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Dick Van Dyke
West Plains, Missouri, USA
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.…
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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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2025
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Movie Self
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2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Movie Self
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2024
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Movie Self
- 2023
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2022
The 90s Club
Movie
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2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie Self
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2019
Julie Andrews Forever
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Masked Singer
TV show Self - Gnome
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2018
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie Mr. Dawes Jr.
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2018
Buttons
Movie The Angel
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2018
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Movie Self
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2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie Self
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2018
Kidding
TV show Hopscotch The Sasquatch
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2017
Wait for Your Laugh
Movie Self
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2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Movie Self
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2017
Gilbert
Movie Self
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2016
Trolland
Movie Yusop (voice)
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2016
Life Is Boring
Movie
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2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Movie Self
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2015
Merry Xmas
Movie Father
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2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movie Cecil
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2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Movie Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
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2012
Inside Comedy
TV show Self
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2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Movie Self
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2011
The World of Amateur Radio
Movie Self - Host
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2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie Rob Petrie (archive footage)
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2011
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Movie Self
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2010
Conan
TV show Self
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2010
The Talk
TV show Self
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2010
The Caretaker 3D
Movie The Caretaker
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2009
The Middle
TV show Dutch Spence
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2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie (archive footage)
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2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie Self
- 2008
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2008
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Movie Self
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2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Movie Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
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2007
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Movie Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
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2007
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
Movie Self
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2007
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
Movie Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
