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Richard Vincent Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American actor, comedian, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, whose career spanned seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television series Eight Is Enough .
Actor: Spaceballs. Dick Van Patten began acting as a child. He made his first of 27 Broadway appearances at age seven in "Tapestry in Grey." After, he appeared in numerous films, including Freaky Friday (1976), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Spaceballs (1987).
Actor: Spaceballs. Dick Van Patten began acting as a child. He made his first of 27 Broadway appearances at age seven in "Tapestry in Grey." After, he appeared in numerous films, including Freaky Friday (1976), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), and Spaceballs (1987).
Eight Is Enough: Created by William Blinn. With Dick Van Patten, Lani O'Grady, Connie Needham, Susan Richardson. This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children.
Jun 23, 2015 · Dick Van Patten, who played the family patriarch on the ABC series Eight Is Enough, has died, his publicist Jeff Ballard confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 86.
Jun 24, 2015 · Actor Dick Van Patten, best known for playing the genial dad on the "Eight is Enough" hit TV series in the 1970s and 1980s, had a long and varied career that started before he...
Jun 23, 2015 · Actor Dick Van Patten, perhaps best known as patriarch Tom Bradford on the ’80s series Eight Is Enough, has died. He was 86. Van Patten died Tuesday morning at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa...
Jun 23, 2015 · TORONTO — Actor Dick Van Patten, best known for playing patriarch Tom Bradford on the ’80s series Eight is Enough, died Tuesday morning. He was 86.
Jun 23, 2015 · Dick Van Patten, best known to TV audiences as the man who lorded over the abundant Eight Is Enough brood, died on Tuesday due to complications from diabetes. He was 86.
Dick Van Patten Biography (1928-) Full name, Richard Vincent Van Patten; born December 9, 1928, in Kew Gardens,NY; son of Richard (an interior decorator) and Josephine (in advertising; maiden name, Acerno) Van Patten; brother of Joyce Van Patten (an actress) and Tim Van Patten (an actor and director); married Patricia Poole (a dancer), April 25 ...
