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2. Albert William Upton, (born July 15, 1960) [1] known professionally as Willie Aames, is an American actor, film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for playing Tommy Bradford, one of the children of Tom Bradford (played by Dick Van Patten ), on the 1970s television series Eight Is Enough, [2] TJ ...
Joyce Benignia Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) [1] is an American film and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in films like The Bad News Bears (1976), St. Elmo's Fire (1985) (as Mrs. Beamish), and as Gloria Noonan in Grown Ups (2010).
Jun 24, 2015 · In the world of classic television sitcom patriarchs, Dick Van Patten surely ranked high on the list of all-time favorite dads. Best remembered for his role of Tom Bradford in the ABC family ...
Jun 23, 2015 · Dick Van Patten, the genial, round-faced comic actor who premiered on Broadway as a child, starred on television in its infancy and then, in middle age, found lasting fame as the patriarch on TV ...
Jun 23, 2015 · Van Patten had a lengthy career in television, appearing first in the 1949-1957 series "I Remember Mama." He starred on "The New Dick Van Dyke Show," "When Things Were Rotten" and "WIOU."
Jun 23, 2015 · Dick Van Patten died of complications from diabetes on June 23, 2015, at the age of 86. Born in New York, NY, on Dec. 9, 1928, Richard Vincent Van Patten spent his earliest years in a family ...
The father, Tom Bradford (based on Tom Braden, played by Dick Van Patten), is a newspaper columnist for the fictional Sacramento Register. His wife Joan (based on Joan Braden, played by Diana Hyland) was a homemaker and took care of the children.
