Acting
Nels Van Patten
Born
1955-01-15 (71)
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
19 titles
Known for
5.8The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.3A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
1980
6.4A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
Summer School
1987
5.3Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Live Wire
1992
4.0When her identical twin sister goes out of town, a bored and sexually frustrated woman adopts her sibling's promiscuous identity, but soon finds herself involved in a murder case.
Mirror Images
1992
3.8After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act.
Young Warriors
1983
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
2000s · 3 titles
6.5A group of jaded high school students sign up for a debate class taught by a tough, combative teacher from the Georgia Military Academy who teaches them that life is debate and DEBATE IS WAR.
Debating Robert Lee
2004
8.0A aspiring novelist operates a tiny neighborhood bookstore. His wife is a talented painter. Their marriage is disintegrating, and they are about to sign their divorce papers. Meanwhile, the legendary Casanova and his lover Lavinia are characters trapped inside of a 17th-century children's book. The tragedy of the impending divorce triggers the release of Casanova and Lavinia from the confines of the children's pop-up book.
Goodbye, Casanova
2000
3.4Two teenage boys aspire to win a backyard wrestling championship and a chance to appear on a national TV show.
Backyard Dogs
2000
1990s · 6 titles
5.3Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
Live Wire
1992
4.0When her identical twin sister goes out of town, a bored and sexually frustrated woman adopts her sibling's promiscuous identity, but soon finds herself involved in a murder case.
Mirror Images
1992
6.1A washed-up tennis pro begins coaching a hopeful teen, Joel Robbins, whose overbearing father wants to discourage him from playing.
The Break
1995
3.8Two former exotic dancers devise a plot to expose a physciatrist as the murderer of their friend.
Mind Twister
1994
3.7Some sorority sisters opt for camping in the woods with a handsome professor instead of going to Palm Springs for spring break. However, the orgy is interrupted when some druids appear and decide they need to sacrifice the sisters to prevent the apocalypse at the start of the new millennium.
Camp Fear
1991
6.5Tom is a cop. Joe is a doctor. Nick is a professional skier. Each lives in a world of risk and stress...and each year they get together for one thing: the best skiing on earth! But nothing lasts forever, family demands and career pressures mean this will be their final trip together. They know they've got to make this one count...
Face The Edge
1990
1980s · 7 titles
6.4A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
Summer School
1987
3.8After a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, her brother takes up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act.
Young Warriors
1983
9.0A great comedy about how to win at tennis by playing dirty.
Dirty Tennis
1989
4.3A gang of crazed punkers breaks into a family's vacation home in the mountains and slaughters the entire family, except for one daughter who gets away. As the gang pursues the girl through the snow, they slowly realize that some kind of murderous creature is chasing them...
Grotesque
1988
4.5A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend. The ghost asks the writer's help in proving her boyfriend the killer.
Ghost Writer
1989
4.2Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.
Lunch Wagon
1981
9.0Joe, who has been pushing drugs at his high school, expands his business to include the ski team. Rick, one of Joe's new customers, has some apparent improvement in his skiing, until, despite the intervention of Bill, he endures a serious injury. Bill, with his father's backing, then blows the whistle on Joe.
High Powder
1982
Series credits
5.8The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.3A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
1980

