Vincent Van Patten Biography
Vincent Van Patten is an American actor, the commentator for the World Poker Tour and a former tour professional tennis player. Van Patten guest-starred as a child actor, throughout the 1970s, in over three dozen classic television series including Bonanza, The High Chaparral, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Medical Center, Adam-12, Wonder Woman and a variety of television movies.
Vincent Van Patten Father
Van Patten was born in Bellerose, New York, US. He is the youngest son of actor Dick Van Patten and his wife, Pat (née Poole), a former June Taylor dancer. Van Patten is of Dutch, English, and Italian descent.
At age nine, he was first urged into show business by his father’s agent. Consequently, he appeared in more than thirty commercials, including Colgate toothpaste, before his father was cast in the TV series, Arnie, and moved his family from Long Island to Los Angeles.
Vincent Van Patten Wife
Van Patten got engaged to actress Betsy Russel in August 1988. She is best known for her roles in Private School (1983), and Tomboy (1985). The couple was married nine months later on May 27, 1989, in North Hollywood. Their wedding reception was held at Van Patten’s father’s Sherman Oaks home which was attended by numerous top of the list celebrities.
The couple had two sons together: Richard Van Patten (March 1993) and Vincent Van Patten, Jr. (September 3, 1995) and divorced in 2001. On April 15, 2003, Van Patten remarried to The Young and the Restless actress Eileen Davidson whom they have one child together.
Vincent Van Patten Jr | Sons
Vincent Van Patten has three children (all Sons): Two with Betsy Russel; Richard Van Patten (March 1993) and Vincent Van Patten, Jr. (September 3, 1995). He also has one son with Eileen Davidson named Jesse Thomas Van Patten.
Van Patten Jr. was born on 3 September 1995. He turns 24 years old in 2019. Van Patten Jr. has one biological brother, Richard Van Patten and one stepbrother, Jesse Thomas Van Patten.
Vincent Van Patten Age
Van Patten was born on October 17, 1957, in Bellerose, New York, USA. He was first urged into show business by his father’s agent, at age nine. Van patten turns 62 years old in 2019.
Vincent Van Patten Height
Patten is a man of average stature. He stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m). He has dark brown hair color and grey eyes color.
Vincent Van Patten Net Worth
Van Patten has earned his income from his professional careers; first, as a professional tour tennis player, then as an actor and then as a commentator of the World Poker Tour. His excellence in all his career undertakings has earned him a huge fortune over the years. Van Patten has an estimated net worth of $2 million dollars.
Vincent Van Patten Actor
Van Patten guest-starred in over three dozen classic television series including Bonanza throughout the 1970s. The High Chaparral, Medical Center, Adam-12, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Wonder Woman and a variety of television movies. He also had roles in the films Charley and the Angel in 1973, and Chino in 1973.
Aged 16, he was cast in Apple’s Way, a CBS drama series in which he played the son of an architect who leaves the big city to rear his family in rural and fictional Appleton, Iowa. In the fall of 1975, aged eighteen, he appeared as John Karras in a 12-week CBS drama series Three for the Road. The storyline is that of a father and two sons, grief-stricken over the death of their wife and mother sell their house, buy a recreational vehicle, and roam throughout the United States.
Three years later, he co-starred in The Bionic Boy, a two-hour ABC attempted spinoff of the popular Lee Majors vehicle, The Six Million Dollar Man that never went to series. In 1978, he starred in the cult film classic, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.
He starred in several other films (1970 and 1980), including the 1979 action thriller Survival Run- Spree, Yesterday in 1981 as a Vietnam war veteran, the slasher film Hell Night in 1981, Gidget’s Summer Reunion in 1985, The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission in 1987 and Camp Fear in 1991. He starred, wrote and produced in The Break in 1995, distributed by Lions Gate with Martin Sheen.
Vincent Van Patten Tv Shows
World Poker Tour- 2003
Apple’s Way from 1974 to 1975
Thre for the Road- 1975
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
Celebrity Tennis- 2010
Vincent Van Patten Movies
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School- 1979
Hell Night- 1981
Walk to Vegas- 2019
Chino- 1973
The Bravos- 1972
The Break- 1995
Charley and the Angel-1973
Camp Fear- 1991
When Billie Beat Bobby- 2001
Survival Run- 1979
Deal- 2008
Dirty Tennis- 1989
The Guest House
High Flying Spy
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