Robert Patten

Robert Patten

Birth : 1925-10-11, Tacoma - Washington - USA

Death : 2001-12-29

History

Robert Patten was born on October 11, 1925 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Un homme de fer (1949), Airport (1970) and Mondwest (1973). He was married to Peggy Lloyd and Patricia Grant. He died on December 29, 2001 in Malibu, California, USA.

Profile

Robert Patten

Movies

Personal Best
Colin Sales
Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
FM
Jack Rapp
Q-SKY is the #1 radio station in Los Angeles mainly because of the music they play; running the station the way they want to, it has made them a ratings success.
Flight to Holocaust
Gordon Stokes
A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th floor and is stuck in the side of the building.
Black Sunday
Vickers
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
Westworld
Technician
A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Richard Caffey
The name Michael O'Hara has become synonymous with law enforcement. There have been three generations of Michael O'Haras and all have been exemplary policemen. When Michael O'Hara III's child was born he was told that they would not be able to have any more children, and there has always been a Michael O'Hara, so he named his child Michael O'Hara IV despite the fact that she is a girl. Now Mike has a tendency to get involved with police matters and not always with good results, which annoys her father. And despite being told repeatedly to stay out of it, she continues her amateurish detective activities.
Fireball Forward
Col. Avery
A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
Paper Man
Father
A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.
Airport
Captain Benson
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
A Guide for the Married Man
Party Guest
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Party Guest (uncredited)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Riot in Cell Block 11
Frank
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
The Frogmen
Lt. Klinger
The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Lovejoy
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.
The Screen Writer
Young Actor (uncredited)
This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Twelve O'Clock High
Lieutenant Bishop
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.
I Was a Male War Bride
Interne (uncredited)
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Sand
Boyd
Novelist Will James, a specialist in horse stories, wrote the yarn upon which 20th Century-Fox's Sand was based. Mark Stevens plays horse breeder Jeff Keane, who loses his prize stallion in a train accident. While the stallion roams wild and free, Keane enlists the aid of rancher Joan Hartley (Coleen Gray) in searching for the animal. Once the horse is located, it is clear that it has developed a mean streak, the result of various cruelties inflicted upon it by humans. Jeff and Joan combine their efforts to regain the horse's friendship. Veteran Native American actors Iron Eyes Cody and Jay Silverheels make significant supporting appearances. Sand was attractively filmed in Technicolor on location in Colorado.
It Happens Every Spring
Cab Driver (uncredited)
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Joe Fisher (as Bob Patten)
A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.
The Street with No Name
Robert Danker (Uncredited)
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.