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Dick Van Dyke

Acting Born Dec 13, 1925 West Plains, Missouri, USA 24 credits

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).

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Known for

The Simpsons

as Dick Van Dyke (voice)

Columbo

as Paul Galesko

Scrubs

as Dr. Townshend
Film

The Departed

as Dutch Spence

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

The Mike Douglas Show

as Dick Van Dyke

Diagnosis: Murder

as Mark Sloan

The Masked Singer

as Self - Gnome

Full filmography

  • The Simpsons (1989) as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
  • Columbo (1971) as Paul Galesko
  • Scrubs (2001) as Dr. Townshend
  • The Middle (2009) as Dutch Spence
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Dick Van Dyke
  • Diagnosis: Murder (1993) as Mark Sloan
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) as Rob Petrie
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
  • Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter / Performer
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
  • Matlock (1986) as Carter Addison
  • Jake and the Fatman (1987) as Dr. Mark Sloan
  • Great Performances (1971) as Self
  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) as Duke
  • The Golden Girls (1985) as Ken
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
  • Airwolf (1984) as Malduke
  • Wogan (1982) as Self
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
  • Highway to Heaven (1984) as Wally
  • The Masked Singer (2019) as Self - Gnome
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Panelist