Dick Van Dyke
Born December 13, 1925 (Age: 100)
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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).
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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Filmography
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
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as Mr. Dawes Jr.
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Age: 93
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
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as Cecil
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Age: 89
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
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as Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
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Age: 88
The World of Amateur Radio
2011
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as Self - Host
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Age: 85
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011
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as Self
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Age: 85
No Image
The Caretaker 3D
2010
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as The Caretaker
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Age: 84
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 83
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
2007
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as Self
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Age: 81
Night at the Museum
2006
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as Cecil
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Age: 81
Curious George
2006
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as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
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Age: 80
Batman: New Times
2005
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as Commisioner Gordon
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Age: 79
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
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as Self - Host
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Age: 79
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004
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as Rob Petrie
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Age: 78
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
2002
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as Dr. Mark Sloan
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Age: 76
The Town Santa Forgot
1993
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as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)
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Age: 67
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
1993
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as Doctor Mark Sloan
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Age: 67
No Image
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
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as Self - Performer (archive footage)
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Age: 67
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
1992
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as Dr. Mark Sloan
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Age: 66
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
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as Mark Sloan
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Age: 66
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
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as Self
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Age: 65
Daughters of Privilege
1991
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as Buddy Keys
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Age: 65
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 64
Dick Tracy
1990
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as D.A. Fletcher
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Age: 64
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
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as Self
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Age: 62
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1987
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as Self - Host
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Age: 61
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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as Self
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Age: 61
Ghost of a Chance
1987
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as Bill Nolan
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Age: 61
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
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as Self
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Age: 60
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
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as Self
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Age: 59
Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985
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as
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Age: 59
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 59
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 59
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
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as Self
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Age: 55
No Image
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
1978
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as Self
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Age: 52
No Image
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
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as Self
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Age: 49
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Morning After
1974
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as Charlie Lester
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Age: 48
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1973
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as
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Age: 47
Dere Mr President,
1972
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as Narrator
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Age: 46
The Summer Fever
1972
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as Narrator
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Age: 46
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
1971
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as Self
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Age: 45
Cold Turkey
1971
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as Rev. Clayton Brooks
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Age: 45
The Comic
1969
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as Billy Bright
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Age: 43
Some Kind of a Nut
1969
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as Fred Amidon
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Age: 43
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
1969
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as Himself
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Age: 43
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
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as Caractacus Potts
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Age: 43
No Image
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Art of Love
1965
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as Paul Sloane
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Age: 39
Mary Poppins
1964
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as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.
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Age: 39
What a Way to Go!
1964
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as Edgar Hopper
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Age: 38
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
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as Albert F. Peterson
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Age: 37
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
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as Self
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Age: 34