Bronson Pinchot Lost Homes and ‘My Shirt’ After Pouring Finances Into DIY TV Show [Video]

Actor Bronson Pinchot is best known for his memorable roles in films like Beverly Hills Cop and series like Perfect Strangers.

But aside from acting, the Yale School of Drama grad has long had a passion for home renovation. More than a decade ago, he decided to make that hobby his sole focus as he snatched up several properties in rural Pennsylvania.

“I was able to buy six houses for the price of a New York condo,” says Pinchot, who loved the historic architecture of the homes in Susquehanna County, Pa.

But he wasn’t beloved by the locals. “People did not understand or couldn’t absorb the reason that an actor would want to live 150 miles from New York City in the middle of nowhere,” he says. “They could never quite believe it.”

He says many folks in town were resistant to “Hollywood people” and made up outlandish stories about him.