Peter Strauss | The Complete Pioneers of Television Interview

[@chynnadoll3277]

The younger people of today have no idea what a phenomenon this series was back in 1976. I was in ninth grade, and after each episode seemingly everyone in school was talking about it the next day. There were only four major networks at the time when I was growing up (our area didn’t get cable until the 80s) and watching miniseries such as “Rich Man, Poor Man” was a real event. Man, I really miss those days.

[@salohyy2126]

I'm 19 but this series are my favourite

[@dessislavadamianova1809]

@@salohyy2126 The same for me, even if I was watching "Rich man, poor man" from the other side of the Iron curtain!

[@salohyy2126]

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[@realColonel48]

Great miniseries. In fact, I placed order of DVD of rich man poor man, and it should arrive soon

[@margeshilling7983]

Loved him in "Rich Man, Poor Man" and in everything else. I met him many years ago in Ohio when he was in Kenley Player's "Heaven Can Wait". I went backstage to get his autograph, he spoke to me and I stood there speechless like a zombie.

[@Melinda8162]

He was always a handsome dude. Loved the series’s. 😁

[@kathrynbellerose6216]

Excellent actor devoted to bringing the truth of the script. Constantly improving his craft. Thank you for posting.

[@randyspradlin8404]

Thank you for this! Wow. Amazing. I'm in my mid-sixties and became a fan of Peter Strauss' works since "Rich Man, Poor Man." Some 40 years later, he's still my fave. Thanks for showing all these wonderful videos from the "Pioneers of Television." They are tremendous.

[@birdsfan57]

Me too, and I share your lasting admiration for both Peter Strauss and the mini-series that launched him into the public's consciousness. It's still one of my all-time favorite television events.

[@TheCaulfield1]

Watched him with Sam Neil in Kane & Abel.... What A Story!!! Two Amazing Actors!! If you've not watched it.... YOU MUST!!!!

[@aquarius2914]

He was also brilliant in Brotherhood of the Rose with Robert Mitchum, David Morse, and Connie Sellecca, James Sikking, Emmet Walsh to name a few. A great thriller from the 1980s.

[@amiblueful]

I found Rich Man Poor Man riveting. Peter Strauss still looks great.

[@patriciasoebagio1035]

"Masada," "Kane & Abel," "Tender is the Night," "The Jericho Mile," "Rich Man, Poor Man"... incredible, amazing body of work, which was so enriching for me

[@emmylou-y4b]

It was an amazing series. He and Nick Nolte were wonderful. I wish he worked more.

[@clementinechex6934]

😍 Super actor 🥰😇

[@rositahuff4858]

…this is one of the greatest actors of all times!!! He didn’t play….he became -!

[@lauriepearce]

Wow, this man is so very talented!!! Can never get enough of his movies!!! I just saw him in the " Sugar Daddies" movie filmed back in 2014 I believe?! He polished that role off beautifully as well!! Keep them coming Sweet Man...WE LOVE YOU!!!

[@joeblow9210]

Terrific interview. Rich Man, Poor Man was monumental, the kids in my high school were into and everybody else. I loved book one and two, never show it anymore. Also a fan of Masada, another outstanding production and even the TV comedy movie An Angel on my Shoulder.

[@mike5778]

Rich Man Poor Man availability on DVD.

[@gw58]

Its 2023 in UK, an old Law & Order is on in the background, I suddenly looked up with my homing device like radar switched on, I know that voice! Voices do it for me, or really don't. The voice comes back into shot Yes! it's Peter Strauss 😃 decades fell away to Rich Man, I looked Peter up online which lead me to this masterclass with that beautiful voice 👏 I loved it and will look for more. Thank you for the memories Mr Peter Strauss 🙌

[@larswillsen]

50 years ago, we watched this on worn out Swedish video tapes snet through the village cable setup in Greenland, far up north ..I guess we watched it a couple of years after it aired in the U.S .. I remember every detail :)

[@kbunky69]

I had a huge crush on Peter watching that show Rich Man Poor Man . Still do . Always gives a great performance. ❤😊

[@Angelfeather100]

He makes my knees go weak even now. By his intellect as well as his physique.

[@katgirlblue]

I love Peter Strauss! I had a major crush on him because of Rich Man. Me, and every other woman, although I was a young teenager at the time. I was so in love!

[@zoedouglas-cain2150]

Me too ! I wrote to him from Liverpool. I was 12yrs old. Goodness knows where I'd have sent the letter to? Rudy, USA.....!!? Sent on a hope and a prayer 🤷‍♀️😅

[@katgirlblue]

@@zoedouglas-cain2150 did you send it? Did he answer? When I was a kid I loved Sophia Loren also, and saw that Life magazine with her on the cover. I wrote to her and addressed it: Sophia Loren, Villa outside Rome, Italy. She sent me a gorgeous glossy head shot on which she wrote my name and signed it, Love, Sophia. I showed it to everyone and loved her ever since.

[@terigraham7609]

This inerview was amazing. I grew up with the 1970s mini series and agree with everything he said. People was instant gratification. They dont have the attention span. Everything has changed and no necessarily for the better. I also agree that the entertainment industry and media discards people, epsecially women, over a certain age.

[@kathleen8627]

He is simply charming. Seems to have a normal perspective on life.

[@dessislavadamianova1809]

This wonderful, so charming and so dignified, "unique en son genre", Peter Strauss! My communist Bulgaria was just crazy for him in the summer of 1982, and far beyond this summer. The streets were deserted when the miniseries of "Rich man, poor man" were shown on our very rigid and very ideological TV. It was almost revolutionary: the caracters and the the story were embodying everything you didn't have at that time and this American guy, Peter Strauss, was himself no more no less the ideal man, even for the teenager I was at that time. I'm now 55 and every summer, I'm wacthing again and again "Rich man, poor man". May God bless these timeless Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely and Susan Sullivan!

[@barbbecka5291]

Thank you for re-releasing these interviews. May I kindly request that the original interview date/year please be included in the descriptor? Thank you in advance for your consideration.

[@jameseastman5406]

Ditto!

[@katgirlblue]

The series Peter refers to with Dustin Hoffman, created by David Milch, began in December 2011.

[@geliporsch9022]

Peter Strauss, mein Lieblings Schauspieler. In den 80gern war ich Schülerin und da schon Fan und heute immernoch. Ich liebe die Filme und Serien wo er zu sehn ist. Ich Grüsse herzlich Peter Strauss 🙋‍♀️🙂❤️

[@doxcb4717]

I love Richman Poorman especially Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss

[@sisteri1198]

Rich man, Poor man was the bomb 💣!! I ❤This man wow he aged very well!! I was a teenager and I had the biggest crush on him! Js 😌👋🏽

[@chiefamylee]

Love him🥰😍🤩! Thanks for the interview!

[@cayminlast]

I do remember how this show altered the TV experience for a lot of us, the characters made unique impressions on people, William Smith played 'Falconetti' with such commitment it made a big impression on me as a youngster.

[@steve61098]

Loved Rich Man Poor Man….😍…Excellent Character stories and AMAZING actors!…

[@annekepoolen7624]

Most beautiful serie ,back in the days,i was 11 a 12

[@MissWitchiepoo]

He was in some great movies!! I'm happy here is still in this world:)

[@j1st633]

Great channel.

[@sherrybrown7304]

Oh my gosh, that one Terrific movie, always kept you interested, acting was great, Krause and Nolte was just outstanding. I just watch the dvd 5 times, i was 34 when the movie came out, i have purchased 2 sets of dvds actually. I will watch it several more times.

[@fenian123]

Surprised he wasn't a star on the big screen, he had the looks and talent of any big star of the 70s

[@marilyntape508]

Peter is one of my favourite actors 😃👍🇦🇺

[@pamelamays4186]

Me and my friends were always talking amongst ourselves about Rich Man Poor Man.

[@eugenevincent145]

Fantastic, love hearing Peter discuss Rich Man Poor Man. I still have it on DVD and always recommend it to anyone that hasn't seen it before.

[@b.pradhana_ol660]

Oh yea.. i just recently watched the re-run of that miniseries on tv. I never heard about it before and i really LOVE IT! It's a timeless classic drama on tv and one of the best show!👍👍

[@steve61098]

Yes - Especially the Tom - Falconetti confrontations….Brilliant storylines and actors….loved it!…

[@Cityheart221]

Such a good actor that sadly most of this generation will not see. Of course there are always those who watch "classic" films as we watch silver screen actors and films. I do miss the mini-series as there were many good ones. Would love to see them remastered ( not changed)and show again.

[@BIJOU167]

Baron Abel Roznovski..fantastically played

[@StacyDifrancesco]

I remember Peter Strauss in Rich Man Poor Man, and I also discovered him in an episode with Mary Tyler Moore called Angels in the Snow. She decided they were on different wavelengths although she was flattered he was a younger man and liked her.

[@amanymorris6067]

Mr peter straus was truly excellent in rich man poor man i still watch it in dailymotion website he is so natural in his way of acting it was super. Is it possible to call him

[@clpeters23]

I loved his performance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Season 4, episode 2.

[@daybreak74]

William Smith as Falchanetti who killed Tom...i cried and cried. What a great series. I wish ABC would rerun it!!

[@chijavier1869]

Damn currently watching fir the umpteenth time Kane and Abel . It prompted me to look out for the series on KZbin today because Jeffrey Archer was interviewed today for his new novel Traitors Gate and K & A was mentioned. Still a great watch!

[@816Lynnie]

Unique and an amazing Actor with tons of talent. Good looking too xo

[@fenian123]

Surprised he wasn't a star on the big screen, he had the looks and talent of any big star of the 70s

[@lollalsondra2823]

First time i saw him aas in " Rich man & Poo rman". N i like him ❤

[@새의눈]

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[@huskerjpg]

RM, PM was great. QBVII was great, too. So are the books.

[@drbonesshow1]

I thought his best role was as Lickity Split in The Jericho Mile.

[@drbonesshow1]

@Rain Murphy Perhaps I should have said: Larry 'Rain' Murphy. Well, at least he wasn't Roy Munson in Kingpin.

[@MRVISTA-wz7vj]

Jericho Mile

[@kbunky69]

The tv movies of. The 1970s over the stuff today ..

[@Mr.Frogmutt]

To think this is the dude who sang ripped pants from SpongeBob

[@scofair5551]

Looking great, Pete. You're still Rudy Jordache to me. Sad about us losing big Bill Smith. How's Julie?

[@drbonesshow1]

To be or not to be. To smell or not to smell the stank of the audience.

[@drbonesshow1]

Fortunately, Peter O'Toole didn't show Peter Strauss his O'Toole.

[@drbonesshow1]

Nowadays, in a shooting there is a shooting. For example, RIP the so-called acting career of Alec Baldwin.