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Acting

Dick Van Patten

Career: Active from 1949 to 2009, with a break from 1950 to 1962, busiest in 1976 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: Mama
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dick Van Patten Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
2.3, average 4.7
Psychological
3.3, average 5.5
Tension
3.9, average 6.0
Pathos
3.7, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Coming-of-Age 3
Family-Friendly 2
Nostalgic 2
Situational Humor 2
Lighthearted 2
Physical Comedy 2
Family Comedy 2
Classic Sitcom 2
Absurdist Humor 2
Character Study 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Gentle Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 70

Hot in Cleveland

70

TV show · as Lester

2000s

13 titles · average score 49

Sarah's Choice

53

as Rev. Al Smith

Opposite Day

41

as Jack Benson

The Sarah Silverman Program

67

TV show · as Dr. Eddie Hackmeyer

Rob & Big

77

TV show

The Sure Hand of God

as Jamie Denton

Quiet Kill

33

as Frank Rubin

Arrested Development

80

TV show · as Cal Cullen

The Santa Trap

42

as Santa Claus

Groom Lake

28

as Irv Barnett

Gary & Mike

TV show · as Ba (voice)

Big Brother Trouble

as Captain Stacey

The Price of Air

23

as Mr. Rye

1990s

25 titles · average score 59

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Tom Bradford (voice)

Angel on Abbey Street

as Preacher

That '70s Show

71

TV show · as Murph

Demolition High

41

as General Wainwright

7th Heaven

69

TV show · as James Rodgers Sr.

A Dangerous Place

52

as Principal

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Jerry / Eb

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

76

TV show · as Orphanage Worker / Santa

Diagnosis: Murder

46

TV show · as Monty Emerson

Boy Meets World

67

TV show · as Amish Farmer

Joker's Wild

as Max

Final Embrace

as Larch

1980s

22 titles · average score 59

An Eight Is Enough Wedding

as Tom Bradford

Hoodwinked

as The Commodore

Spaceballs

61

as King Roland

Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion

as Tom Bradford

Rags to Riches

80

TV show

A Mouse, a Mystery and Me

as Santa Claus

Picnic

as Howard Bevans

Growing Pains

70

TV show · as Nick Simpson

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as District Atty. Fred Whittaker

Crazy like a Fox

54

TV show · as Howard

High Powder

as Tom Reed

Hotel

65

TV show · as Herbert Pitts

1970s

59 titles · average score 61

Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker

59

as Herb Thurston

Eight Is Enough

42

TV show · as Tom Bradford

High Anxiety

65

as Dr. Philip Wentworth

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Charlie Dillinger / George Hayes

Freaky Friday

62

as Harold Jennings

The Shaggy D.A.

46

as Raymond

When Things Were Rotten

71

TV show · as Friar Tuck

The Strongest Man in the World

51

as Harry

Westworld

74

as Banker

Superdad

48

as Ira Kushaw

A Memory of Two Mondays

as Raymond

TV show · as Sgt. Nelson Higgenbottom

1960s

8 titles · average score 58

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Jack / Homer

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Man at Hotel

Charly

58

as Bert

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Harry Curtis

The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble

as Oliver

That Girl

45

TV show

I Dream of Jeannie

72

TV show · as Market Clerk

Violent Midnight

50

as Lt. Palmer

1950s

2 titles · average score 50

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Matt Reston

Young Doctor Malone

TV show

1940s

2 titles · average score 78

79

TV show · as Nels Hansen

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show