Dick PattersonFilmography

Born:: January 1, 1929
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Primarily a stage actor, Dick Patterson also worked extensively on television, but had only a handful of film credits to his name. He made appearances on such TV shows as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and The Carol Burnett Show. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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Sunset Limousine

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV comedy an unemployed stand-up comedian is tossed out by his girl friend and so gets a job driving a limo. He is still determined to win her back, and nothing, not even his inadvertent involvement with two hit men, will stop him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1983
Grease 2

Actors: Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald, Peter Frechette

Synopsis: Given the runaway success of Grease, which became the biggest-grossing movie musical of all time, it was all but inevitable that there would be a sequel, and four years later this follow-up brought a new group of kids back to Rydell High. It's 1961, and Stephanie Zinone (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the Read More

1982
Laverne & Shirley: Child's Play

Synopsis: Shirley (Cindy Williams) writes a play called "Murder in Mother Goose Land", then arranges a special performance for a big-time Broadway producer named Merritt (Dick Patterson). Alas, thanks to a characteristic goof-up on the part of Squiggy (David L. Lander), none of the actors shows up on Read More

1981
Can't Stop the Music

Actors: Valerie Perrine, Ray Simpson, Steve Guttenberg, David Hodo, June Havoc, Felipe Rose, Barbara Rush, Randy Jones, Glenn R. Hughes, Leigh Taylor-Young, Bruce Jenner

Synopsis: Glitz producer Allan Carr tries to cash in on the late-'70s disco boom with Can't Stop the Music -- a film of such Brobdingnagian banality that it almost in itself stopped the disco movement cold. Comedienne Nancy Walker directed this musical chronicle, purporting to relate the legend of the Read More

1980
Grease

Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn, Eve Arden

Synopsis: "Grease," said the poster and the Barry Gibb song, "is the word." Transferring its setting from Chicago to sunny California, and adding a dash of disco to the ersatz '50s score, producer Allan Carr and director Randal Kleiser turned this long-running Jim Jacobs - Warren Casey Broadway smash into Read More

1978
The Strongest Man in the World

Actors: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden, Cesar Romero, Phil Silvers

Synopsis: Kurt Russell returns as Dexter Riley, the dedicated student of Medfield College who just can't stay out of trouble, in this follow-up to The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and Now You See Him, Now You Don't. In this story, Dexter is trying to devise a formula for a chemistry project that will increase Read More

1975
Family Affair: My Man, the Star

Synopsis: Fired up with patriotic fervor, Mr. French (Sebastian Cabot) agrees to play Henry VIII in a movie made by shoestring producer Fred Wallace (Joe Flynn). Though Mr. French is certain that this will be a good experience, the film turns out to be an unscripted, underfunded disaster, and as a result Read More

1969
A Matter of Innocence

Actors: Hayley Mills, Trevor Howard, Shashi Kapoor, Brenda de Banzie, Dick Patterson

Synopsis: Polly (Hayley Mills) is a shy young girl on a world tour with her impossible aunt (Brenda de Banzie). In Singapore, the ladies are entertained by their Eurasian guide (Shashi Kapoor). Polly begins an affair with the seductive guide, and upon the death of her aunt she finally comes out of her shell Read More

1968
The Lucy Show: Lucy Helps Danny Thomas

Actors: Danny Thomas, Mickey Manners, Dick Patterson, Sid Gould

Synopsis: Ever in need of extra money, Lucy (Lucille Ball) offers her services to banker Mooney (Gale Gordon) as a part-time employee. Her first assignment is to deliver an envelope to the television studio where Danny Thomas is rehearsing a special. Before Lucy shows up, it is carefully established that Read More

1965
The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Beauty Doctor

Actors: Dick Patterson, Tommy Farrell, Steven Geray

Synopsis: Lucy (Lucille Ball) wheedles some extra money out of Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) by claiming she needs some medical treatment. What Mooney doesn't know is that Lucy is using the cash for a extended trip to the beauty parlor. Alas, the crew from a "Candid Camera"-style television show (hosted by Read More

1965
Combat!: The Hostages

Synopsis: While in American-held territory, Saunders (Vic Morrow) and Caje (Pierre Jalbert) and taken prisoner by a pair of SS officers (one of whom is played by future daytime-drama leading man Eric Braden, here billed under his real name Hans Gudegast). The Germans will return their hostages only if Doc Read More

1964
The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth

Actors: Richard Deacon, Dick Patterson, Herb Vigran, Johnny Silver

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Sally (Rose Marie) is invited to appear on "The Stevie Parsons Show," a popular late-night chat-fest. She scores such a hit that Parsons (Dick Patterson) invites her back several times -- and before long, she is being courted as a regular guest. Only one Read More

1964
Petticoat Junction: The Very Old Antique

Synopsis: Homer Bedloe (Charles Lane) is back in Hooterville with another scheme to rid the C&F.W. railroad of the ancient Hooterville Cannonball. This time, Bedloe hopes that retired railroad tycoon and renowned antique collector Philip Waterhouse (Everett Sloane) will purchase the Cannonball, thereby Read More

1964
My Favorite Martian: That Little Old Matchmaker, Martin

Synopsis: Tim (Bill Bixby) falls for pretty female reporter Cynthia Parker (Nancy Rennick), but has no idea what Cynthia likes in a man. Thus, Tim asks Martin (Ray Walston) to read the girl's mind--and as result, Martin finds out that in the long run, Tim and Cynthia would be poorly matched. Using every Read More

1963
Dondi

Actors: David Kory, David Janssen, Patti Page, Walter Winchell, Mickey Shaughnessy, Robert Strauss

Synopsis: Based on a popular comic strip, this touching children's drama centers on an adorable saucer-eyed Italian war orphan who sneaks into the U.S. by stowing away aboard a returning naval ship. He did this in part to be with the benevolent soldiers who showed him kindness on the Christmas Eve before Read More

1961