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).
Acting (84 movies)
Mary Poppins
1964
Night at the Museum
2006
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
What a Way to Go!
1964
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Never a Dull Moment
1968
Fitzwilly
1967
Curious George
2006
Cold Turkey
1971
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966
The Gin Game
2003
The Comic
1969
Divorce American Style
1967
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011
The Art of Love
1965
The Town Santa Forgot
1993
The Runner Stumbles
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Some Kind of a Nut
1969
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
Batman: New Times
2005
Murder 101
2006
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
Drop-Out Father
1982
The Morning After
1974
Ghost of a Chance
1987
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
2007
Tubby the Tuba
1975
Found Money
1983
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Daughters of Privilege
1991
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
2002
The Fabulous Fifties
1960
Strong Medicine
1986
Trolland
2016
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008
Gilbert
2017
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
2002
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
2001
The World of Amateur Radio
2011
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004
Dick Tracy
1990
Wait for Your Laugh
2017
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
1969
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
2018
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
Buttons
2018
The Country Girl
1982
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1987
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
Merry Xmas
2015
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007
Disneyland Around the Seasons
1966
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
Dere Mr President,
1972
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1973
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
1971
All My Love
2024
The Summer Fever
1972
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Cold Turkey | 1971 | Executive Producer |