• Peggy Wood, who played Van Patten's mother in the television program Mama, congratulates Pat and Dick on their wedding, 1954.
  • Dick Van Patten (born Richard Vincent Van Patten December 9, 1928-died June 23, 2015) appears on the Sanford and Son series as Mr. Hamblin...
  • Richard Dimitri, Dick Gautier, Bernie Kopell, Misty Rowe, David Sabin, and Dick Van Patten in When Things Were Rotten (1975).
  • Dick Van Patten, who played the family patriarch on the ABC series Eight Is Enough, has died, his publicist Jeff Ballard confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
  • Dick Van Patten was born as Richard Vincent Van Patten in Queens, New York, on December 9, 1928 to Richard Byron Van Patten and Josephine Rose.
  • Dick Van Patten died of complications from diabetes on June 23, 2015, at the age of 86. Born in New York, NY, on Dec.
  • Dick Van Patten was an American actor and businessman, best known for his role as ‘Tom Bradford’ on the TV comedy drama ‘Eight Is Enough’ (1971-81).
  • Dick Van Patten started his acting career as a child artist in 1935 on the Broadway when he was picked to play a role in ‘Tapestry In Gray.’