Dick Van Dyke
Acting
- Born:
- 1925-12-13
- Place of birth:
- West Plains, Missouri, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
The 90s Club
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Julie Andrews Forever
The Masked Singer
Mary Poppins Returns
Buttons
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Kidding
Wait for Your Laugh
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Gilbert
Trolland
Life Is Boring
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Merry Xmas
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Inside Comedy
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
The World of Amateur Radio
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Conan
The Talk
The Caretaker 3D
The Middle
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
Night at the Museum
Curious George
Murder 101
Naomi's New Morning
The Princes of Malibu
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
Jack Paar: Smart Television
The Gin Game
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
Scrubs
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
Becker
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The Town Santa Forgot
Diagnosis: Murder
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife