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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Family Guy

Tom Bradford (voice)

Touched by an Angel

Jerry

Touched by an Angel

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)

The Love Boat

John Whitcomb

The Love Boat

Howard Ethan

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2016	Silver Skies	Himself
2010	First Dog	Self
2009	Hitchcock and Mel: Spoofing the Master of Suspense	Self
2009	Opposite Day	Jack Benson
2009	Sarah's Choice	Rev. Al Smith
2006	The Good, the Bad and the Funny	Self
2006	Fred MacMurray: With Fondness	Self
2005	John Candy: Comic Spirit	Self
2004	Quiet Kill	Frank Rubin
2004	The Sure Hand of God	Jamie Denton
2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Self
2002	Groom Lake	Irv Barnett
2002	The Santa Trap	Santa Claus
2002	Another pretty face
2000	Big Brother Trouble	Captain Stacey
2000	The Price of Air	Mr. Rye
1999	Television: The First Fifty Years	Self
1999	Angel on Abbey Street	Preacher
1998	Evasive Action	Parole Officer
1997	Demolition University	Army General
1996	Demolition High	General Wainwright
1996	Love Is All There Is	Dr. Rodino
1996	Sherman's Way: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Change	Grandpa
1994	A Dangerous Place	Principal
1993	The Odd Couple: Together Again	Roy
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	The Abbot
1992	Final Embrace	Larch
1992	Joker's Wild	Max
1989	An Eight Is Enough Wedding	Tom Bradford
1989	Dirty Tennis	Self
1989	Hoodwinked	The Commodore
1988	The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking	Greg the Glue Man
1988	Going to the Chapel	Rick
1988	14 Going on 30	Principal John Loonies
1988	Couples Do It Debbie's Way
1987	Spaceballs	King Roland
1987	Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion	Tom Bradford
1987	Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour	Self
1987	A Mouse, a Mystery and Me	Santa Claus
1986	Combat Academy	Principal
1986	Picnic	Howard Bevans
1985	The Midnight Hour	Martin Grenville
1984	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency	Mayor Bagley
1983	The Fairest of Them All	Self - Host
1982	I Love Liberty	Self
1982	High Powder	Tom Reed
1982	Andy Williams' Early New England Christmas
1981	Lunch Wagon	Bernie Simmons
1979	Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker	Herb Thurston
1978	With This Ring	Alvin Andrews
1978	Mickey's 50	Self
1977	High Anxiety	Dr. Philip Wentworth
1976	Gus	Cal Wilson
1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Raymond
1976	Freaky Friday	Harold Jennings
1976	Treasure of Matecumbe	The Gambler
1976	The Love Boat	Dr. Adam O'Neill
1975	The Strongest Man in the World	Harry
1974	Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt
1974	Sorority Kill	Police Chief
1973	Westworld	Banker
1973	Soylent Green	Usher #1
1973	Acts of Love and Other Comedies	Larry Grogman
1973	Superdad	Ira Kushaw
1972	The Crooked Hearts	Edward
1972	Snowball Express	Mr. Carruthers
1972	Beware! The Blob	Scoutmaster Adleman
1972	Joe Kidd	Hotel Manager
1972	The Century Turns	Earl Enright
1972	Dirty Little Billy	Berle's Customer
1971	Making It	Warren
1971	Zachariah	The Dude
1971	A Memory of Two Mondays	Raymond
1968	Charly	Bert
1967	The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble	Oliver
1963	Violent Midnight	Lt. Palmer

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	Secrets of Playboy	Self - Actor
2010	Hot in Cleveland	Lester
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program.	Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer
2006	Rob & Big
2004	Living in TV Land
2003	Arrested Development	Cal Cullen
2002	Life with Bonnie	Self
2001	Gary & Mike	Ba (voice)
1999	Family Guy	Tom Bradford (voice)
1998	That '70s Show	Murph
1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist
1997	The Weird Al Show
1997	The Weird Al Show	The Burglar
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Chester Higgins (segment "The Chess Game")
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1996	7th Heaven	James Rodgers Sr.
1995	Cybill
1994	Touched by an Angel	Jerry
1994	Touched by an Angel	Eb
1994	Burke's Law	Paul Hampton
1993	Boy Meets World
1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Monty Emerson
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1992	The Golden Palace	Taylor
1990	WIOU	Floyd Graham
1987	Rags to Riches
1985	Growing Pains	Nick Simpson
1984	Murder, She Wrote	District Atty. Fred Whittaker
1984	Crazy like a Fox	Howard
1984	WonderWorks	Mayor
1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Alan Nettles
1983	Masquerade
1982	Hotel
1979	The Facts of Life
1977	CHiPs	Dick Van Patten (uncredited)
1977	The Love Boat	John Whitcomb
1977	Eight Is Enough	Tom Bradford
1977	The Love Boat	Howard Ethan
1977	The Love Boat	Charlie Dillinger
1976	What's Happening!!
1976	Battle of the Network Stars
1976	The Tony Randall Show	Myron Dobbs
1976	Donny & Marie	Self
1975	Wonder Woman	Jack Wood
1975	Hot l Baltimore
1975	When Things Were Rotten	Friar Tuck
1975	Ellery Queen	Billy Geeter
1974	Happy Days
1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Alfred Brindle
1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Harry Green
1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Palmer
1974	Chopper One	Arnie Nolan
1973	The Girl with Something Extra
1973	Adam's Rib	Commissioner Hoyt
1973	Barnaby Jones	Melvin Pearson
1972	The Rookies
1972	The Streets of San Francisco	John Collins
1972	Sanford and Son
1972	Emergency!
1972	Banyon
1972	The Paul Lynde Show
1972	The Brian Keith Show
1972	Banacek	Donald Morgan
1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Thurman Barber
1972	The Streets of San Francisco	Sterling
1972	Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
1972	Emergency!	Carter Merkle
1971	Cannon
1971	McMillan & Wife
1971	The Partners	Sgt. Nelson Higgenbottom
1971	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	Max Mathias
1971	Great Performances	Raymond
1971	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	Mr. Compton
1970	Arnie
1969	Medical Center
1969	Love, American Style	Jack
1969	Love, American Style	Homer
1968	Adam-12	Harry Curtis
1966	That Girl
1965	I Dream of Jeannie	Market Clerk
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host
1959	Rawhide	Matt Reston
1958	Young Doctor Malone
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter
1956	Tony Awards	Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Self
1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self
1949	Mama
1948	Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	Self
1947	Kraft Television Theatre