Dick Van Dyke
Born: 1925-12-13 in West Plains, Missouri, USA
Known For: Acting
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 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).
Filmography
2025
- Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration as Self
2024
- All My Love as Himself
2023
2022
2021
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2019
- The Masked Singer as Self - Gnome
- Julie Andrews Forever as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Mary Poppins Returns as Mr. Dawes Jr.
- Kidding as Hopscotch The Sasquatch
- Buttons as The Angel
- The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self
- Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic as Self
2017
- Gilbert as Self
- If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast as Self
- Wait for Your Laugh as Self
2016
- Trolland as Yusop (voice)
- Life Is Boring
2015
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self
- Merry Xmas as Father
2014
- 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)
2012
- Inside Comedy as Self
2011
- Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored as Rob Petrie (archive footage)
- Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life as Self
- The World of Amateur Radio as Self - Host
- A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self
2010
- The Caretaker 3D as The Caretaker
2009
- The Middle as Dutch Spence
- The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story as Self
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's as (archive footage)
2008
- Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
2007
- Murder 101: College Can be Murder as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
- Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form as Self
2006
- Night at the Museum as Cecil
- Curious George as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
- Murder 101 as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Naomi's New Morning as Self
- Batman: New Times as Commisioner Gordon
- The Princes of Malibu as Self
2004
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' as Self - Host
- The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited as Rob Petrie
2003
- The Gin Game as Weller Martin
- Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
2002
- Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity as Dr. Mark Sloan
- Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning as Dr. Mark Sloan
2001
- Scrubs as Dr. Townshend
- 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
- The Town Santa Forgot as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)
- Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife as Doctor Mark Sloan
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
- Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Mark Sloan
- Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' as Self - Performer (archive footage)
- Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street as Dr. Mark Sloan
1991
- The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic as Self
- Daughters of Privilege as Buddy Keys
1990
- Dick Tracy as D.A. Fletcher
- Night of 100 Stars III as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
1988
- Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town as Self
- The Van Dyke Show as Dick Burgess
1987
- Jake and the Fatman as Dr. Mark Sloan
- Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Self - Host
- Ghost of a Chance as Bill Nolan
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1986
- Matlock as Judge Carter Addison
- Strong Medicine as Sam Hawthorne
- TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines as Self
- Strong Medicine as Sam Hawthorne
1985
- The Golden Girls as Ken
- Musical Comedy Tonight III as Self
- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984
- Airwolf as Malduke
- Donald Duck's 50th Birthday as Self - Host
1983
- Found Money as Max Shepherd
- Wrong Way Kid as Father (voice)
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Drop-Out Father as Ed McCall
- The Country Girl as Frank Elgin
1981
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Self
1979
- Supertrain as Waldo Chase
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- The Runner Stumbles as Father Brian Rivard
1975
- Van Dyke and Company as Self - Host
- Tubby the Tuba as Tubby the Tuba (voice)
1974
- The Morning After as Charlie Lester
- Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Himself
- Julie and Dick at Covent Garden as Self
1972
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
- Carol Burnett and Friends
- Dere Mr President, as Narrator
- The Summer Fever as Narrator
1971
- Columbo as Paul Galesko
- Great Performances as Self
- Cold Turkey as Rev. Clayton Brooks
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show as Dick Preston
- The First Nine Months Are the Hardest as Self
1969
- The Comic as Billy Bright
- The Bill Cosby Show as Martin
- Some Kind of a Nut as Fred Amidon
- Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman as Himself
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guestt
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Caractacus Potts
- Never a Dull Moment as Jack Albany
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
- Fitzwilly as Claude R. Fitzwilliam
- Divorce American Style as Richard Harmon
1966
- Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. as Lt. Robin Crusoe
- Disneyland Around the Seasons as Self
1965
- Days of Our Lives as Timothy Robicheaux
- The Secret Squirrel Show
- The Art of Love as Paul Sloane
- Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
1964
- Mary Poppins as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.
- What a Way to Go! as Edgar Hopper
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- Bye Bye Birdie as Albert F. Peterson
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Rob Petrie
1960
- The Fabulous Fifties as Self
- New Comedy Showcase as Richard Alexander
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Thomas Craig
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self