Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

Known for
Acting
Born
December 13, 1925 (age 100)
Birthplace
West Plains, Missouri, USA

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag

Movie · as James Archer

2025
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration poster

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

Movie · as Self

2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke poster

Starring Dick Van Dyke

Movie · as Self

2024
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic poster

Walt Disney: Behind the Magic

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20 poster

Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20

Movie · as Self

2023
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic poster

Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic

Movie · as Self

2022
The 90s Club

The 90s Club

Movie

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2019
Julie Andrews Forever poster

Julie Andrews Forever

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Mary Poppins Returns poster

Mary Poppins Returns

Movie · as Mr. Dawes Jr.

2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration poster

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Movie · as Self

2018
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic poster

Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic

Movie · as Self

2018
Buttons poster

Buttons

Movie · as Angel

2018
Kidding poster

Kidding

TV · as Hopscotch The Sasquatch, Hopscotch the Sasquatch (voice) · 1 ep

2017
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast poster

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

Movie · as Self

2017
Gilbert poster

Gilbert

Movie · as Self

2017
Wait for Your Laugh poster

Wait for Your Laugh

Movie · as Self

2016
Life Is Boring

Life Is Boring

Movie

2016
Trolland poster

Trolland

Movie · as Yusop (voice)

2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do poster

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Movie · as Self

2015
Merry Xmas poster

Merry Xmas

Movie · as Father

2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb poster

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Movie · as Cecil

2014
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day poster

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Movie · as Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored poster

Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored

Movie · as Rob Petrie (archive footage)

2011
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life poster

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self

2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy poster

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

Movie · as Self

2011
The World of Amateur Radio poster

The World of Amateur Radio

Movie · as Self - Host

2010
The Caretaker 3D

The Caretaker 3D

Movie · as The Caretaker

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story poster

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Movie · as Self

2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's poster

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's

Movie · as (archive footage)

2009
The Middle poster

The Middle

TV · as Dutch Spence · 1 ep

2008
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

Movie · as Self

2008
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery poster

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics poster

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

Movie · as Self

2007
Murder 101: College Can be Murder poster

Murder 101: College Can be Murder

Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2007
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form poster

Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form

Movie · as Self

2007
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses poster

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2006
Night at the Museum poster

Night at the Museum

Movie · as Cecil

2006
Curious George poster

Curious George

Movie · as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)

2006
Murder 101 poster

Murder 101

Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

2005
The Princes of Malibu poster

The Princes of Malibu

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Naomi's New Morning

Naomi's New Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins' poster

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'

Movie · as Self - Host

2004
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

Movie · as Rob Petrie

2003
The Gin Game poster

The Gin Game

Movie · as Weller Martin

2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television poster

Jack Paar: Smart Television

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning poster

Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning

Movie · as Dr. Mark Sloan

2002
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity poster

Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity

Movie · as Dr. Mark Sloan

2001
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth poster

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Dr. Townshend · 1 ep

1998
Becker poster

Becker

TV · as Fred Becker · 1 ep

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Duke · 1 ep

1993
The Town Santa Forgot poster

The Town Santa Forgot

Movie · as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)

1993
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife poster

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife

Movie · as Doctor Mark Sloan

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Mark Sloan · 178 eps

1992
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'

Movie · as Self - Performer (archive footage)

1992
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder poster

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

Movie · as Mark Sloan

1992
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street poster

Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street

Movie · as Dr. Mark Sloan

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic poster

The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic

Movie · as Self

1991
Daughters of Privilege poster

Daughters of Privilege

Movie · as Buddy Keys

1990
Night of 100 Stars III poster

Night of 100 Stars III

Movie · as Self

1990
Dick Tracy poster

Dick Tracy

Movie · as D.A. Fletcher

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Dick Van Dyke (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town poster

Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town

Movie · as Self – Interviewee

1988
The Van Dyke Show poster

The Van Dyke Show

TV · as Dick Burgess · 10 eps

1987
Ghost of a Chance poster

Ghost of a Chance

Movie · as Bill Nolan

1987
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs poster

Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Movie · as Self - Host

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1987
Jake and the Fatman poster

Jake and the Fatman

TV · as Dr. Mark Sloan · 1 ep

1986
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines poster

TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines

Movie · as Self

1986
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

Movie · as Sam Hawthorne

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Judge Carter Addison, Judge Carter Addison (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

1986
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Sam Hawthorne · 2 eps

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Self - Starring Subject/Interviewee · 1 ep

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers poster

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
Musical Comedy Tonight III poster

Musical Comedy Tonight III

Movie · as Self

1985
Breakfast with Les and Bess poster

Breakfast with Les and Bess

Movie

1985
The Golden Girls poster

The Golden Girls

TV · as Ken · 1 ep

1985
Television poster

Television

TV · 1 ep

1984
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday poster

Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

Movie · as Self - Host

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as Malduke · 1 ep

1984
Highway to Heaven poster

Highway to Heaven

TV · as Wally · 1 ep

1983
Wrong Way Kid

Wrong Way Kid

Movie · as Father (voice)

1983
Found Money poster

Found Money

Movie · as Max Shepherd

1982
Drop-Out Father poster

Drop-Out Father

Movie · as Ed McCall

1982
The Country Girl poster

The Country Girl

Movie · as Frank Elgin

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Les Dischinger · 1 ep

1981
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream poster

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

Movie · as Self

1979
The Runner Stumbles poster

The Runner Stumbles

Movie · as Father Brian Rivard

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1979
Supertrain poster

Supertrain

TV · as Waldo Chase · 1 ep

1978
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

Movie · as Self

1976
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years poster

CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years

Movie · as Self

1976
Battle of the Network Stars poster

Battle of the Network Stars

TV · 1 ep

1975
Tubby the Tuba poster

Tubby the Tuba

Movie · as Tubby the Tuba (voice)

1975
Van Dyke and Company poster

Van Dyke and Company

TV · as Self - Host · 12 eps

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps

1974
The Morning After poster

The Morning After

Movie · as Charlie Lester

1974
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden poster

Julie and Dick at Covent Garden

Movie · as Self

1974
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Movie · as Self

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore poster

Don't Call Me Mama Anymore

Movie

1972
Dere Mr President, poster

Dere Mr President,

Movie · as Narrator

1972
The Summer Fever poster

The Summer Fever

Movie · as Narrator

1972
Carol Burnett and Friends

Carol Burnett and Friends

TV · 146 eps

1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies poster

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

TV · as Dick Van Dyke (voice) · 1 ep

1971
Cold Turkey poster

Cold Turkey

Movie · as Rev. Clayton Brooks

1971
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest poster

The First Nine Months Are the Hardest

Movie · as Self

1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Dick Preston · 78 eps

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Paul Galesko · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
The Comic poster

The Comic

Movie · as Billy Bright

1969
Some Kind of a Nut poster

Some Kind of a Nut

Movie · as Fred Amidon

1969
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman poster

Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman

Movie · as Himself

1969
The Bill Cosby Show poster

The Bill Cosby Show

TV · as Martin · 1 ep

1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang poster

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Movie · as Caractacus Potts

1968
Never a Dull Moment poster

Never a Dull Moment

Movie · as Jack Albany

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guestt · 1 ep

1967
Fitzwilly poster

Fitzwilly

Movie · as Claude R. Fitzwilliam

1967
Divorce American Style poster

Divorce American Style

Movie · as Richard Harmon

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest, Various Characters · 2 eps

1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. poster

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Movie · as Lt. Robin Crusoe

1966
Disneyland Around the Seasons poster

Disneyland Around the Seasons

Movie · as Self

1965
The Art of Love poster

The Art of Love

Movie · as Paul Sloane

1965
Salute to Stan Laurel

Salute to Stan Laurel

Movie · as Self

1965
The Secret Squirrel Show poster

The Secret Squirrel Show

TV

1965
Days of Our Lives poster

Days of Our Lives

TV · as Timothy Robicheaux · 4 eps

1964
Mary Poppins poster

Mary Poppins

Movie · as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.

1964
What a Way to Go! poster

What a Way to Go!

Movie · as Edgar Hopper

1964
Before It's Too Late

Before It's Too Late

Movie · as Himself

1963
Bye Bye Birdie poster

Bye Bye Birdie

Movie · as Albert F. Peterson

1963
The Danny Kaye Show poster

The Danny Kaye Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Rob Petrie · 158 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Host, Dick Van Dyke · 1 ep

1960
The Fabulous Fifties poster

The Fabulous Fifties

Movie · as Self

1960
New Comedy Showcase poster

New Comedy Showcase

TV · as Richard Alexander · 6 eps

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Presenter / Performer · 2 eps

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Thomas Craig · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps