Dick Patterson, Actor/Comic, 70
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* Dick Patterson; Actor, Stand-Up Comedian
Dick Patterson, 70, comedian and song and dance man of Broadway
musicals, film and television. After making his Broadway debut in David
Merrick's "Vintage '60," Patterson appeared in "The Billy Barnes
People," the national touring company of "Bye Bye Birdie" and opposite
Carol Burnett in "Fade Out, Fade In." His most recent musical was
"Smile," a spoof of beauty pageants, in which one reviewer said
Patterson was "hilarious as the coy emcee" and another praised his
portrayal of "the fiendishly smarmy third-rate television personalty who
serves as pageant emcee." On the silver screen, Patterson appeared in
"Grease" and "Grease II," and Disney's "Strongest Man in the World." On
television, the actor was a frequent guest on "The Carol Burnett Show"
and had occasional roles on such popular series as "Here's Lucy," "Happy
Days" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Patterson, who was a nightclub
stand-up comedian, wrote material for the Las Vegas acts of Debbie
Reynolds and Rich Little and a song, "Santa's Marching Song." Born in
Clear Lake, Iowa, Patterson moved to California in his teens and worked
his way through UCLA. On Sept. 20 in Los Angeles.
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appears on a talk show,looking for a husband (novel twist, eh?),
Patterson played the host, Stevie Parsons.