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Tom Patchett(I)

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Tom Patchett is a producer, director and writer, known for The Carol Burnett Show (1973) The Bob Newhart Show (1973 -1977), The Tony Randall Show (1978-79, Open All Night (1981), Buffalo Bill (1982-83), and Alf (1986-1990). He also co-wrote the screenplays for the films The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) and The Great Muppet Caper (1981).
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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Buffalo Bill (1983)
Buffalo Bill
7.3
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show
8.1
TV Series
  • Writer
George Dzundza, Susan Tyrrell, and Sam Whipple in Open All Night (1981)
Open All Night
7.7
TV Series
  • Writer
Paul Fusco and Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros in ALF (1986)
ALF
7.4
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)

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Writer

  • ALF: The Funny Radio Network Starring ALF
  • ALF: The ALF Shopping Network
  • ALF: I'm on DVD
  • Project: ALF (1996)
    Project: ALF
  • Sandra Bullock, George Newbern, and Anthony Tyler Quinn in Working Girl (1990)
    Working Girl
    • (creator)
  • Paul Fusco and Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros in ALF (1986)
    ALF
    • (creator)
  • Alf (1989)
    Alf
  • ALF Tales (1988)
    ALF Tales
    • (1988-1990)
  • A.L.F. (1987)
    A.L.F.
  • Frank Oz, Dabney Coleman, Jim Henson, Joan Rivers, Gregory Hines, Art Carney, James Coco, and Linda Lavin in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
    The Muppets Take Manhattan
  • Buffalo Bill (1983)
    Buffalo Bill
    • (creator)
  • Sitcom
  • George Dzundza, Susan Tyrrell, and Sam Whipple in Open All Night (1981)
    Open All Night
  • Frank Oz, Charles Grodin, Jim Henson, Diana Rigg, and Dave Goelz in The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
    The Great Muppet Caper
  • Up the Academy (1980)
    Up the Academy

Producer

  • In Smog and Thunder (2003)
    In Smog and Thunder
  • Project: ALF (1996)
    Project: ALF
  • In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994)
    In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
  • Telling Secrets (1993)
    Telling Secrets
  • Meredith Baxter in Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992)
    Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
  • In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
    In the Line of Duty: Street War
  • In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)
    In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion
  • Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991)
    Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
  • In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991)
    In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas
  • Bagdad Cafe (1990)
    Bagdad Cafe
  • Victoria Principal, Paul Sorvino, and Danielle Harris in Don't Touch My Daughter (1991)
    Don't Touch My Daughter
  • In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990)
    In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
  • The Lost Capone (1990)
    The Lost Capone
  • Sandra Bullock, George Newbern, and Anthony Tyler Quinn in Working Girl (1990)
    Working Girl
  • Lauren Holly, Karen Kopins, Gary Kroeger, Christopher Rich, and Sam Whipple in Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990)
    Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again

Director

  • Claws
  • Act II
  • Paul Fusco and Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros in ALF (1986)
    ALF
  • The Best Legs in Eighth Grade (1984)
    The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
  • I Gave at the Office
  • Buffalo Bill (1983)
    Buffalo Bill
  • Sitcom
  • George Dzundza, Susan Tyrrell, and Sam Whipple in Open All Night (1981)
    Open All Night
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  • Stageplay: Show You Wound: The Death and Times of Joseph Beuys (Stage play, 2002) Produced in Berlin (2016) as Jeder Hasen ein Kunstler: Eine Beuys Fabel (2016).
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