Actor of “Three’s Company” and “Beverly Hills 90210” dies

Peter Mark Richman, a character actor who appeared on hundreds of episodes of television series and had recurring roles on “Three’s Company” and “Beverly Hills, 90210,” has passed away. He was 93 years old.

Richman died Thursday of natural causes at his home in the Woodland Hills area of ​​Los Angeles.reported his publicist, Harlan Boll.

Born in Philadelphia, Richman was a pharmacist when he decided to trade his career for acting. He joined the Actors Studio and in 1953 starred in the play “End as a Man”. He has appeared on Broadway in “A Hatful of Rain” and “Masquerade.” According to Boll, he also played Jerry in over 400 performances of Edward Albee’s “The Zoo Story” in New York.

En el cine, including sus créditos “The Black Orchid” from 1958, with Sophia Loren; “The Strange One”, “The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear” and “Friday the 13th Part VIII”.

But He was best known for his work on television, where he appeared in more than 500 episodes of various series for decades, desde “Bonanza” and “The Fugitive” has “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.

He played attorney Nick Cain on the short-lived 1960s NBC series “Cain’s Hundred” and had recurring roles as a lawyer on the 1980s hit “Dynasty” and the 1970s “Longstreet” series.

Between the 1970s and 1980s, he played Suzanne Somers’ father, Reverend Luther Snow, in “Three’s Company”; He appeared as Lawrence Carson in some episodes of “Beverly Hills, 90210” and played CC Capwell in nearly 30 episodes of “Santa Barbara”.

He has also written plays, including the acclaimed “4 Faces”, as well as a novel, short stories and an autobiography.

In 1990 the Motion Picture & Television Fund awarded him the Silver Medal in recognition of his humanitarian achievements.

He leaves behind his wife Helen, five children and six grandchildren.