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
snakes people rats
People don't like to feed live mice and rats to their snakes. Now we have a regular meat food that they will eat. Ninety percent of the snakes will eat this food and love it.
play broadway three
I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.
children actors radio
I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.
years radio shows
From the time I was 8 years old I was on almost every radio show there was.
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.
typical
My mother was aggressive - the typical stage mother.
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.