Dick Van Dyke

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

The Simpsons

Columbo

Scrubs

The Middle

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Diagnosis: Murder

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

All Movies (98)

• Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration2025 · as Self
• Starring Dick Van Dyke2025 · as Self
• Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic2023 · as Self
• Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/202023 · as Self
• The 90s Club2022
• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• Julie Andrews Forever2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mary Poppins Returns2018 · as Mr. Dawes Jr.
• Buttons2018 · as The Angel
• Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic2018 · as Self
• The Great Buster: A Celebration2018 · as Self
• Wait for Your Laugh2017 · as Self
• If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast2017 · as Self
• Gilbert2017 · as Self
• Trolland2016 · as Yusop (voice)
• Life Is Boring2016
• Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do2015 · as Self
• Merry Xmas2015 · as Father
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb2014 · as Cecil
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day2014 · as Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
• A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy2011 · as Self
• The World of Amateur Radio2011 · as Self - Host
• Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored2011 · as Rob Petrie (archive footage)
• Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life2011 · as Self
• The Caretaker 3D2010 · as The Caretaker
• Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation2009
• Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's2009 · as (archive footage)
• The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009 · as Self
• The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics2008 · as Self
• Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth2008 · as Self
• Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery2008 · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
• Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses2007 · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
• Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form2007 · as Self
• Murder 101: College Can be Murder2007 · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
• Night at the Museum2006 · as Cecil
• Curious George2006 · as Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
• Murder 1012006 · as Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
• Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'2004 · as Self - Host
• The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited2004 · as Rob Petrie
• Jack Paar: Smart Television2003 · as Self
• The Gin Game2003 · as Weller Martin
• Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning2002 · as Dr. Mark Sloan
• Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity2002 · as Dr. Mark Sloan
• Walt: The Man Behind the Myth2001 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Town Santa Forgot1993 · as Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)
• Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife1993 · as Doctor Mark Sloan
• Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'1992 · as Self - Performer (archive footage)
• Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street1992 · as Dr. Mark Sloan
• Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder1992 · as Mark Sloan
• The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic1991 · as Self
• Daughters of Privilege1991 · as Buddy Keys
• Dick Tracy1990 · as D.A. Fletcher
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town1988 · as Self
• Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1987 · as Self - Host
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Ghost of a Chance1987 · as Bill Nolan
• TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines1986 · as Self
• Strong Medicine1986 · as Sam Hawthorne
• Musical Comedy Tonight III1985 · as Self
• Breakfast with Les and Bess1985
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers1985 · as Self (archive footage)
• Donald Duck's 50th Birthday1984 · as Self - Host
• Found Money1983 · as Max Shepherd
• Wrong Way Kid1983 · as Father (voice)
• Drop-Out Father1982 · as Ed McCall
• The Country Girl1982 · as Frank Elgin
• Walt Disney: One Man's Dream1981 · as Self
• The Runner Stumbles1979 · as Father Brian Rivard
• The Muppets Go Hollywood1979 · as Self
• How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness1978 · as Self
• CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years1976 · as Self
• Tubby the Tuba1975 · as Tubby the Tuba (voice)
• Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy1974 · as Self
• Julie and Dick at Covent Garden1974 · as Self
• The Morning After1974 · as Charlie Lester
• Don't Call Me Mama Anymore1973
• Dere Mr President,1972 · as Narrator
• The Summer Fever1972 · as Narrator
• The First Nine Months Are the Hardest1971 · as Self
• Cold Turkey1971 · as Rev. Clayton Brooks
• The Comic1969 · as Billy Bright
• Some Kind of a Nut1969 · as Fred Amidon
• Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman1969 · as Himself
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang1968 · as Caractacus Potts
• Never a Dull Moment1968 · as Jack Albany
• Fitzwilly1967 · as Claude R. Fitzwilliam
• Divorce American Style1967 · as Richard Harmon
• Disneyland Around the Seasons1966 · as Self
• Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.1966 · as Lt. Robin Crusoe
• Salute to Stan Laurel1965 · as Self
• The Art of Love1965 · as Paul Sloane
• Mary Poppins1964 · as Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.
• What a Way to Go!1964 · as Edgar Hopper
• Bye Bye Birdie1963 · as Albert F. Peterson
• The Fabulous Fifties1960 · as Self
• Capture the Flag— · as James Archer

All TV Shows (56)

• The Masked Singer2019 · as Self - Gnome
• Kidding2018 · as Hopscotch The Sasquatch
• Kidding2018 · as Hopscotch the Sasquatch (voice)
• Inside Comedy2012 · as Self
• The Middle2009 · as Dutch Spence
• Naomi's New Morning2005 · as Self
• The Princes of Malibu2005 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Scrubs2001 · as Dr. Townshend
• Becker1998 · as Fred Becker
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch1996 · as Duke
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Mark Sloan
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Simpsons1989 · as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
• The Van Dyke Show1988 · as Dick Burgess
• Jake and the Fatman1987 · as Dr. Mark Sloan
• American Masters1986 · as Self - Starring Subject/Interviewee
• Strong Medicine1986 · as Sam Hawthorne
• Matlock1986 · as Carter Addison
• The Golden Girls1985 · as Ken
• Television1985
• Highway to Heaven1984 · as Wally
• Airwolf1984 · as Malduke
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Supertrain1979 · as Waldo Chase
• Battle of the Network Stars1976
• Van Dyke and Company1975 · as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Host
• Carol Burnett and Friends1972
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies1972 · as Dick Van Dyke (voice)
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show1971 · as Dick Preston
• Columbo1971 · as Paul Galesko
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Bill Cosby Show1969 · as Martin
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guestt
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Self - Guest
• The Carol Burnett Show1967 · as Various Characters
• Days of Our Lives1965 · as Timothy Robicheaux
• The Secret Squirrel Show1965
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Host
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Dick Van Dyke
• The Dick Van Dyke Show1961 · as Rob Petrie
• New Comedy Showcase1960 · as Richard Alexander
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self - Guest Host
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter / Performer
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Thomas Craig
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Panelist
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self