Dick Van Dyke

Acting

Born Dec 13, 1925

From 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).

Dick Van Dyke

Known For

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Mary Poppins

Night at the Museum

Mary Poppins Returns

Dick Tracy

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Curious George

What a Way to Go!

Bye Bye Birdie

Night of 100 Stars II

Filmography — Acting

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Mary Poppins

Night at the Museum

Mary Poppins Returns

Dick Tracy

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Curious George

What a Way to Go!

Bye Bye Birdie

Night of 100 Stars II

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Gilbert

Night of 100 Stars III

Fitzwilly

The Comic

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Cold Turkey

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Buttons

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

The Fabulous Fifties

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Found Money

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

The Art of Love

Divorce American Style

Julie Andrews Forever

Some Kind of a Nut

Drop-Out Father

Never a Dull Moment

Murder 101

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

Trolland

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street

The Town Santa Forgot

Batman: New Times

Strong Medicine

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

Daughters of Privilege

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

Jack Paar: Smart Television

The Runner Stumbles

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

The Gin Game

Wait for Your Laugh

Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

Merry Xmas

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Disneyland Around the Seasons

The Morning After

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited