Dick Van Patten
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| Born | Richard Vincent Van Patten December 9, 1928 New York City |
| Spouse(s) | Pat Van Patten (1954 - present) married 54 years 3 children |
Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten (born December 9, 1928) is an American actor.
Van Patten was born in New York City, the son of Josephine Rose (née Acerno) and Richard Byron Van Patten. He is the older brother of actress Joyce Van Patten and the uncle of Talia Balsam. He has been married to Patricia Poole (aka Pat Van Patten) since 1954. They have three sons, all actors: Vincent Van Patten, Nels Van Patten and James Van Patten.
Van Patten started his career in showbiz as a child actor on Broadway in 1937 in The Eternal Road as Dickie Van Patten; he went on to appear in twelve (12) other Broadway plays as a teenager. He moved on to television and movies with the 1949 TV series I Remember Mama which ran from 1949 to 1957, and as patriarch Tom Bradford on Eight is Enough, 1977 to 1981.
He has appeared in several Mel Brooks films, including High Anxiety, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, as well as cameos in the music videos for "Smells Like Nirvana" and "Bedrock Anthem" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, and on The Weird Al Show.[1]
Van Patten co-founded Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods in 1989. This high-quality brand of pet food provides all natural, complete and balanced nutrition in the form of dry and canned food, dog food rolls and frozen loaves and treats. The company also produces limited ingredient diet pet foods that are hypo-allergic and is also well-known for its potato and duck formulas.
In January 2006, the actor was taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a diabetic stroke. Van Patten, who suffers from Type 2 diabetes, made a full recovery.
[edit] External links
- Dick Van Patten at the Internet Movie Database
- Dick Van Patten at the Internet Broadway Database
- Natural Balance Pet Foods presents food as ready-to-eat, at least by Van Patten
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| NAME | Patten, Dick Van |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Patten, Richard Vincent Van |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
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