Personal Life
Van Patten was born in Bellerose, New York. He is the youngest son of actor Dick Van Patten and his wife, Pat, née Poole, a former June Taylor dancer. He is of Dutch and Italian descent on his father's side. Van Patten was first urged into show business at age nine by his father’s agent. A commercial for Colgate toothpaste was followed by more than thirty other commercials before his father was cast in the TV series, Arnie, and moved his family from Long Island to Los Angeles.
From his first marriage to Betsy Russell he has two sons: Richard and Vince. His second marriage, on April 15, 2003, was to The Young and the Restless actress Eileen Davidson. They have 1 child: Jesse (born in 2003). They met when he appeared briefly on The Young and the Restless as a man she met on a cruise. Her character Ashley pretended he was the father of her baby when, in fact, it was Victor Newman.
Vince is related to several other well-known actors, actresses, and singers through blood and by marriage. Vince is brother of James Van Patten and Nels Van Patten, nephew of actress Joyce Van Patten, nephew of Timothy Van Patten, and cousin of actress Talia Balsam. Talia Balsam's first marriage was to actor George Clooney. Talia Balsam's second husband is actor John Slattery (where Talia and John appear together as husband and wife on Mad Men).
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