Dick Van Dyke
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Gnome
- 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns as Mr. Dawes Jr.
- 2018 · Kidding as Hopscotch The Sasquatch
- 2018 · Kidding as Hopscotch the Sasquatch (voice)
- 2016 · Trolland as Yusop (voice)
- 2015 · Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self
- 2014 · Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Cecil
- 2014 · Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2009 · The Middle as Dutch Spence
- 2007 · Murder 101: College Can be Murder as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- 2006 · Night at the Museum as Cecil
- 2006 · Curious George as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' as Self - Host
- 2001 · Scrubs as Dr. Townshend
- 2001 · Walt: The Man Behind the Myth as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Becker as Fred Becker
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Duke
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Mark Sloan
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street as Dr. Mark Sloan
- 1992 · Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Mark Sloan
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as Dr. Mark Sloan
- 1987 · Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Self - Host
- 1986 · Matlock as Judge Carter Addison
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Ken
- 1985 · Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Airwolf as Malduke
- 1983 · Found Money as Max Shepherd
- 1983 · Wrong Way Kid as Father (voice)
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1979 · The Runner Stumbles as Father Brian Rivard
- 1979 · The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- 1979 · Supertrain as Waldo Chase
- 1976 · CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years as Self
- 1976 · Battle of the Network Stars as
- 1974 · Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Himself
- 1972 · Carol Burnett and Friends as
- 1972 · The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
- 1971 · The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Dick Preston
- 1971 · Columbo as Paul Galesko
- 1971 · The First Nine Months Are the Hardest as Self
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1969 · The Bill Cosby Show as Martin
- 1968 · Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Caractacus Potts
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guestt
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Various Characters
- 1966 · Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. as Lt. Robin Crusoe
- 1965 · Days of Our Lives as Timothy Robicheaux
- 1965 · The Secret Squirrel Show as
- 1965 · The Art of Love as Paul Sloane
- 1964 · Mary Poppins as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.
- 1964 · What a Way to Go! as Edgar Hopper
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1963 · Bye Bye Birdie as Albert F. Peterson
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Dick Van Dyke
- 1961 · The Dick Van Dyke Show as Rob Petrie
- 1960 · The Fabulous Fifties as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
- 1957 · Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self - Guest Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter/Performer
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Thomas Craig
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Future · Capture the Flag as James Archer
- 2025 · Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration as Self
- 2024 · All My Love as Himself
- 2023 · Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic as Self
- 2023 · Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2022 · The 90s Club as
- 2019 · Julie Andrews Forever as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Buttons as The Angel
- 2018 · Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic as Self
- 2018 · The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self
- 2017 · Wait for Your Laugh as Self
- 2017 · If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast as Self
- 2017 · Gilbert as Self
- 2016 · Life Is Boring as
- 2015 · Merry Xmas as Father
- 2011 · A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self
- 2011 · The World of Amateur Radio as Self - Host
- 2011 · Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life as Self
- 2011 · Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Rob Petrie (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Caretaker 3D as The Caretaker
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as (archive footage)
- 2009 · The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- 2008 · Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
- 2008 · Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- 2007 · Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- 2007 · Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form as Self
- 2006 · Murder 101 as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- 2005 · Naomi's New Morning as Self
- 2005 · Batman: New Times as Commisioner Gordon
- 2005 · The Princes of Malibu as Self
- 2004 · The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited as Rob Petrie
- 2003 · Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2003 · The Gin Game as Weller Martin
- 2002 · Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning as Dr. Mark Sloan
- 2002 · Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity as Dr. Mark Sloan
- 1993 · The Town Santa Forgot as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)
- 1993 · Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife as Doctor Mark Sloan
- 1992 · Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- 1991 · The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic as Self
- 1991 · Daughters of Privilege as Buddy Keys
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as D.A. Fletcher
- 1988 · The Van Dyke Show as Dick Burgess
- 1988 · Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1987 · Ghost of a Chance as Bill Nolan
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Sam Hawthorne
- 1986 · TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines as Self
- 1986 · Strong Medicine as Sam Hawthorne
- 1985 · Musical Comedy Tonight III as
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self - Host
- 1982 · Drop-Out Father as Ed McCall
- 1982 · The Country Girl as Frank Elgin
- 1981 · Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Self
- 1978 · How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness as Self
- 1975 · Van Dyke and Company as Self - Host
- 1975 · Tubby the Tuba as Tubby the Tuba (voice)
- 1974 · Julie and Dick at Covent Garden as Self
- 1974 · The Morning After as Charlie Lester
- 1973 · Don't Call Me Mama Anymore as
- 1972 · Dere Mr President, as Narrator
- 1972 · The Summer Fever as Narrator
- 1971 · Cold Turkey as Rev. Clayton Brooks
- 1969 · The Comic as Billy Bright
- 1969 · Some Kind of a Nut as Fred Amidon
- 1969 · Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman as Himself
- 1968 · Never a Dull Moment as Jack Albany
- 1967 · Fitzwilly as Claude R. Fitzwilliam
- 1967 · Divorce American Style as Richard Harmon
- 1966 · Disneyland Around the Seasons as Self
- 1965 · Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
- 1960 · New Comedy Showcase as Richard Alexander
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Self