A Vietnam war veteran.
Graduated from Hollywood High School.
Originally wanted to be a magician and cites Harry Houdini as his childhood hero.
Pat first appeared in Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (episode No Way Out) when he was 20 years old. He played a seaman who guarded a door on the Seaview and he is required to refuse entry to the episode trouble maker. It was a well acted scene that looked great on film and the quality of the moment made Irwin Allen cast Pat in other projects.