Dick Van Dyke

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Dec 13, 1925 (99)
Birthplace	West Plains, Missouri, USA
Popularity	1 (history)
Updated	Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Richard Wayne Van Dyke 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 i ... nto 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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Buttons

2018

as The Angel

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

as Mr. Dawes Jr.

Trolland

2016

as Voice

Merry Xmas

2015

as Father

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

as Cecil

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

2014

as Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)

The Caretaker 3D

2010

as The Caretaker

Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery

2008

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

2007

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Murder 101: College Can be Murder

2007

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Murder 101

2006

as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell

Night at the Museum

2006

as Cecil

Curious George

2006

as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)

Batman: New Times

2005

as Commisioner Gordon

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

2004

as Rob Petrie

The Gin Game

2003

as Weller Martin

Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning

2002

as Dr. Mark Sloan

Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity

2002

as Dr. Mark Sloan

Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

2001

as Narrator (voice)

The Town Santa Forgot

1993

as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife

1993

as Doctor Mark Sloan

Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street

1992

as Dr. Mark Sloan

Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder

1992

as Mark Sloan

Daughters of Privilege

1991

as Buddy Keys

Dick Tracy

1990

as D.A. Fletcher

Ghost of a Chance

1987

as Bill Nolan

Strong Medicine

1986

as Sam Hawthorne

Wrong Way Kid

1983

as Father (voice)

Found Money

1983

as Max Shepherd

The Country Girl

1982

as Frank Elgin

Drop-Out Father

1982

as Ed McCall

The Runner Stumbles

1979

as Father Brian Rivard

Tubby the Tuba

1975

as Tubby the Tuba (voice)

The Morning After

1974

as Charlie Lester

Cold Turkey

1971

as Rev. Clayton Brooks

The Comic

1969

as Billy Bright

Some Kind of a Nut

1969

as Fred Amidon

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

as Caractacus Potts

Never a Dull Moment

1968

as Jack Albany

Divorce American Style

1967

as Richard Harmon

Fitzwilly

1967

as Claude R. Fitzwilliam

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

1966

as Lt. Robin Crusoe

The Art of Love

1965

as Paul Sloane

Mary Poppins

1964

as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.

What a Way to Go!

1964

as Edgar Hopper

Bye Bye Birdie

1963

as Albert F. Peterson

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The Gin Game

2003

Co-Executive Producer

Cold Turkey

1971

Executive Producer

Organization	Category	Movie

Diagnosis: Murder

as Mark Sloan

Episodes: 178

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Rob Petrie

Episodes: 158

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

as Dick Preston

Episodes: 78

First Aired: Sep 18, 1971

The Carol Burnett Show

as Various Characters

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Sep 11, 1967

The Van Dyke Show

as Dick Burgess

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 26, 1988

New Comedy Showcase

as Richard Alexander

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 01, 1960

Days of Our Lives

as Timothy Robicheaux

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 08, 1965

Matlock

as Judge Carter Addison

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 03, 1986

Kidding

as Hopscotch The Sasquatch

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 09, 2018

Strong Medicine

as Sam Hawthorne

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 26, 1986

The Golden Girls

as Ken

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

The Bill Cosby Show

as Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1969

Jake and the Fatman

as Dr. Mark Sloan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Scrubs

as Dr. Townshend

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2001

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Thomas Craig

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Masked Singer

as Gnome

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 02, 2019

The Middle

as Dutch Spence

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2009

Columbo

as Paul Galesko

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Duke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1996

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

as Dick Van Dyke (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1972

The Simpsons

as Dick Van Dyke (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Becker

as Fred Becker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 02, 1998

Airwolf

as Malduke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 1984

Supertrain

as Waldo Chase

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 1979

Carol Burnett and Friends

Episodes: 146

First Aired: Oct 01, 1972

Van Dyke and Company

as Self - Host

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Oct 30, 1975

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 11, 1967

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 25, 1992

Inside Comedy

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2012

Battle of the Network Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 13, 1976

The Emmy Awards

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 25, 1949

The Princes of Malibu

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 10, 2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 2005

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self - Guest Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

Wogan

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 04, 1982

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guestt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1968

Naomi's New Morning

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 27, 2005

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1963

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter/Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Secret Squirrel Show

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Oct 02, 1965

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