{{short description|American film director, screenwriter, actor and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Tom Patchett | image = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Film * director * screenwriter actor * producer}} | birth_date = | birth_place = East Lansing, Michigan, United States }}
'''Tom Patchett''' 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4305/up-the-academy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608102029/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4305/Up-The-Academy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2013|title=Up The Academy (1980) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84127/the-muppets-take-manhattan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824122551/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84127/The-Muppets-Take-Manhattan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 24, 2012|title=The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76909/the-great-muppet-caper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126033918/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76909/the-great-muppet-caper|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 26, 2020|title=Great Muppet Caper, The (1981) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-04-27-ca-52809-story.html|title=Did 'Alf' Save L.A. Art?|work=Los Angeles Times|date=27 April 1997 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-20-ca-2611-story.html|title=TV Veteran Tom Patchett Tries Life as a Playwright|work=Los Angeles Times|date=20 June 1989 |access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0665305|Tom Patchett}}
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