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Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

Acting
Born: Dec 13, 1925
From: West Plains, Missouri, USA
Credits: 30 titles

Biography

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 …

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
The 90s Club 2022 10.0
Julie Andrews Forever Self (archive footage) 2019 7.8
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored Rob Petrie (archive footage) 2011
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life Self 2011 10.0
Murder 101: College Can be Murder Dr. Jonathan Maxwell 2007 7.1
Night at the Museum Cecil 2006 6.6
Curious George Mr. Bloomsberry (voice) 2006 6.518
Murder 101 Dr. Jonathan Maxwell 2006 7.167
Batman: New Times Commisioner Gordon 2005 7.0
The Gin Game Weller Martin 2003 6.6
The Town Santa Forgot Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice) 1993 6.955
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Self - Performer (archive footage) 1992 6.0
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic Self 1991 7.667
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town Self 1988 5.9
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers Self (archive footage) 1985
Wrong Way Kid Father (voice) 1983 7.0
The Runner Stumbles Father Brian Rivard 1979 6.813
The Muppets Go Hollywood Self 1979 6.25
Cold Turkey Rev. Clayton Brooks 1971 6.304
The Comic Billy Bright 1969 6.083
Some Kind of a Nut Fred Amidon 1969 4.111
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Caractacus Potts 1968 6.822
Never a Dull Moment Jack Albany 1968 6.25
Fitzwilly Claude R. Fitzwilliam 1967 6.132
Divorce American Style Richard Harmon 1967 5.82
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. Lt. Robin Crusoe 1966 5.786
The Art of Love Paul Sloane 1965 5.5
Mary Poppins Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr. 1964 7.543
What a Way to Go! Edgar Hopper 1964 7.137
Bye Bye Birdie Albert F. Peterson 1963 5.876
Quick Facts
Known forActing
Credits30
Born1925
FromWest Plains, Missouri, …