Dennis Dugan Biography (1946-)

Born September 5, 1946, in Wheaton, IL; married Joyce Van Patten (an actress;divorced); some sources also cite a marriage to Sharon O'Connor; children: (with Van Patten) Kelly (son). Addresses: Agent: United Talent Agency,9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Alex Ankeles, Mosaic Media Group, 9200 Sunset Blvd., 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069;Eric L. Gold, Werner-Gold-Miller, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91522.; Publicist: Bumble Ward and Associates, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 340, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director
Birth Details: September 5, 1946; Wheaton, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Emergency room doctor, The Hospital, 1971
Night Call Nurses, New World, 1974
Apprentice, The Day of the Locust, Paramount, 1975
Young man, Night Moves, Warner Bros., 1975
Logan, Smile, United Artists, 1975
Lewis, Harry and Walter Go to New York, Columbia, 1976
Garson Hobart, Norman ... Is That You?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1976
Tom Trimble/Hermes, Unidentified Flying Oddball (also known as The Spaceman and King Arthur, A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court, UFO, and The Unidentified Flying Oddball), Buena Vista, 1979
Chris, The Howling, Avco-Embassy, 1981
Rob, Water (also known as Water: The Movie), Rank, 1985
David Miller, Can't Buy Me Love (also known as Boy Rents Girl), Buena Vista, 1987
Mr. Settigren, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (also known as Pippi Laangstrump--starkast I vaerlden), Columbia, 1988
Bill, She's Having a Baby, Paramount, 1988
David Brodsky, Parenthood, Universal, 1989
All-American dad, Problem Child, Universal, 1990
Stage hand, Brain Donors (also known as Lame Ducks), Paramount, 1992
Doug Thompson, Happy Gilmore, Universal, 1996
Reluctant trick-or-treat giver, Big Daddy, Columbia, 1999
(Uncredited) Referee, Saving Silverman (also known as Evil Woman), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001
Film Director
Problem Child, Universal, 1990
Brain Donors (also known as Lame Ducks), Paramount, 1992
Happy Gilmore, Universal, 1996
Beverly Hills Ninja, Sony Pictures, 1997
Big Daddy, 1999
Saving Silverman (also known as Evil Woman), Sony PicturesEntertainment, 2001
National Security, 2003
Television Appearances
Series
Title role, Richie Brockelman, Private Eye, NBC, 1978
Ben Christian, Empire, CBS, 1984
Edgar "Benny" Benedek, Shadow Chasers, ABC, 1985-86
Movies
Private Becker, Death Race (also known as State of Division), ABC, 1973
Charlie Elliott, The Girl Most Likely To..., ABC, 1973
Title role, Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (also known asThe Missing 24 Hours), NBC, 1976
Sergeant Theodore "Mac" Albinsky, Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore, NBC, 1976
Title role, Diary of Richie Brockelman, syndicated, 1978
(Uncredited) Officer Johnny Lucas, Last of the Good Guys, CBS, 1978
Darryl Appleby, Country Gold, CBS, 1982
Dick, The Toughest Man in the World, CBS, 1984
Door knocker, Karroll's Christmas, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
Pilots
Joel Snedeger, Alice, CBS, 1976
Father Morgan, Father, O Father, ABC, 1977
Josh Fowler, Did You Hear About Josh and Kelly?!, CBS, 1980

Ivan Travalian, Full House, CBS, 1983
Edgar "Benny" Benedek, Shadow Chasers, ABC, 1985
Marty Kessler, Channel 99, NBC, 1988
Specials
Andy Martin, "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose," ABC Afternoon Playbreak, ABC, 1975
NBC team member, Battle of the Network Stars (also known as Battle of the Network Stars IV), ABC, 1978
Chris (in archive footage), Making a Monster Movie: Inside "The Howling," 1981
Officer Needham, Leadfoot, syndicated, 1982
Interviewee, Canned Ham: Big Daddy, Comedy Central, 1999
"The Making of `Big Daddy,'" HBO First Look, HBO, 1999
Reel Comedy: Saving Silverman, Comedy Central, 2001
Episodic
Stuart Lee Claybourne, "The Theft," The Waltons, CBS, 1973
"Love and the Lie," Love, American Style, ABC, 1973
George, "The Deadly Trail," Cannon, 1974
Danny McShane, "Love and Marriage," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1975
"The Fatal Weakness," Hollywood Television Theater, PBS, 1976
Richie Brockelman, "The House on Willis Avenue," The Rockford Files, NBC, 1978
"The Broken Badge," Police Story, NBC, 1978
Richie Brockelman, "The Return of Richie Brockelman" (also known as "Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job"), The Rockford Files, NBC, 1979
Jack Hogarth, "Superstar," Supertrain, 1979
Lloyd Hoffmeyer, "Second Time Around," It's a Living, ABC, 1981
Captain Freedom, "The World According to Freedom," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982
Captain Freedom, "Pestolozzi's Revenge," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982
Captain Freedom, "The Spy Who Came In from Delgado," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982
Captain Freedom, "Freedom's Last Stand," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982
Bob Wilson, "Strange Bedfellows," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1983
"Tears of a Clown," St. Elsewhere, 1985
Shadow, "The Snitch," Hooperman, ABC, 1988
Walter Bishop, "Tracks of My Tears," Moonlighting, ABC, 1988
"Eek! A Spouse!," Moonlighting, ABC, 1988
Walter Bishop, "Maddie Hayes Got Married," Moonlighting, ABC, 1988
Walter Bishop, "And the Flesh Was Made Word," Moonlighting, ABC, 1988
Cy, "Lunar Eclipse," Moonlighting, ABC, 1989
Roy Tomba, "Pacific Rimshot," L.A. Law, NBC, 1993
Appeared as Officer Needham in an episode of Leadfoot; also appeared in Scene of the Crime, NBC; voice, These Are the Days (animated), ABC.
Other
Claude Tinker, Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries; also known as Rich Man, Poor Man--Book 1), ABC, 1976
The Fatal Weakness, 1976
Police Story: The Broken Badge, 1977
Television Director
Episodic
"Turning Point," Hunter, NBC, 1987
"Phantom Pain," Wiseguy, CBS, 1988
"Between a Yuk and a Hard Place," Moonlighting, ABC, 1988
"Lunar Eclipse," Moonlighting, ABC, 1989
"Take My Wife, For Example," Moonlighting, ABC, 1989
"Those Lips, Those Lies," Moonlighting, ABC, 1989
"When Girls Collide," Moonlighting, ABC, 1989
"Sheedy Darlings," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1993
"Who Killed Nick Hazard?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1994
"Who Killed the Starlet?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1994
"The Final Adjustment," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994
"Frosted Flakes," Picket Fences, CBS, 1994
"Who Killed the Gadget Man?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995
"Who Killed the King of the Country Club?," Burke's Law, CBS, 1995
"Freeze Cuts," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
"Mr. Seed Goes to Town," Picket Fences, CBS, 1995
"Smooth Sailing," The Love Boat: The Next Wave, UPN, 1998
Shasta McNasty (also known as Shasta), UPN, 1999
Director of "Brackman, Mckenzie, Barnum and Bailey" and "Eli's Gumming,"episodes of L.A. Law, NBC; also directed episodes of Ally McBeal, Fox; The Byrds of Paradise, ABC; Civil Wars, ABC, c. 1992; Doogie Howser, M.D., ABC, c. 1992; Hope & Faith, ABC; Method & Red, Fox; The Mullets, UPN; Sonny Spoon, NBC; andTraps, CBS.
Movies
Columbo: Butterflies in Shades of Grey, ABC, 1994
"The Shaggy Dog," The ABC Family Movie (also known as The Disney Family Movie), ABC, 1994
Karroll's Christmas, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
Pilots
Marker, UPN, 1995
Stage Appearances
(Off-Broadway debut) The House of Blue Leaves, Truck and WarehouseTheatre, 1971
Rainbows for Sale, Center Theatre Group, New Theatre for Now, Music Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1972
Also appeared in A Man's a Man, New York City.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

TV Guide, August 21, 1999, p. 5

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