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Dick Van Patten

1928 - 2015

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Richard Vincent Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Van Patten has received more than 3,518,710 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Dick Van Patten is the 4,621st most popular actor (down from 4,598th in 2019), the 6,773rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,867th in 2019) and the 2,069th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dick Van Patten ranks 4,621 out of 13,578. Before him are Patrick Kilpatrick, Walter Catlett, Joe Rogan, Chace Crawford, John Getz, and Sheree J. Wilson. After him are Kaya Scodelario, Nina Grebeshkova, Christopher Cazenove, Betty Compson, Melissa Joan Hart, and John Castle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Dick Van Patten ranks 401. Before him are Karel Mejta Sr, Pierre Tchernia, Sergey Mergelyan, Simón Díaz, Eydie Gormé, and Manuel Scorza. After him are Miroslav Filip, Jaime Sin, Ján Zachara, Tadeusz Baird, Gregory Walcott, and Joyce Mansour. Among people deceased in 2015, Dick Van Patten ranks 313. Before him are Elio Toaff, Gunther Schuller, Bengt Berndtsson, Dora Doll, Yvonne Craig, and Galina Prozumenshchikova. After him are Amparo Baró, Grace Lee Whitney, Nina Companeez, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Jihadi John, and James Best.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Van Patten ranks 6,773 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Wright (1890), Dave Arneson (1947), John Getz (1946), Wilmer Allison (1904), Shirley Verrett (1931), and Sheree J. Wilson (1958). After him are Phil Zimmermann (1954), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Dave Cowens (1948), Bob Hite (1943), Lester Bowie (1941), and Betty Compson (1897).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dick Van Patten ranks 2,069. Before him are Patrick Kilpatrick (1949), Walter Catlett (1889), Joe Rogan (1967), Chace Crawford (1985), John Getz (1946), and Sheree J. Wilson (1958). After him are Betty Compson (1897), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), Alan Tudyk (1971), Wendell Corey (1914), S. Epatha Merkerson (1952), and Art Acord (1890).

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