Tom Patchett
Born: 1940-04-16 in East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Muppets Take Scripthatten ... (Original Film Writer)
1996
- Project: ALF ... (Screenplay)
1994
- In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance ... (Executive Producer)
- Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter ... (Executive Producer)
1993
- Telling Secrets ... (Executive Producer)
1992
- In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion ... (Executive Producer)
1991
- 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)
1990
- Working Girl ... (Creator)
- Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again ... (Executive Producer)
- In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing ... (Executive Producer)
1989
- Making a Case for Murder ... (Executive Producer)
1988
- Alf Tales ... (Creator)
1987
- ALF: The Animated Series ... (Creator)
1986
- ALF as Interviewer
1984
- The Muppets Take Manhattan ... (Screenplay)
- The Best Legs in Eighth Grade ... (Director)
1983
- Buffalo Bill ... (Executive Producer)
1981
- The Great Muppet Caper ... (Writer)
1980
- Up the Academy ... (Writer)
1977
- We've Got Each Other ... (Creator)
- The Chopped Liver Brothers as Tom Van Brocklin
1976
- The Tony Randall Show ... (Writer)
1972
- The Bob Newhart Show ... (Executive Producer)
1971
- The Jackson 5: Goin' Back to Indiana ... (Writer)
- Diana! ... (Writer)
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self