Dick Van Patten

Dick Van Patten

Known for
Acting
Born
December 9, 1928
Died
June 23, 2015 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as Tom Bradford on the TV show Eight Is Enough. Van Patten also made appearances in the films Spaceballs, Soylent Green, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Known For

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Filmography

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One Planet

One Planet

Movie · as Self

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Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy

Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy

Movie · as Self

2022
Secrets of Playboy poster

Secrets of Playboy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Silver Skies poster

Silver Skies

Movie · as Himself

2012
The Real Love poster

The Real Love

Movie

2010
First Dog poster

First Dog

Movie · as Self

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Lester · 1 ep

2009
Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense poster

Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense

Movie · as Self

2009
Opposite Day poster

Opposite Day

Movie · as Jack Benson

2009
Sarah's Choice poster

Sarah's Choice

Movie · as Rev. Al Smith

2009
According to Dom poster

According to Dom

Movie · as Self

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
The Sarah Silverman Program poster

The Sarah Silverman Program

TV · as Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer · 1 ep

2006
The Good, the Bad and the Funny poster

The Good, the Bad and the Funny

Movie · as Self

2006
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness poster

Fred MacMurray: With Fondness

Movie · as Self

2006
Rob & Big poster

Rob & Big

TV · 2 eps

2005
John Candy: Comic Spirit

John Candy: Comic Spirit

Movie · as Self

2005
Spaceballs: The Documentary poster

Spaceballs: The Documentary

Movie · as Self

2004
Quiet Kill poster

Quiet Kill

Movie · as Frank Rubin

2004
The Sure Hand of God

The Sure Hand of God

Movie · as Jamie Denton

2004
Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown poster

Elf: Christmas in Tinseltown

Movie · as Self

2004
Living in TV Land

Living in TV Land

TV · 1 ep

2003
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star poster

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Movie · as Self

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as Cal Cullen · 2 eps

2002
Groom Lake poster

Groom Lake

Movie · as Irv Barnett

2002
The Santa Trap poster

The Santa Trap

Movie · as Santa Claus

2002
Another pretty face poster

Another pretty face

Movie

2002
Life with Bonnie poster

Life with Bonnie

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Gary & Mike poster

Gary & Mike

TV · as Ba (voice) · 1 ep

2000
Big Brother Trouble poster

Big Brother Trouble

Movie · as Captain Stacey

2000
The Price of Air poster

The Price of Air

Movie · as Mr. Rye

1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self

1999
Angel on Abbey Street poster

Angel on Abbey Street

Movie · as Preacher

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Tom Bradford (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Evasive Action poster

Evasive Action

Movie · as Parole Officer

1998
That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show

TV · as Murph · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

1997
Demolition University poster

Demolition University

Movie · as Army General

1997
The Weird Al Show poster

The Weird Al Show

TV · as The Burglar · 1 ep

1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction poster

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

TV · as Chester Higgins (segment "The Chess Game") · 1 ep

1996
Demolition High poster

Demolition High

Movie · as General Wainwright

1996
Love Is All There Is poster

Love Is All There Is

Movie · as Dr. Rodino

1996
Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change

Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change

Movie · as Grandpa

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 2 eps

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as James Rodgers Sr. · 1 ep

1995
James Dean: A Portrait poster

James Dean: A Portrait

Movie · as Self

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · 1 ep

1994
A Dangerous Place poster

A Dangerous Place

Movie · as Principal

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Jerry, Eb · 1 ep

1994
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as Paul Hampton · 1 ep

1993
The Odd Couple: Together Again poster

The Odd Couple: Together Again

Movie · as Roy

1993
Robin Hood: Men in Tights poster

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Movie · as The Abbot

1993
Boy Meets World poster

Boy Meets World

TV · as Amish Farmer · 1 ep

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Monty Emerson · 1 ep

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Orphanage Worker / Santa · 1 ep

1992
Final Embrace poster

Final Embrace

Movie · as Larch

1992
Joker's Wild poster

Joker's Wild

Movie · as Max

1992
The Golden Palace poster

The Golden Palace

TV · as Taylor · 1 ep

1990
WIOU poster

WIOU

TV · as Floyd Graham · 13 eps

1989
An Eight Is Enough Wedding poster

An Eight Is Enough Wedding

Movie · as Tom Bradford

1989
Dirty Tennis poster

Dirty Tennis

Movie · as Self

1989
Hoodwinked poster

Hoodwinked

Movie · as The Commodore

1988
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking poster

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

Movie · as Greg the Glue Man

1988
Going to the Chapel poster

Going to the Chapel

Movie · as Rick

1988
14 Going on 30 poster

14 Going on 30

Movie · as Principal John Loonies

1988
Couples Do It Debbie's Way poster

Couples Do It Debbie's Way

Movie

1987
Spaceballs poster

Spaceballs

Movie · as King Roland

1987
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion poster

Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion

Movie · as Tom Bradford

1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour poster

Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

Movie · as Self

1987
A Mouse, a Mystery and Me poster

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

Movie · as Santa Claus

1987
Rags to Riches poster

Rags to Riches

TV · 1 ep

1986
Combat Academy poster

Combat Academy

Movie · as Principal

1986
Picnic poster

Picnic

Movie · as Howard Bevans

1986
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1985
The Midnight Hour poster

The Midnight Hour

Movie · as Martin Grenville

1985
Growing Pains poster

Growing Pains

TV · as Nick Simpson · 1 ep

1984
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency poster

The Hoboken Chicken Emergency

Movie · as Mayor Bagley

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as District Atty. Fred Whittaker · 1 ep

1984
Crazy like a Fox poster

Crazy like a Fox

TV · as Howard · 1 ep

1984
WonderWorks poster

WonderWorks

TV · as Mayor · 1 ep

1984
Finder of Lost Loves poster

Finder of Lost Loves

TV · as Alan Nettles · 1 ep

1983
The Fairest of Them All poster

The Fairest of Them All

Movie · as Self - Host

1983
Masquerade poster

Masquerade

TV · 1 ep

1982
I Love Liberty poster

I Love Liberty

Movie · as Self

1982
High Powder poster

High Powder

Movie · as Tom Reed

1982
Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas

Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas

Movie

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Herbert Pitts · 1 ep

1981
Lunch Wagon poster

Lunch Wagon

Movie · as Bernie Simmons

1979
Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker poster

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

Movie · as Herb Thurston

1979
The Facts of Life poster

The Facts of Life

TV · 1 ep

1979
$weepstake$

$weepstake$

TV · as Parking Attendant · 1 ep

1978
With This Ring poster

With This Ring

Movie · as Alvin Andrews

1978
Mickey's 50 poster

Mickey's 50

Movie · as Self

1977
High Anxiety poster

High Anxiety

Movie · as Dr. Philip Wentworth

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Dick Van Patten (uncredited) · 2 eps

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as John Whitcomb, Howard Ethan, Charlie Dillinger, George Hayes, The Great Stellini · 1 ep

1977
Eight Is Enough poster

Eight Is Enough

TV · as Tom Bradford · 112 eps

1976
Gus poster

Gus

Movie · as Cal Wilson

1976
The Shaggy D.A. poster

The Shaggy D.A.

Movie · as Raymond

1976
Freaky Friday poster

Freaky Friday

Movie · as Harold Jennings

1976
Treasure of Matecumbe poster

Treasure of Matecumbe

Movie · as The Gambler

1976
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

Movie · as Dr. Adam O'Neill

1976
Charo and the Sergeant poster

Charo and the Sergeant

Movie · as Chaplain

1976
Battle of the Network Stars poster

Battle of the Network Stars

TV · 1 ep

1976
The Tony Randall Show poster

The Tony Randall Show

TV · as Myron Dobbs · 1 ep

1976
Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
What's Happening!! poster

What's Happening!!

TV · as Mr. Claxton · 1 ep

1975
The Strongest Man in the World poster

The Strongest Man in the World

Movie · as Harry

1975
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

TV · as Jack Wood · 1 ep

1975
Hot l Baltimore poster

Hot l Baltimore

TV · 1 ep

1975
When Things Were Rotten poster

When Things Were Rotten

TV · as Friar Tuck · 13 eps

1975
Ellery Queen poster

Ellery Queen

TV · as Billy Geeter · 1 ep

1974
Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt

Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt

Movie

1974
Sorority Kill poster

Sorority Kill

Movie · as Police Chief

1974
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

TV · 3 eps

1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

TV · as Alfred Brindle · 1 ep

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV · as Harry Green, Palmer · 1 ep

1974
Chopper One poster

Chopper One

TV · as Arnie Nolan · 1 ep

1973
Westworld poster

Westworld

Movie · as Banker

1973
Soylent Green poster

Soylent Green

Movie · as Usher #1

1973
Acts of Love and Other Comedies poster

Acts of Love and Other Comedies

Movie · as Larry Grogman

1973
Superdad poster

Superdad

Movie · as Ira Kushaw

1973
The Girl with Something Extra poster

The Girl with Something Extra

TV · 1 ep

1973
Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib

TV · as Commissioner Hoyt · 1 ep

1973
Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones

TV · as Melvin Pearson · 1 ep

1973
Thicker than Water

Thicker than Water

TV · as John · 1 ep

1972
The Crooked Hearts poster

The Crooked Hearts

Movie · as Desk Clerk

1972
Snowball Express poster

Snowball Express

Movie · as Mr. Carruthers

1972
Beware! The Blob poster

Beware! The Blob

Movie · as Scoutmaster Adleman

1972
Joe Kidd poster

Joe Kidd

Movie · as Hotel Manager

1972
The Century Turns poster

The Century Turns

Movie · as Earl Enright

1972
Dirty Little Billy poster

Dirty Little Billy

Movie · as Berle's Customer

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 2 eps

1972
The Streets of San Francisco poster

The Streets of San Francisco

TV · as John Collins, Thurman Barber, Sterling · 2 eps

1972
Sanford and Son poster

Sanford and Son

TV · 1 ep

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · as Morris Meers, Carter Merkle · 1 ep

1972
Banyon poster

Banyon

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Paul Lynde Show poster

The Paul Lynde Show

TV · 2 eps

1972
The Brian Keith Show poster

The Brian Keith Show

TV · 1 ep

1972
Banacek poster

Banacek

TV · as Donald Morgan · 1 ep

1972
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home poster

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

TV · 1 ep

1971
Making It poster

Making It

Movie · as Warren

1971
Zachariah poster

Zachariah

Movie · as The Dude

1971
A Memory of Two Mondays poster

A Memory of Two Mondays

Movie · as Raymond

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · 1 ep

1971
The Partners

The Partners

TV · as Sgt. Nelson Higgenbottom · 20 eps

1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Max Mathias, Mr. Compton · 8 eps

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Raymond · 1 ep

1970
Arnie poster

Arnie

TV · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as Jack, Homer · 1 ep

1969
Medical Center poster

Medical Center

TV · as Man at Hotel · 1 ep

1968
Charly poster

Charly

Movie · as Bert

1968
Adam-12 poster

Adam-12

TV · as Harry Curtis · 1 ep

1967
The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble poster

The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble

Movie · as Oliver

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · 1 ep

1965
I Dream of Jeannie poster

I Dream of Jeannie

TV · as Market Clerk · 1 ep

1963
Violent Midnight poster

Violent Midnight

Movie · as Lt. Palmer

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Host · 4 eps

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Matt Reston · 1 ep

1958
Young Doctor Malone

Young Doctor Malone

TV · 322 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - In Memoriam (archive footage) · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
Mama

Mama

TV · as Nels Hansen · 57 eps

1948
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade poster

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 1 ep