Dick Van Dyke
- Acting
- December 13, 1925 · 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 · Self
- Starring Dick Van Dyke · Self
- Walt Disney: Behind the Magic · Self
- Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic · Self
- Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- The 90s Club
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Julie Andrews Forever · Self
- The Masked Singer · Self
- Mary Poppins Returns · Mr. Dawes Jr.
- Buttons · Angel
- Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic · Self
- The Great Buster: A Celebration · Self
- Kidding · Hopscotch The Sasquatch, Hopscotch the Sasquatch (Voice)
- Wait for Your Laugh · Self
- If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast · Self
- Gilbert · Self
- Trolland · Yusop (Voice)
- Life Is Boring
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do · Self
- Merry Xmas · Father
- Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb · Cecil
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day · Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
- Inside Comedy · Self
- A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy · Self
- The World of Amateur Radio · Self, Vocals
- Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored · Rob Petrie (archive footage)
- Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life · Self
- Conan · Self
- The Talk · Self
- The Caretaker 3D · The Caretaker
- The Middle · Dutch Spence
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's · (archive footage)
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story · Self
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics · Self
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth · Self
- Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery · Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses · Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form · Self
- Murder 101: College Can be Murder · Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Night at the Museum · Cecil
- Curious George · Mr. Bloomsberry (Voice)
- Murder 101 · Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Naomi's New Morning · Self
- The Princes of Malibu · Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson · Self
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' · Self
- The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited · Rob Petrie
- Jack Paar: Smart Television · Self
- The Gin Game · Weller Martin, Co-Executive Producer
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning · Dr. Mark Sloan
- Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity · Dr. Mark Sloan
- Scrubs · Dr. Townshend
- Walt: The Man Behind the Myth · Narrator (Voice)
- Becker · Fred Becker
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch · Duke
- The Town Santa Forgot · Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (Voice)
- Diagnosis: Murder · Mark Sloan, Producer
- Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife · Doctor Mark Sloan
- Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' · Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street · Dr. Mark Sloan
- Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder · Mark Sloan
- The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic · Self
- Daughters of Privilege · Buddy Keys
- Dick Tracy · D.A. Fletcher
- Night of 100 Stars III · Self
- The Simpsons · Dick Van Dyke (Voice)
- The Van Dyke Show · Dick Burgess
- Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town · Self
- Jake and the Fatman · Dr. Mark Sloan
- Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · Self
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood · Self
- Ghost of a Chance · Bill Nolan
- American Masters · Self
- Strong Medicine · Sam Hawthorne
- TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines · Self
- Matlock · Judge Carter Addison, Judge Carter Addison (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Strong Medicine · Sam Hawthorne