Tom Patchett
- Writing
- April 16, 1940 · East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Biography
Tom Patchett (born April 16, 1940) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer who is best known as the co-creator of ALF. He co-wrote the films Up the Academy, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, and Project ALF. He also wrote episodes of The Bob Newhart Show, We've Got Each Other, The Tony Randall Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and Buffalo Bill. Patchett founded the contemporary art gallery, Track 16, in 1994.
Known for
Filmography
- The Muppets Take Scripthatten · Original Film Writer
- Project: ALF · Screenplay, Producer
- Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter · Executive producer
- In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance · Executive producer
- Telling Secrets · Executive producer
- In the Line of Duty: Street War · Executive producer
- In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion · Executive producer
- Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace · Executive producer
- In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas · Executive producer
- Don't Touch My Daughter · Executive producer
- In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing · Executive producer
- Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again · Executive producer
- Working Girl · Creator
- Making a Case for Murder · Executive producer
- Alf Tales · Creator
- ALF: The Animated Series · Creator
- ALF · Interviewer, Executive producer
- The Muppets Take Manhattan · Screenplay, Story
- The Best Legs in Eighth Grade · Director
- Buffalo Bill · Executive producer, Director
- Open All Night · Creator, Director
- The Great Muppet Caper · Air Steward (uncredited), Writer
- Up the Academy · Writer
- We've Got Each Other · Creator
- The Chopped Liver Brothers · Tom Van Brocklin, Producer
- The Tony Randall Show · Writer
- The Bob Newhart Show · David Robbins, Dave Death
- The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana · Writer
- Diana! · Writer
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self