Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Pattenwas an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the ABC television comedy-drama Eight Is Enough...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth9 December 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
eight appreciate enough
I appreciate Eight is Enough. It made me recognizable.
jobs actors
I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living.
loyalty animal people
I've seen people that don't treat their animals well and yet their animals are still just as loving to them even though they're not treated that well. It's very hard to find that kind of loyalty and love and affection in human beings.
loyalty animal honest
The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.
best series
You're working with the same people, and there's a lot of recognition. I like to do series best. I really do.
typical
My mother was aggressive - the typical stage mother.
bother family okay
The family's first, and the career is second. I could get fired from a show. As long as everything's okay with my family, it really would not bother me.
casting mom offices queens slammed subway
I remember how my mom would take me on the subway from Queens to Broadway. We'd go to the offices of casting agents. Many doors were slammed in our faces. I was just a boy, but I remember that well.
It was just an accident; I was never going to come out here.
animals good nice sweet wonderful york
I come from New York originally, but Californians have been wonderful about animals. These animals are so nice and so good and so sweet and intelligent. It's a crime not to help them.