[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 was born in the Kew Gardens section of the New York City borough of
... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Braden - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Wardell Braden (February 22, 1917  April 3, 2009) was an American 
journalist, best remembered as the author of Eight Is Enough, which spawned a 
popular television program, and was co-host of the CNN show Crossfire. Braden 
was born in Greene, Iowa, and died in Denver, Colorado. .... series of the same 
name with Dick Van Patten in the role of Tom Bradford,... [DOC] [TLE] Eight Is Enough - Wikipedia [PAR] Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC 
from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled on the life of 
syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, ... Dick Van Patten Tom 
Bradford; Diana Hyland Joan Wells Bradford (season 1); Betty Buckley 
Sandra... [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, who was a TV father on 'Eight is Enough,' dies at ... [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Mr. Van Patten's portfolio ranged from Walt Disney family fare to Mel Brooks 
parodies. ... brother Nels on the warmhearted series Mama from 1949 to 1956 
about a ... was based on a book by syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden 
about ... Richard Vincent Van Patten was born in Queens on Dec. [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, 'Eight Is Enough' Star, Dead at 86 - Rolling Stone [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Dick Van Patten, star of 'Eight Is Enough' and 'The Love Boat,' has died at the ... 
See what series managed to beat 'Alf,' 'The Wonder Years' and ... Born in Queens
, New York in 1928, Van Patten cut his teeth on ... patriarch in a story based in 
part on real-life columnist Tom Braden, ... "A loving family man. [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, TV Dad of 'Eight Is Enough,' Dies at 86 | Playbill [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Dick Van Patten, whose acting career began when he was a kid on Broadway 
and reached its pinnacle with the television series. ... sitcom based on the life of 
Tom Braden, a syndicated columnist who, indeed, had ... fashion, the Bradford 
clan dealt with some family crisis or other with care and compassion. [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, Harried Father on 'Eight Is Enough,' Dies at 86 ... [PAR] Jun 23, 2015 ... Dick Van Patten, the cheerful, round-faced actor best known for his role as the 
firm if harried suburban father at the center of the hit television series Eight Is 
Enough, died ... based on a memoir by Tom Braden, starred Mr. Van Patten as 
Tom ... whose Tom Bradford dealt genially with the various small family... [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. ... Van Patten 
was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, grew up in Brooklyn and got his ... He played 
family patriarch Tom Bradford, a newspaper columnist in ... The show was based 
on the real-life story of newspaper writer Thomas Braden, who... [DOC] [TLE] Tom Braden dies at 92; former CIA operative became columnist and ... [PAR] Apr 4, 2009 ... Tom and Joan Braden with their eight children in an undated photograph. ... 
series, died of natural causes Friday at his Denver home, his family said. ... and 
starred Dick Van Patten as Tom Bradford, a Sacramento columnist with a brood 
of children ages 8 to 23. ... Braden was born in Greene, Iowa, on Feb. [DOC] [TLE] Dick Van Patten, 'Eight Is

Question: This family series with Dick Van Patten was based on columnist Tom Braden's autobiography
Answer: Eight is Enough