Patrick has performed as an entertainer in almost every area of show business. He was born in Visalia, California.

Although he has been a member of SAG for over 50 years, he began his professional career as a dancer. He performed with Judy Garland at the Palace on Broadway, as well as with Donald O'Connor and Sammy Davis Jr. in Las Vegas. After military service, he was a clown in the Cirque Medrano (in Paris, France) and was the only American in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (also in Paris).

Patrick performed on television, in film, and on stage in France before appearing at Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. He has performed on Broadway and off-Broadway and spent time in such prestigious repertory companies as Seattle Rep, ACT (San Francisco), and Actor's Theatre Louisville, among others. His two favorite stage roles were Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters and the prosecutor in In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, both at Seattle Rep.

On television and in film, his favorite roles are Jacques Dubois, the arrogant French swordsman in Happy Days: The Duel (1979), and Major General John Bell Hood in the films Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003). Patrick still trains, holds a black belt in aikido, and, in addition to acting, his passions are poker, chess, Japanese calligraphy, and the Foreign Language Committee for the Oscar. IMDb mini-biography by: Patrick Gorman