
1925-12-13 ( 99 years old ) in West Plains, Missouri, USA
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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Movies
All My Love (Directors' Cut)
2024-12-06
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023-12-21
The 90s Club
2022-04-10
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Mary Poppins Returns
2018-12-13
Buttons
2018-12-08
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
2018-11-22
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018-10-05
Wait for Your Laugh
2017-11-10
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017-05-19
Gilbert
2017-04-20
Trolland
2016-11-11
Life Is Boring
2016-02-26
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015-11-06
Merry Xmas
2015-04-19
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014-12-17
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011-10-25
The World of Amateur Radio
2011-10-24
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011-01-01
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011-01-01
The Caretaker 3D
2010-08-01
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009-04-24
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008-02-12
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008-01-14
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007-08-09
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
2007-03-27
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007-01-29
Night at the Museum
2006-12-20
Curious George
2006-02-10
Murder 101
2006-01-06
Batman: New Times
2005-09-13
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004-05-11
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003-11-29
The Gin Game
2003-04-07
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
2002-04-26
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
2002-02-02
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
2001-09-16
Julie Andrews Forever
2000-06-14
The Town Santa Forgot
1993-12-03
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
1993-02-13
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992-01-05
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991-05-20
Daughters of Privilege
1991-03-17
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
Dick Tracy
1990-04-05
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988-07-14
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
Ghost of a Chance
1987-05-12
Strong Medicine
1986-01-01
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985-11-22
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985-01-01
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984-11-13
Found Money
1983-12-19
Wrong Way Kid
1983-03-16
Drop-Out Father
1982-09-26
The Country Girl
1982-01-01
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981-12-12
The Runner Stumbles
1979-11-16
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979-05-16
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976-11-28
Tubby the Tuba
1975-04-30
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974-04-21
The Morning After
1974-02-13
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
1973-09-28
Dere Mr President,
1972-01-01
Cold Turkey
1971-02-19
The Comic
1969-11-19
Some Kind of a Nut
1969-09-14
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
1969-04-13
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968-12-17
Never a Dull Moment
1968-06-26
Fitzwilly
1967-12-20
Divorce American Style
1967-06-21
Disneyland Around the Seasons
1966-12-18
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966-07-29
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965-11-23
The Art of Love
1965-06-30
Mary Poppins
1964-12-17
What a Way to Go!
1964-07-31
Danny Kaye Christmas Show
1963-12-18
Bye Bye Birdie
1963-04-04
The Fabulous Fifties
1960-01-22
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