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Dick Van Patten
Actor
Male
Born
Dec 9, 1928
Age
84
Hometown
New York City
Other Names
Patten, Richard V...
Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten is an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the New… Read More
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Look: Photos Of Amazing Military Dog Visiting Huff Post's OfficesHuffington Post - Feb 09, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1928
Birth
Born on December 9, 1928.
1937
8 Years Old
Van Patten's career in show business began as a child actor on Broadway in 1937 in The Eternal Road as Dickie Van Patten; he went on to appear in twelve other Broadway plays as a teenager.
TWENTIES
1949
20 Years Old
He moved on to television and movies with the role of Nels Hansen in the 1949 TV series Mama, which ran from 1949 to 1957, and as patriarch Tom Bradford on Eight is Enough, 1977 to 1981.
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FORTIES
1973
44 Years Old
Van Patten had numerous leading roles in motion pictures including Joe Kidd, The Snowball Express and The Santa Trap. He played the supporting role of Usher #1 alongside Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson in the 1973 film Soylent Green.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1993
64 Years Old
He also was a commentator for the World Series of Poker from 1993 to 1995.
1999
70 Years Old
In 1999 and 2000, he costarred with Hugh O'Brian, Richard Roundtree, Deborah Winters, and Richard Anderson in the Warren Chaney miniseries, Y2K - World in Crisis.
2008
79 Years Old
On January 12, 2008, Van Patten received a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.
On November 1, 2009, Phoenix Books published "Eighty Is Not Enough", a book co-authored by Van Patten and Robert Baer in which Van Patten shares an 80-year journey of insights and anecdotes through the entertainment industry.
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