Birthday
1928/12/09
Day of death
2015/06/23 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
John Acerno, Richard Van Patten, Dick Van Patton, Richard Vincent Van Patten
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.
(1987) Spaceballs
as King Roland
(1993) The Odd Couple: Together Again
as Roy
(1973) Westworld
as Banker
(1976) Gus
as Cal Wilson
(2004) Quiet Kill
as Frank Rubin
(1993) Robin Hood: Men in Tights
as The Abbot
(1972) The Crooked Hearts
as Edward
(1975) The Strongest Man in the World
as Harry
(1973) Soylent Green
as Usher #1
(1972) Snowball Express
as Mr. Carruthers
(1977) High Anxiety
as Dr. Philip Wentworth
(1985) The Midnight Hour
as Martin Grenville
(1972) Beware! The Blob
as Scoutmaster Adleman
(2003) Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
as Self
(1968) Charly
as Bert
(1982) I Love Liberty
as Self
(1972) Joe Kidd
as Hotel Manager
(2000) Big Brother Trouble
as Captain Stacey
(1982) High Powder
as Tom Reed
(1976) The Shaggy D.A.
as Raymond
(1984) The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
as Mayor Bagley
(2009) Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense
as Self
(1976) Freaky Friday
as Harold Jennings
(2006) Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
as Self
(2006) The Good, the Bad and the Funny
as Self
(1982) Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas
as ---
(2000) The Price of Air
as Mr. Rye
(2009) Opposite Day
as Jack Benson
(2002) Groom Lake
as Irv Barnett
(1979) Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker
as Herb Thurston
(1963) Violent Midnight
as Lt. Palmer
(1996) Demolition High
as General Wainwright
(1987) Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion
as Tom Bradford
(1989) An Eight Is Enough Wedding
as Tom Bradford
(1971) Making It
as Warren
(1992) Final Embrace
as Larch
(1972) The Century Turns
as Earl Enright
(1987) Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
as Self
(1972) Dirty Little Billy
as Berle's Customer
(1988) The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
as Greg the Glue Man
(2002) The Santa Trap
as Santa Claus
(1996) Love Is All There Is
as Dr. Rodino
(1994) A Dangerous Place
as Principal
(1978) With This Ring
as Alvin Andrews
(1988) Going to the Chapel
as Rick
(1971) Zachariah
as The Dude
(1976) Treasure of Matecumbe
as The Gambler
(1986) Combat Academy
as Principal
(1987) A Mouse, a Mystery and Me
as Santa Claus
(1992) Joker's Wild
as Max
(1999) Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
(1973) Acts of Love and Other Comedies
as Larry Grogman
(1981) Lunch Wagon
as Bernie Simmons
(2002) Another pretty face
as ---
(2016) Silver Skies
as Himself
(1983) The Fairest of Them All
as Self - Host
(1973) Superdad
as Ira Kushaw
(1989) Dirty Tennis
as Self
(1999) Angel on Abbey Street
as Preacher
(1996) Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change
as Grandpa
(2004) The Sure Hand of God
as Jamie Denton
(1988) 14 Going on 30
as Principal John Loonies
(1998) Evasive Action
as Parole Officer
(2009) Sarah's Choice
as Rev. Al Smith
(1997) Demolition University
as Army General
(1989) Hoodwinked
as The Commodore
(2005) John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self
(1986) Picnic
as Howard Bevans
(1967) The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble
as Oliver
(1971) A Memory of Two Mondays
as Raymond
(1988) Couples Do It Debbie's Way
as ---
(2010) First Dog
as Self
(1974) Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt
as ---
(1974) Sorority Kill
as Police Chief
(1976) The Love Boat
as Dr. Adam O'Neill
(1998) That '70s Show
as Murph
(1985) Growing Pains
as Nick Simpson
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as District Atty. Fred Whittaker
(1977) CHiPs
as Dick Van Patten (uncredited)
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1999) Family Guy
as Tom Bradford (voice)
(1970) Arnie
as ---
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1979) The Facts of Life
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as John Whitcomb
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Jerry
(1976) What's Happening!!
as ---
(1993) Boy Meets World
as ---
(1966) That Girl
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as John Collins
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1995) Cybill
as ---
(1987) Rags to Riches
as ---
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1974) Happy Days
as ---
(1993) Diagnosis: Murder
as Monty Emerson
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1992) The Golden Palace
as Taylor
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Jack Wood
(1993) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as ---
(1972) Emergency!
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1977) Eight Is Enough
as Tom Bradford
(2006) Rob & Big
as ---
(1996) 7th Heaven
as James Rodgers Sr.
(1974) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Alfred Brindle
(2003) Arrested Development
as Cal Cullen
(1984) Crazy like a Fox
as Howard
(1975) Hot l Baltimore
as ---
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Matt Reston
(1975) When Things Were Rotten
as ---
(1976) Battle of the Network Stars
as ---
(1990) WIOU
as Floyd Graham
(1973) The Girl with Something Extra
as ---
(1971) The Partners
as Sgt. Nelson Higgenbottom
(1949) Mama
as ---
(1973) Adam's Rib
as Commissioner Hoyt
(1972) Banyon
as ---
(1972) The Paul Lynde Show
as ---
(1972) The Brian Keith Show
as ---
(1976) The Tony Randall Show
as Myron Dobbs
(1958) Young Doctor Malone
as ---
(1969) Love, American Style
as Jack
(1968) Adam-12
as Harry Curtis
(2004) Living in TV Land
as ---
(1983) Masquerade
as ---
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Eb
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1975) Ellery Queen
as Billy Geeter
(1998) Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Harry Green
(2022) Secrets of Playboy
as Self - Actor
(2001) Gary & Mike
as Ba (voice)
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Palmer
(1984) WonderWorks
as Mayor
(1994) Burke's Law
as Paul Hampton
(1972) Banacek
as Donald Morgan
(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
(1974) Chopper One
as Arnie Nolan
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Thurman Barber
(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Alan Nettles
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as Sterling
(1971) The New Dick Van Dyke Show
as Max Mathias
(1997) The Weird Al Show
as The Burglar
(1997) The Weird Al Show
as ---
(2002) Life with Bonnie
as Self
(1976) Donny & Marie
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Howard Ethan
(1977) The Love Boat
as Charlie Dillinger
(2010) Hot in Cleveland
as Lester
(1948) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
as Self
(1997) Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Chester Higgins (segment "The Chess Game")
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Market Clerk
(2007) The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer
(1972) Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
as ---
(1971) Great Performances
as Raymond
(1972) Emergency!
as Carter Merkle
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Melvin Pearson
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as ---
(1969) Love, American Style
as Homer
(1971) The New Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mr. Compton