for purchase. He has recently completed the independent film 4 FACES, which he wrote, produced and stars in. POOL HALL JUNKIES, another independent film he appears in, is now in release & available on DVD.

Mr. Richman has recently recorded radio dramas available on CD, based on the original TWILIGHT ZONE television scripts. CD's currently available "Uncle Simon" & 'He's Alive."  


 Read the new interview with Peter Mark Richman,
(courtesy of CultFilmFreak.com)

A fabulous CD has been released of Jerrald Goldsmith's music for the NBC-TV powerful series of the sixties, "Cain's Hundred" starring Peter Mark Richman as a mafia lawyer who quits representing them. (That's Trouble!) The disc with a booklet is full of pictures of the series action and guest stars. (FSM's silver and golden age classics, Screen Archives Entertainment.)

Peter Mark Richman on

Interview on "Night of 100 Hollywood Stars 2010"


Mr. Richman has just completed a short film called, "The Desperate." It is a powerful story of a Jewish surgeon slated to die in a concentration camp when he is compelled to save a Nazi General's wounded Lieutenant son.  

He sat in a make-up chair for 3 hours while a bald pate was applied and the accompanying "look."  

The film was submitted to the Academy of Motion Pictures in the short film category; and it will be seen in many film festivals in the coming year. On December 9, 2009 Mr. Richman  received an "Award of Excellence" from the Film Advisory Board for his performance and "Outstanding Contributions to the World of Entertainment."  

It has now won 33 Film Festival Awards across the country as Best Film in Short Film Category, (it's 32 minutes). And Mr. Richman has won several best actor awards.

Peter Mark Richman on

 "The Desperate." movie trailer


AFTER THE WIZARD.. A film Peter Mark recently shot will premier at the historic Kingman Theater in Kingman, Kansas on July 2, 2011, where a lot of the film was shot. After The Wizard is based on another book by L. Frank Baum who wrote the Wizard of Oz. It is a family picture and Mr. Richman plays a blind southern gentleman who meets The Tin Man and The Scarecrow on a train!

AfterTheWizard-themovie.com is the website for the picture and has photos of the production.


4 FACES is a film about four distinctly different people in crisis, and how each one relates and deals with his tangential relationship to God in that crisis. It was written by and stars Peter Mark Richman. 
It was directed by Ted Post.

"PETER MARK RICHMAN'S 4 FACES Is rich and engrossing, wonderfully written, acted and directed. Each of the four characters portrayed by this gifted actor appears as a complete and human being. It's as though you are witnessing four genuinely different personalities acted with great intelligence, wit and perception, by four different talented actors. It's remarkable." -- MARTIN LANDAU 

"RICHMAN is indeed a rich man...he's written four great character studies and then acts them out brilliantly." -- ELI WALLACH

Peter Mark Richman on

FACE #1   PASTOR GREGORY -- Delivers his sermon after being informed he is suspected of taking liberties with his female congregants.

FACE #2   CARLO -- A father reveals his difficult ordeal to a drug intervention group concerning his son.
FACE #3   GERHARDT -- A former SS Nazi officer living comfortably somewhere in South America has a visitor, his grandson.
FACE #4  DANIEL -- An 83 year old Holocaust survivor meets a young man in the park and reveals his philosophy of life.