
Dick Van Patten
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2022
Secrets of Playboy as Self
2016Silver Skies as Himself
2012The Real Love
2010First Dog as Self
2010Hot in Cleveland as Lester
2009Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense as Self
2009According to Dom as Self
2009Opposite Day as Jack Benson
2009Sarah's Choice as Rev. Al Smith
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2007The Sarah Silverman Program. as Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer
2006Rob & Big
2006Fred MacMurray: With Fondness as Self
2006The Good, the Bad and the Funny as Self
2005Spaceballs: The Documentary as Self
2005John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
2004Living in TV Land
2004Quiet Kill as Frank Rubin
2004The Sure Hand of God as Jamie Denton
2003Arrested Development as Cal Cullen
2003Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star as Self
2002The Santa Trap as Santa Claus
2002Groom Lake as Irv Barnett
2002Life with Bonnie as Self
2002Another pretty face
2001Gary & Mike as Ba (voice)
2000The Price of Air as Mr. Rye
2000Big Brother Trouble as Captain Stacey
1999Family Guy as Tom Bradford (voice)
1999Television: The First Fifty Years as Self
1999Angel on Abbey Street as Preacher
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998That '70s Show as Murph
1998Evasive Action as Parole Officer
1997Demolition University as Army General
1997The Weird Al Show
1997The Weird Al Show as The Burglar
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Chester Higgins (segment "The Chess Game")
19967th Heaven as James Rodgers Sr.
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Love Is All There Is as Dr. Rodino
1996Demolition High as General Wainwright
1996Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change as Grandpa
1995James Dean: A Portrait as Self
1995Cybill
1994A Dangerous Place as Principal
1994Touched by an Angel as Jerry
1994Touched by an Angel as Eb
1994Burke's Law as Paul Hampton
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Monty Emerson
1993Boy Meets World as Amish Farmer
1993The Odd Couple: Together Again as Roy
1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Orphanage Worker / Santa
1993Robin Hood: Men in Tights as The Abbot
1992Joker's Wild as Max
1992The Golden Palace as Taylor
1992Final Embrace as Larch
1990WIOU as Floyd Graham
1989Hoodwinked as The Commodore
1989An Eight Is Enough Wedding as Tom Bradford
1989Dirty Tennis as Self
1988Going to the Chapel as Rick
198814 Going on 30 as Principal John Loonies
1988The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Greg the Glue Man
1988Couples Do It Debbie's Way
1987A Mouse, a Mystery and Me as Santa Claus
1987Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
1987Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion as Tom Bradford
1987Spaceballs as King Roland
1987Rags to Riches
1986All Star Party for Clint Eastwood as Self
1986Combat Academy as Principal
1986Picnic as Howard Bevans
1985The Midnight Hour as Martin Grenville
1985Growing Pains as Nick Simpson
1984Crazy like a Fox as Howard
1984The Hoboken Chicken Emergency as Mayor Bagley
1984WonderWorks as Mayor
1984Murder, She Wrote as District Atty. Fred Whittaker
1984Finder of Lost Loves as Alan Nettles
1983Masquerade
1983The Fairest of Them All as Self - Host
1982Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas
1982Hotel
1982High Powder as Tom Reed
1982I Love Liberty as Self
1981Lunch Wagon as Bernie Simmons
1979Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker as Herb Thurston
1979The Facts of Life
1979$weepstake$ as Parking Attendant
1978Mickey's 50 as Self
1978With This Ring as Alvin Andrews
1977High Anxiety as Dr. Philip Wentworth
1977The Love Boat as John Whitcomb
1977The Love Boat as Howard Ethan
1977The Love Boat as Charlie Dillinger
1977CHiPs as Dick Van Patten (uncredited)
1977Eight Is Enough as Tom Bradford
1976The Shaggy D.A. as Raymond
1976Freaky Friday as Harold Jennings
1976Battle of the Network Stars
1976The Tony Randall Show as Myron Dobbs
1976The Love Boat as Dr. Adam O'Neill
1976What's Happening!!
1976Gus as Cal Wilson
1976Treasure of Matecumbe as The Gambler
1976Donny & Marie as Self
1975Wonder Woman as Jack Wood
1975Ellery Queen as Billy Geeter
1975When Things Were Rotten as Friar Tuck
1975The Strongest Man in the World as Harry
1975Hot l Baltimore
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Alfred Brindle
1974Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt
1974Sorority Kill as Police Chief
1974The Six Million Dollar Man as Harry Green
1974The Six Million Dollar Man as Palmer
1974Chopper One as Arnie Nolan
1974Happy Days
1973Superdad as Ira Kushaw
1973Adam's Rib as Commissioner Hoyt
1973The Girl with Something Extra
1973Westworld as Banker
1973Soylent Green as Usher #1
1973Acts of Love and Other Comedies as Larry Grogman
1973Barnaby Jones as Melvin Pearson
1972Snowball Express as Mr. Carruthers
1972The Crooked Hearts as Edward
1972Dirty Little Billy as Berle's Customer
1972The Century Turns as Earl Enright
1972The Streets of San Francisco as John Collins
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Thurman Barber
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Sterling
1972Banyon
1972The Brian Keith Show
1972Banacek as Donald Morgan
1972The Paul Lynde Show
1972Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
1972The Rookies
1972Joe Kidd as Hotel Manager
1972Beware! The Blob as Scoutmaster Adleman
1972Emergency!
1972Emergency! as Carter Merkle
1972Sanford and Son
1971McMillan & Wife
1971The Partners as Sgt. Nelson Higgenbottom
1971The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Max Mathias
1971The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Mr. Compton
1971Cannon
1971Making It as Warren
1971Great Performances as Raymond
1971A Memory of Two Mondays as Raymond
1971Zachariah as The Dude
1970Arnie
1969Love, American Style as Jack
1969Love, American Style as Homer
1969Medical Center
1968Charly as Bert
1968Adam-12 as Harry Curtis
1967The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble as Oliver
1966That Girl
1965I Dream of Jeannie as Market Clerk
1963Violent Midnight as Lt. Palmer
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1959Rawhide as Matt Reston
1958Young Doctor Malone
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1949Mama
1948Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as Self
1947Kraft Television Theatre







