Richard Vincent Van Patten was an American actor, comedian, businessman, and animal welfare advocate whose career spanned seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television series Eight Is Enough.
- Occupation
- stage actor, film actor, television actor, businessperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 9, 1928
- Died
- June 23, 2015
