Dick Van Dyke

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-12-13 (98 years old)

Place of Birth West Plains, Missouri, USA

Also Known As Richard Wayne Van Dyke, Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Van Dyke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Actor

2019
2018
Mary Poppins Returns

as Mr. Dawes Jr.

2018
Buttons

as The Angel

2018
Kidding

as Hopscotch The Sasquatch

2017
2017
Gilbert

as Self

2016
Trolland

as Voice

2015
Merry Xmas

as Father

2012
2010
The Caretaker 3D

as The Caretaker

2009
The Middle

as Dutch Spence

2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2007
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2007
Murder 101: College Can be Murder

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2006
2006
Curious George

as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)

2006
Murder 101

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2005
Batman: New Times

as Commisioner Gordon

2003
The Gin Game

as Weller Martin

2002
2001
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

as Narrator (voice)

2001
Scrubs

as Dr. Townshend

2000
Julie Andrews Forever

as Self (archive footage)

1998
Becker

as Fred Becker

1993
The Town Santa Forgot

as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Mark Sloan

1992
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

as Self - Performer (archive footage)

1991
1990
Dick Tracy

as D.A. Fletcher

1989
The Simpsons

as Dick Van Dyke (voice)

1988
The Van Dyke Show

as Dick Burgess

1987
Ghost of a Chance

as Bill Nolan

1987
Jake and the Fatman

as Dr. Mark Sloan

1986
Strong Medicine

as Sam Hawthorne

1986
Strong Medicine

as Sam Hawthorne

1986
Matlock

as Judge Carter Addison

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1985
1984
1984
Airwolf

as Malduke

1983
Found Money

as Max Shepherd

1983
Wrong Way Kid

as Father (voice)

1982
Drop-Out Father

as Ed McCall

1982
The Country Girl

as Frank Elgin

1982
Wogan

as Self

1979
The Runner Stumbles

as Father Brian Rivard

1979
Supertrain

as Waldo Chase

1975
Tubby the Tuba

as Tubby the Tuba (voice)

1975
Van Dyke and Company

as Self - Host

1974
The Morning After

as Charlie Lester

1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies

as Dick Van Dyke (voice)

1971
Cold Turkey

as Rev. Clayton Brooks

1971
1971
Columbo

as Paul Galesko

1971
1969
The Comic

as Billy Bright

1969
Some Kind of a Nut

as Fred Amidon

1969
1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Caractacus Potts

1968
Never a Dull Moment

as Jack Albany

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guestt

1967
Fitzwilly

as Claude R. Fitzwilliam

1967
Divorce American Style

as Richard Harmon

1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Various Characters

1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

as Lt. Robin Crusoe

1965
The Art of Love

as Paul Sloane

1965
Days of Our Lives

as Timothy Robicheaux

1964
Mary Poppins

as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.

1964
What a Way to Go!

as Edgar Hopper

1963
Bye Bye Birdie

as Albert F. Peterson

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1961
1960
New Comedy Showcase

as Richard Alexander

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self - Guest Host

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Sketch Actor

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - as Albert F. Peterson - Scene from 'Bye Bye Birdie'

Producer

2003
The Gin Game

as Co-Executive Producer

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Producer

1971
Cold Turkey

as Executive Producer

Sound

Writer

1993
1975