Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

  • Birthday: 1925-12-13
  • Place of birth: West Plains, Missouri, USA
  • Also know as: Richard Wayne 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

Filmography

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

As Caractacus Potts

Never a Dull Moment

1968

As Jack Albany

Fitzwilly

1967

As Claude R. Fitzwilliam

Cold Turkey

1971

As Rev. Clayton Brooks

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

1966

As Lt. Robin Crusoe

The Gin Game

2003

As Weller Martin

The Comic

1969

As Billy Bright

Divorce American Style

1967

As Richard Harmon

The Town Santa Forgot

1993

As Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)

The Runner Stumbles

1979

As Father Brian Rivard

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

As Fred Amidon

Murder 101

2006

As Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Murder 101: College Can be Murder

2007

As Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Drop-Out Father

1982

As Ed McCall

The Morning After

1974

As Charlie Lester

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife

1993

As Doctor Mark Sloan

Daughters of Privilege

1991

As Buddy Keys

Trolland

2016

As Voice

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

2008

As Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

The Country Girl

1982

As Frank Elgin

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

1984

As Self - Host

Merry Xmas

2015

As Father

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

2007

As Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Wrong Way Kid

1983

As Father (voice)

The 90s Club

2022

As

Found Money

1983

As Max Shepherd

The Caretaker 3D

2010

As The Caretaker

Mary Poppins

1964

As Bert / Mr. Dawes Senior

Bye Bye Birdie

1963

As Albert F. Peterson

The Art of Love

1965

As Paul Sloane

Ghost of a Chance

1987

As Bill Nolan

Tubby the Tuba

1975

As Tubby the Tuba (voice)

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

2001

As Narrator (voice)

Wait for Your Laugh

2017

As Himself

Night at the Museum

2006

As Cecil

Strong Medicine

1986

As Sam Hawthorne

Buttons

2018

As The Angel

Curious George

2006

As Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)

What a Way to Go!

1964

As Edgar Hopper

Gilbert

2017

As Self

Batman: New Times

2005

As Commisioner Gordon

Julie Andrews Forever

2019

As Self (Archive Footage)

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

As Mr. Dawes Jr.

Dick Tracy

1990

As D.A. Fletcher

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

1992

As Self - Performer (archive footage)

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Gin Game

2003

As Co-Executive Producer

Cold Turkey

1971

As Executive Producer

The World of Amateur Radio

2011

As Vocal Coach

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