Richard Van Patten was 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.
Van Patten began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager. He worked in radio, on Duffy’s Tavern. He later starred in numerous television roles including the long running CBS television series, I Remember Mama and Young Doctor Malone.
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