Robert Patten (actor)

Robert Fitz Randolph Patten (October 11, 1925 – December 29, 2001) was an American film and television actor.^[3] He was perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the 1949 film Twelve O'Clock High.^[4]

Robert Patten
Patten (right) with Hugh Beaumont in Medic, 1955
Born	Robert Fitz Randolph Patten (1925-10-11)October 11, 1925 Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Died	December 29, 2001(2001-12-29) (aged 76) Malibu, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Washington[1]
Occupation(s)	Film and television actor
Years active	1947–1993
Spouse	Peggy Lloyd ​ (m. 1956)​ [2]

Personal life and death

Patten married Marjorie Lloyd Ross on March 3, 1956, in Las Vegas.^[5] In 1962 he was named in the divorce case of Glynis Johns. Divorce Court in London granted a divorce to Johns's husband as a result of her adultery with Patten.^[6] He died in December 2001 of cancer at his home in Malibu, California, at the age of 76.^[1][7]

Partial filmography

• Black Gold (1947) - Jockey (uncredited)
• The Street with No Name (1948) - Robert Danker (uncredited)
• Apartment for Peggy (1948) - Student (uncredited)
• When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) - Sailor (uncredited)
• Mother Is a Freshman (1949) - Young Man (uncredited)
• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) - Joe Fisher
• It Happens Every Spring (1949) - Cab Driver (uncredited)
• Sand (1949) - Boyd
• Slattery's Hurricane (1949) - Lieutenant at Desk (uncredited)
• I Was a Male War Bride (1949) - Interne (uncredited)
• Father Was a Fullback (1949) - Manager (uncredited)
• Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Lieutenant Jesse Bishop
• When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) - Corporal Heckling Bill (uncredited)
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) - Medical Examiner (uncredited)
• American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) - Lovejoy
• The Frogmen (1951) - Lieutenant Klinger (uncredited)
• The Dennis Day Show (1954) (Season 3, Episode 29: "Ann Blyth/Johnny Carson") - Dr. Jim McNulty (uncredited)
• Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - Frank
• Return from the Sea (1954) - Welch
• Unchained (1955) - Johnny Swanson (uncredited)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 14: "A Bullet for Baldwin") - Detective
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956) (Season 1 Episode 16: "You Got to Have Luck") - Willis the Co-Pilot
• D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) - Petty Officer (uncredited)
• Bells Are Ringing (1960) - Party Guest (uncredited)
• Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961) - Lieutenant J. G. Marchon
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Party Guest (uncredited)
• A Guide for the Married Man (1967) - Party Guest
• Airport (1970) - Captain Benson
• Zig Zag (1970) - John Raymond
• The Love Machine (1971) - Reporter (uncredited)
• Westworld (1973) - Technician
• Black Sunday (1977) - Vickers
• FM (1978) - Jack Rapp
• Personal Best (1982) - Colin Sales