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name: "Robert Patten"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 October 1925"
died: "29 December 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:21:49.409810+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Patten

Actor. Born 11 October 1925 in Tacoma - Washington - USA. Died 29 December 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 October 1925, Tacoma - Washington - USA
- **Died:** 29 December 2001
- **Active:** 1949–1970
- **Also known as:** Robert F. Patten, Bob Patten
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 83 (1), 1970s 56 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Patten_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110590801, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78306

## Biography

Robert Patten, also credited as Robert F. Patten or Bob Patten, was an American film and television actor. He was born on 11 October 1925 in Tacoma, Washington, and died on 29 December 2001 in Malibu, California.

Patten majored in drama at the University of Washington and served as a navigator in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War. He began his acting career in the late 1940s, often in uncredited roles, and gained notice for playing Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the 1949 film *Twelve O'Clock High*. He appeared in more than 180 productions, with film credits including *Airport* (1970) and *Westworld* (1973), and numerous television guest roles in series such as *Dragnet*, *Adam-12*, *Wonder Woman* and *Murder, She Wrote*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, as Captain Benson — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), Fi1m 83, as Lieutenant Bishop — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Parole Board Member
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Fisherman
- *Personal Best* (1982), as Colin Sales
- *FM* (1978), as Jack Rapp
- *Black Sunday* (1977), as Vickers
- *Flight to Holocaust* (1977), as Gordon Stokes
- *The Fantastic Journey* (1977), series, as Luther
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Benjamin Springfield
- *The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One* (1974), as First Washington Agent
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Forman — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Westworld* (1973), as Technician
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Dr. Lincoln Bishop, Joe Beecher, Arnold Moore
- *Michael O'Hara the Fourth* (1972), as Richard Caffey
- *Fireball Forward* (1972), as Col. Avery
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Police Sergeant, LAPD, Police Captain
- *Paper Man* (1971), as Father
- *Cannon* (1971), series, as Sam Lanson
- *Airport* (1970), as Captain Benson — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, as Daniel S. Wade
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Detective Speer, Sgt. King, Det. Sgt. Benson, Det. Fremont, Sgt. Baron, Sgt. Stone, Det. Sgt. Stone
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Ben Lorenz
- *A Guide for the Married Man* (1967), as Party Guest
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Dr. Carl Banks
- *Dragnet* (1967), series, as Sgt. Taylor Searcy, Sgt. Joe Gunn, Sgt. Jack Williams, Officer Young, Off. Louis J. Sale
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Murphy
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Dr. Warren — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as F.B.I. Supervisor Al McClure, Second S.A., George Lyon, Agent Al McClure
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Agent 54
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, as Dr. De Forest
- *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1964), series, as Man
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Dr. Blaine
- *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Love in a Goldfish Bowl* (1961), as Lt. J.G. Marchon
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, as Mr. Page
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Arthur Stenton
- *The Tall Man* (1960), series, as Burt Summers
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Al Pardee
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, as Paul Kovacs
- *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1958), series, as Herb Garth
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Kermit
- *Highway Patrol* (1955), series, as Patrolman Mark Reynolds
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Detective · Willis the Co-Pilot
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Nate Brand
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, as Jim Murdock
- *Unchained* (1955), as Swanson (uncredited)
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Richard Caffey
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, as Captain Dan Harvey
- *Lassie* (1954), series, as Forest Ranger (uncredited)
- *Public Defender* (1954), series, as Edward Martin
- *Riot in Cell Block 11* (1954), as Frank
- *The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse* (1953), series, as Jim Miller
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor
- *The Frogmen* (1951), as Lt. Klinger
- *American Guerrilla in the Philippines* (1950), as Lovejoy
- *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Studio Page · Crew Member, Pilot
- *The Screen Writer* (1950), as Young Actor (uncredited)
- *Where the Sidewalk Ends* (1950), as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
- *When Willie Comes Marching Home* (1950), as Corporal heckling Bill (uncredited)
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), as Lieutenant Bishop — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)
- *I Was a Male War Bride* (1949), as Interne (uncredited)
- *Slattery's Hurricane* (1949), as Lieutenant at Desk (uncredited)
- *Sand* (1949), as Boyd
- *It Happens Every Spring* (1949), as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- *Mr. Belvedere Goes to College* (1949), as Joe Fisher
- *The Street with No Name* (1948), as Robert Danker (Uncredited)

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