Peter Mark Richman (born Marvin Jack Richman; April 16, 1927 – January 14, 2021) was an American actor in films and on television, who was for many years credited as Mark Richman. 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

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's 1956 film '' Friendly Persuasion'', Richman was, by that time, a regularly employed television actor, as well as a member of

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, a resource of which he would avail himself frequently until moving to

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in 1961. He played Nicholas "Nick" Cain in the 1961 films ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' (2005). His last film credits were '' Mysteria'' and '' After the Wizard'', both released in 2011. Richman sat on the board of trustees of the

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Television

His television credits include '' Hawaii Five-O'', ''Justice'', '' The Fall Guy'', ''

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'', '' Stoney Burke'', '' Breaking Point'', '' The Fugitive'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' Blue Light'', '' The Invaders'', ''

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'', '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''

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'', '' 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 ''

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'', titled " The Fear". He voiced

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in the animated series ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' as Andrew Laird (1981–1984), and a recurring role on ''

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'' (1978–1979) as Chrissy's father, Rev. Luther Snow. He guest-starred on ''

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''.

Personal life

Richman was married to actress Helen (Landess) Richman from 1953 until his death, and they had five children together, including

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and

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-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." Richman died of natural causes in

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, on January 14, 2021, at the age of 93.

Partial filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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Actors Studio audio collection

Peter Mark Richman Interview (Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel, 2014)

2018 Fox News interview

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