Recent Years
Lenz has pursued his passion for writing and painting. His first play, The Epic of Buster Friend, was produced in 1973 at the Theatre De Lys (now the Lucille Lortel Theatre) in New York City and was later directed for PBS by Michael Kahn. In 1981 Lenz co-wrote the pilot of the ABC television series Aloha Paradise, as well writing several of the episodes.
Rick Lenz now resides in Los Angeles with his spouse, Linda. He has three children, Scott, Charles and Abigail.
Rick just published his memoir North of Hollywood on February 15, 2012. Rick says, "For a long time I've wanted to write about the interweaving of show business and the real life that creates the tangled existence of most actors." He says the book has been in progress for years.
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