Dick Van Patten
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Through eight decades, actor Dick Van Patten retained the cherubic, chipmunk-cheeked countenance of his child-star days. Born into a family of actors, Van Patten was seven when he made his Broadway bow, playing Melvyn Douglas' son in Tapestry in Gray; that same year, he first stepped before a radio microphone. He would ultimately appear in over 20 Broadway productions, including Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth. His co-star in this endeavor was Tallulah Bankhead, who declared that "Dickie" was the only child actor she could tolerate because he could read The Racing Form. In 1941, Van Patten and his younger sister Joyce made their joint film debut in Reg'lar Fellers, repeating their roles from the radio version of the same property. He would not again appear in a film until 1968's Charly, by which time he had played eldest son Nels Hansen in the pioneering TV sitcom Mama had made a smooth transition to adult parts in the role of Mister Roberts' Ensign Pulver, and had co-starred in such New York stage presentations as The Tender Trap, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and Don't Drink the Water. An avid tennis player, Van Patten met producer/director Mel Brooks on the courts; their personal relationship blossomed into a professional one, with Van Patten playing Friar Tuck in Brooks' 1975 TV series When Things Were Rotten and appearing in several of Brooks' theatrical features. From 1977 through 1981, Van Patten starred as Tom Bradford on the TV "dramedy" Eight is Enough. His other series-TV assignments include The Partners (1971), The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973-74 season) and WIOU (1990). In addition to his sibling relationship with Joyce Van Patten, Dick Van Patten is the half-brother Timothy Van Patten and the father of James and Vincent Van Patten--actors all. Van Patten died in 2015, at age 86.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Silver Skies |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Sarah's Choice |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | According to Dom |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Los Angeles |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Opposite Day |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Santa Trap |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Freezerburn |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Quiet Kill |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Nightmare Boulevard |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | An Angel on Abbey Street |
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— | 2003 |
23% | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star |
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$22.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | The Santa Trap |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Groom Lake (The Visitor) |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Big Brother Trouble |
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— | 2000 |
0% | The Price of Air |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Evasive Action |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Love Is All There Is |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Demolition High |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Break |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | A Dangerous Place |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | The Odd Couple: Together Again |
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— | 1993 |
40% | Robin Hood: Men in Tights |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Joker's Wild |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Final Embrace |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | An Eight Is Enough Wedding |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 14 Going on 30 |
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— | 1988 |
17% | The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Going to the Chapel |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion |
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— | 1987 |
55% | Spaceballs |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Combat High |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | The Midnight Hour |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | WonderWorks |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Lunch Wagon |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Nutcracker Fantasy |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker |
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— | 1979 |
72% | High Anxiety |
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— | 1977 |
50% | The Shaggy D.A. |
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— | 1976 |
70% | Freaky Friday |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Gus |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Treasure of Matecumbe |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | The Strongest Man in the World |
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— | 1975 |
100% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Superdad |
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— | 1973 |
88% | Westworld |
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— | 1973 |
71% | Soylent Green |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | Psychomania |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | Dirty Little Billy |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Snowball Express |
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— | 1972 |
80% | Joe Kidd |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Beware! The Blob |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | A Memory of Two Mondays |
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— | 1971 |
50% | Zachariah |
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— | 1971 |
17% | Making It |
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— | 1971 |
63% | Charly |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | Violent Midnight |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Reg'lar Fellers |
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— | 1941 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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Hot in Cleveland
2010-2015
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No Score Yet |
That '70s Show
1998-2006
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74% |
Arrested Development
2003-2019
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No Score Yet |
7th Heaven
1996-2007
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71% |
Life with Bonnie
2002-2004
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No Score Yet |
Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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80% |
The Weird Al Show
1997
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No Score Yet |
Boy Meets World
1993-2000
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No Score Yet |
Baywatch
1989-2001
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86% |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993-1997
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No Score Yet |
Growing Pains
1985-1992
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No Score Yet |
The Facts of Life
1979-1988
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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No Score Yet |
Too Close for Comfort
1980-1987
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No Score Yet |
Happy Days
1974-1984
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No Score Yet |
Maude
1972-1978
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100% |
Wonder Woman (1976)
1975-1979
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No Score Yet |
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-1977
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No Score Yet |
Sanford and Son
1972-1977
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No Score Yet |
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-1970
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No Score Yet |
Rawhide
1959-1965
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89% |
WIOU
1991
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