
Dick Van Patten
Highest Rated: 100% Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Dec 9, 1928
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Recognizable for his perennially cherubic countenance and myriad roles of mild-mannered and beleaguered fathers or authority figures on the big and small screen, Dick Van Patten boasted one of the lengthiest and most varied résumés in the acting business. As a child, Van Patten performed alongside giants of Broadway during its Golden Age in some of the theater's greatest works, became a familiar face nationally in the early days of television, and deftly avoided the "child actor curse" that some of his later co-stars could not, working consistently for six decades. Becoming a patriarch of a prolific show business family of his own, he briefly came to engender an American everydad in the 1970s comedy/drama "Eight is Enough" (ABC, 1977-1981), even as he built his comedic bona fides as a regular in the goofball ensemble often used by director Mel Brooks in classic comedies like "High Anxiety" (1977). In his later years, Van Patten essayed his lifelong love of animals into a successful line of pet food products that bore his name and image. This, on top of a career in which, by his own onetime estimate, "I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living." Dick Van Patten died of complications from diabetes on June 23, 2015, at the age of 86.







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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 38% | Silver Skies | Self | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 52% | First Dog | Self | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Sarah's Choice | Pastor Smith (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Opposite Day | Jack Benson (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare Boulevard | Frank Rubin (Character) | - | 2004 |
22% | 46% | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Self | $22.7M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 23% | The Santa Trap | Santa Claus (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Groom Lake | Irv Barnett (Character) | - | 2002 |
0% | No Score Yet | The Price of Air | Mr. Rye (Character) | $3.5K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Angel on Abbey Street | Preacher (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Demolition High | General Wainwright (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Love Is All There Is | Dr. Rodino (Character) | $61.3K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 35% | A Dangerous Place | Principal (Character) | - | 1995 |
41% | 81% | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | The Abbot (Character) | $35.3M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joker's Wild | Max (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Final Embrace | Larch (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 57% | An Eight Is Enough Wedding | Tom Bradford (Character) | - | 1989 |
17% | 68% | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | Greg The Glue Man (Character) | $2.3M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wedding Day Blues | Rick (Character) | - | 1988 |
57% | 83% | Spaceballs | King Roland (Character) | $36.7M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion | Tom Bradford (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Combat High | Principal (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 69% | The Midnight Hour | Martin Grenville (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Nutcracker Fantasy | King Goodwin (Voice) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker | Herb Thurston (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | With This Ring | Alvin Andrews (Character) | - | 1978 |
73% | 67% | High Anxiety | Dr. Wentworth (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Treasure of Matecumbe | The Gambler (Character) | - | 1976 |
70% | 57% | Freaky Friday | Harold Jennings (Character) | - | 1976 |
50% | 45% | The Shaggy D.A. | Raymond (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Gus | Cal Wilson (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Love Boat | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Superdad | Ira Kushaw (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 39% | The Strongest Man in the World | V.P. Harry Crumply (Character) | - | 1974 |
100% | 94% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
85% | 70% | Westworld | Banker (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Dirty Little Billy | Berle's customer (Character) | - | 1972 |
80% | 54% | Joe Kidd | Hotel Manager (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Century Turns | Earl Enright (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crooked Hearts | Edward (Character) | - | 1972 |
50% | 42% | Zachariah | The Dude (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Confessions of a Top Crime Buster | Sgt. Nelson Higgenbottom (Character) | - | 1971 |
55% | 62% | Charly | Bert (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Let the Dogs Out | Unknown (Character) | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Hot in Cleveland | Lester (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 80% | That '70s Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
75% | 85% | Arrested Development | Cal Cullen (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 75% | 7th Heaven | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
71% | No Score Yet | Life With Bonnie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Family Guy | Tom Bradford (Guest Voice) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 1998 |
14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
80% | No Score Yet | The Weird Al Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Boy Meets World | Amish Farmer (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maybe This Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
86% | 88% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Baywatch |
Henry/ |
1994 |
43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Growing Pains | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Facts of Life | Frank Stickle (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Love Boat | The Great Stellini (Character) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough | Tom Bradford (Character) | 1977-1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1976-1977 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Happy Days | Hunsberger (Guest Star) | 1975 1977 |
No Score Yet | 100% | One Day at a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's Happening!! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
100% | 78% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maude | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Thurman Barber (Guest Star) | 1972 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | When Things Were Rotten | Friar Tuck (Character) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 1975 |
100% | 89% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl With Something Extra | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Dick Van Dyke Show |
Max Mathias (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1972-1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam's Rib | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Paul Lynde Show | Dr. Willis (Guest Star) | 1972-1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | George Abel (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Sanford and Son | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love, American Style | Jack (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Governor & J.J. | Bertrum Bannister (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 100% | I Dream of Jeannie | Market Clerk (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gibbsville | Unknown (Guest Star) |