Dick Van Dyke profile
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Dick Van Dyke

13th December 1925 West Plains, Missouri, USA Acting

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).

99 Movies 50 TV Shows 149 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Buttons 8th December 2018 as The Angel
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Trolland 11th November 2016 as Yusop (voice)
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Fitzwilly 20th December 1967 as Claude R. Fitzwilliam
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Kidding 9th September 2018 as Hopscotch the Sasquatch (voice)
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Scrubs 2nd October 2001 as Dr. Townshend
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Becker 2nd November 1998 as Fred Becker
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Matlock 3rd March 1986 as Carter Addison
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Columbo 15th September 1971 as Paul Galesko
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Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Presenter / Performer