[DOC] [TLE] Eight Is Enough - Wikipedia [PAR] Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC 
from March 15 ... The father, Tom Bradford, was a newspaper columnist for the 
fictional ... Dick Van Patten Tom Bradford; Diana Hyland Joan Wells Bradford 
... In the pilot, the role of David was played by Mark Hamill, Nancy was played by
... [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten - Wikipedia [PAR] Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten (December 9, 1928  June 23, 2015) 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 ... 
Van Patten played the role of Jack Benson in Opposite Day (2009), his last film. [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, Harried Father on 'Eight Is Enough,' Dies at 86 ... [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Credit ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images. Dick Van Patten, the cheerful, 
round-faced actor best known for his role as the firm if ... Patten, whose Tom 
Bradford dealt genially with the various small family dramas that ... Before landing 
Eight Is Enough, he played Captain Stubing in the pilot for The Love... [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, who was a TV father on 'Eight is Enough,' dies at ... [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Dick Van Patten, who was a TV father on 'Eight is Enough,' dies at 86 .... He came 
into his own as a television star on Eight is Enough, which aired on ABC from 
1977 to ... As a character named Tom Bradford, Mr. Van Patten played an ... 
instead attending a professional children's school for many of his... [DOC] [TLE] Eight Is Enough (TV Series 19771981) - IMDb [PAR] Comedy ... With Dick Van Patten, Lani O'Grady, Connie Needham, Susan 
Richardson. This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent 
... sometimes-dramatic exploits of the Bradford family--father Tom (a columnist for 
a... [DOC] [TLE] 'Eight is Enough' TV dad Dick Van Patten dies at 86 - Jacksonville.com [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Van Patten's greatest TV success was as Tom Bradford, a widower and father of 
eight who met and married Abby, played by Betty Buckley, with... [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten - Television Actor - Biography.com [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Dick Van Patten was an actor who most TV viewers will remember as Tom 
Bradford, the father of the brood on Eight Is Enough. ... In addition to Eight Is 
Enough, Van Patten is also remembered for his many collaborations with 
longtime ... and enduring role in 1977 on the ABC family drama Eight is Enough. [DOC] [TLE] 'Eight Is Enough' actor Dick Van Patten dies at 86 | New York's ... [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Actor Dick Van Patten starred in the ABC series Eight Is Enough. ... NEW YORK
 Actor Dick Van Patten, who played the good-natured father in the TV ... He 
played family patriarch Tom Bradford, a newspaper columnist in... [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten Dead: 'Eight Is Enough' Star Dies at 86 | Hollywood ... [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... The actor, one of TV's 'Greatest Dads,' began on Broadway at age 7 ... Dick Van 
Patten, who played the family patriarch on the ABC series ... Van Patten's Eight Is 
Enough character Tom Bradford was named No. ... "Before Eight Is Enough, there 
was Father Knows Best, all goody, goody, goody," Van Patten... [DOC] [TLE] 'Eight is Enough' star Dick Van Patten dies at 86 - Chicago Tribune [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Dick Van Patten, the genial comic actor best known as the patriarch of TV's ... He 
would go on to appear in 27 other Broadway plays, acting alongside ... Van 
Patten's greatest TV success was as Tom Bradford, a widower and father of eight 
who met and ... The ABC comedy-drama aired from 1977-1981. [DOC] [TLE] Eight is Enough

Question: Dick Van Patten played Tom Bradford, father of many, on this ABC drama
Answer: Eight Is Enough