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Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

Acting

Born December 13, 1925, 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. 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

Appearances as themselves (67)
  • 2025Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration — Self
  • 2025Starring Dick Van Dyke — Self
  • 2024Walt Disney: Behind the Magic — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic — Self
  • 2023Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 — Self
  • 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
  • 2019Julie Andrews Forever — Self (archive footage)
  • The Masked Singer — Self - Gnome
  • 2018Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic — Self
  • 2018The Great Buster: A Celebration — Self
  • 2017Gilbert — Self
  • 2017If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast — Self
  • 2017Wait for Your Laugh — Self
  • 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do — Self
  • Inside Comedy — Self
  • 2011A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy — Self
  • 2011Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life — Self
  • Conan — Self
  • The Talk — Self
  • 2009The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story — Self
  • 2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth — Self
  • 2008The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics — Self
  • 2007Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form — Self
  • Naomi's New Morning — Self
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
  • The Princes of Malibu — Self
  • 2004Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' — Self - Host
  • 2003Jack Paar: Smart Television — Self
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
  • 1992Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' — Self - Performer (archive footage)
  • 1991The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic — Self
  • 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
  • 1988Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town — Self – Interviewee
  • 1987Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs — Self - Host
  • 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
  • American Masters — Self - Starring Subject/Interviewee
  • 1986TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines — Self
  • 1985Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985Musical Comedy Tonight III — Self
  • 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
  • 1984Donald Duck's 50th Birthday — Self - Host
  • Wogan — Self
  • 1981Walt Disney: One Man's Dream — Self
  • 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self
  • 1978How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness — Self
  • 1976CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years — Self
  • People's Choice Awards — Self - Host
  • Dinah! — Self
  • 1974Julie and Dick at Covent Garden — Self
  • 1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy — Self
  • Great Performances — Self
  • 1971The First Nine Months Are the Hardest — Self
  • 1969Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman — Himself
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guestt
  • 1966Disneyland Around the Seasons — Self
  • 1965Salute to Stan Laurel — Self
  • 1964Before It's Too Late — Himself
  • The Danny Kaye Show — Self
  • 1960The Fabulous Fifties — Self
  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self, Self - Guest Host
  • Tony Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Presenter / Performer
  • The Wonderful World of Disney — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • The Bob Hope Show — Self
  • What's My Line? — Self
  • The Emmy Awards — Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
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