Dick Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015)
Dick Van Patten, a onetime juvenile star of Broadway, radio and TV who played the genteel patriarch on the hit 1970s comedy-drama “Eight Is Enough” and proved his versatility in Walt Disney fare and Mel Brooks parodies, died June 23 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 86.
Richard Vincent “Dick” Van Patten was an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television comedy-drama Eight Is Enough.
