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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 origina…
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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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Dick Van Dyke's Filmography
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Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
as Self
Starring Dick Van Dyke
as Self
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
as Self (archive footage)
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
as Self
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
No Poster
The 90s Club
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Julie Andrews Forever
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Poppins Returns
as Mr. Dawes Jr.
Buttons
as Angel
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
as Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self
Wait for Your Laugh
as Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
Gilbert
as Self
Trolland
as Yusop (voice)
No Poster
Life Is Boring
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self
Merry Xmas
as Father
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Cecil
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
as Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self
The World of Amateur Radio
as Self - Host
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Rob Petrie (archive footage)
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
as Self
No Poster
The Caretaker 3D
as The Caretaker
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
as (archive footage)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
as Self
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
as Self
No Poster
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
as Self
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
as Self
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Night at the Museum
as Cecil
Curious George
as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
Murder 101
as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
as Self - Host
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
as Rob Petrie
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
The Gin Game
as Weller Martin
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
as Dr. Mark Sloan
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
as Dr. Mark Sloan
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
as Narrator (voice)
The Town Santa Forgot
as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
as Doctor Mark Sloan
No Poster
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
as Self - Performer (archive footage)
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
as Dr. Mark Sloan
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
as Mark Sloan
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
as Self
Daughters of Privilege
as Buddy Keys
Dick Tracy
as D.A. Fletcher
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self – Interviewee
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as Self - Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Ghost of a Chance
as Bill Nolan
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
as Self
Strong Medicine
as Sam Hawthorne
Musical Comedy Tonight III
as Self
Breakfast with Les and Bess
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
as Self - Host
Found Money
as Max Shepherd
No Poster
Wrong Way Kid
as Father (voice)
Drop-Out Father
as Ed McCall
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
The Runner Stumbles
as Father Brian Rivard
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
No Poster
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
as Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
Tubby the Tuba
as Tubby the Tuba (voice)
No Poster
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Self
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
as Self
The Morning After
as Charlie Lester
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
Dere Mr President,
as Narrator
The Summer Fever
as Narrator
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
as Self
Cold Turkey
as Rev. Clayton Brooks
The Comic
as Billy Bright
Some Kind of a Nut
as Fred Amidon
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
as Himself
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Caractacus Potts
Never a Dull Moment
as Jack Albany
Fitzwilly
as Claude R. Fitzwilliam
Divorce American Style
as Richard Harmon
Disneyland Around the Seasons
as Self
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
as Lt. Robin Crusoe
No Poster
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self
The Art of Love
as Paul Sloane
Mary Poppins
as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.
What a Way to Go!
as Edgar Hopper
No Poster
Before It's Too Late
as Himself
Bye Bye Birdie
as Albert F. Peterson
The Fabulous Fifties
as Self
No Poster
Capture the Flag
as James Archer