Dick Van Dyke
Biography
Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer, and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Golden Globe, Tony, Grammy, a Daytime Emmy, and four Primetime Emmys. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. He was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2021 and was recognized as a Disney Legend.
Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio and television, in nightclubs, and on the Broadway stage. In 1961, he starred in the original production of Bye Bye Birdie, a role which earned him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Carl Reiner then cast him as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966, which made him a household name. He went on to star in the movie musicals Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and in the comedy-drama The Comic (1969).
Van Dyke also made guest appearances on television programs Columbo (1974) and The Carol Burnett Show (1977), and starred in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–74), Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001), and Murder 101 (2006–08). Van Dyke has also made appearances in the films Dick Tracy (1990), Curious George (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-12-13
Place of birth
West Plains, Missouri, USA
Images
Cast
Mary Poppins
1964
7.56
Night at the Museum
2006
6.59
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
0.00
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
6.79
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
8.40
What a Way to Go!
1964
7.00
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
5.86
Never a Dull Moment
1968
6.20
Fitzwilly
1967
6.10
Curious George
2006
6.40
Cold Turkey
1971
6.30
Wrong Way Kid
1983
0.00
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
5.60
The Gin Game
2003
6.00
The Comic
1969
5.90
Divorce American Style
1967
5.85
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011
10.00
The Art of Love
1965
5.30
The Town Santa Forgot
1993
7.00
The 90s Club
2022
0.00
The Runner Stumbles
1979
6.80
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
6.30
Some Kind of a Nut
1969
3.50
Batman: New Times
2005
6.57
Murder 101
2006
6.81
Drop-Out Father
1982
4.20
The Morning After
1974
6.50
Ghost of a Chance
1987
4.50
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
0.00
The Caretaker 3D
2010
0.00
Danny Kaye Christmas Show
1963
0.00
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
7.40
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
4.00
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
2007
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Tubby the Tuba
1975
0.00
Found Money
1983
0.00
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
7.50
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Daughters of Privilege
1991
0.00
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
6.00
Life Is Boring
2016
0.00
Strong Medicine
1986
7.00
Trolland
2016
1.79
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
6.51
Gilbert
2017
6.71
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
2001
7.90
The World of Amateur Radio
2011
10.00
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004
10.00
Dick Tracy
1990
6.14
Wait for Your Laugh
2017
7.60
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974
7.00
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
1969
10.00
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
7.20
Buttons
2018
6.56
The Country Girl
1982
0.00
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
0.00
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
0.00
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
6.00
Merry Xmas
2015
6.50
Disneyland Around the Seasons
1966
7.10
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
0.00
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
0.00
Dere Mr President,
1972
0.00
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1973
0.00
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
7.50