
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
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

Daughters of Privilege

Dick Tracy

Night of 100 Stars III

The Simpsons

The Van Dyke Show

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Jake and the Fatman

Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Ghost of a Chance

American Masters

Strong Medicine

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

Matlock

Strong Medicine

Musical Comedy Tonight III

The Golden Girls

Breakfast with Les and Bess

Night of 100 Stars II

Television

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

Highway to Heaven

Airwolf

Found Money
Wrong Way Kid

Drop-Out Father

Wogan

American Playhouse

The Country Girl

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

The Runner Stumbles

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Supertrain
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

Battle of the Network Stars

Van Dyke and Company

Tubby the Tuba

People's Choice Awards
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Dinah!

Julie and Dick at Covent Garden

The Morning After

Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
Carol Burnett and Friends

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

Dere Mr President,

The Summer Fever

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Columbo

The First Nine Months Are the Hardest

Cold Turkey

Great Performances

The Comic

Some Kind of a Nut

The Bill Cosby Show

Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Never a Dull Moment

The Dick Cavett Show

Fitzwilly

The Carol Burnett Show

Divorce American Style

Disneyland Around the Seasons

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Salute to Stan Laurel

Days of Our Lives

The Secret Squirrel Show

The Art of Love

Mary Poppins

What a Way to Go!
Before It's Too Late

The Danny Kaye Show

Bye Bye Birdie

The Mike Douglas Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

New Comedy Showcase

The Fabulous Fifties

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tony Awards

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Oscars

The Bob Hope Show

What's My Line?

The Emmy Awards

The Ed Sullivan Show
Capture the Flag