Dick Van Dyke
Acting • Born 1925-12-13
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).
Filmography
150 credits
Mary Poppins
Movie • 1964
Bert / Mr. Dawes Sr.
Night at the Museum
Movie • 2006
Cecil
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie • 1985
Self (archive footage)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie • 2011
Rob Petrie (archive footage)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Movie • 1968
Caractacus Potts
Julie Andrews Forever
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
What a Way to Go!
Movie • 1964
Edgar Hopper
Bye Bye Birdie
Movie • 1963
Albert F. Peterson
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1968
Jack Albany
Fitzwilly
Movie • 1967
Claude R. Fitzwilliam
Curious George
Movie • 2006
Mr. Bloomsberry (voice)
Cold Turkey
Movie • 1971
Rev. Clayton Brooks
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Movie • 1992
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Wrong Way Kid
Movie • 1983
Father (voice)
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Movie • 1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe
The Gin Game
Movie • 2003
Weller Martin
The Comic
Movie • 1969
Billy Bright
Divorce American Style
Movie • 1967
Richard Harmon
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Movie • 2011
Self
The Art of Love
Movie • 1965
Paul Sloane
The Town Santa Forgot
Movie • 1993
Narrator/ Old Jeremy Creek (voice)
The 90s Club
Movie • 2022
The Runner Stumbles
Movie • 1979
Father Brian Rivard
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie • 1979
Self
Some Kind of a Nut
Movie • 1969
Fred Amidon
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
Movie • 1991
Self
Batman: New Times
Movie • 2005
Commisioner Gordon
Murder 101
Movie • 2006
Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
Movie • 2007
Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Movie • 1988
Self
Drop-Out Father
Movie • 1982
Ed McCall
The Morning After
Movie • 1974
Charlie Lester
Ghost of a Chance
Movie • 1987
Bill Nolan
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
Movie • 1992
Mark Sloan
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movie • 2014
Cecil
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Movie • 1981
Self
The Caretaker 3D
Movie • 2010
The Caretaker
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2023
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Movie • 2023
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
Movie • 1976
Self
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
Movie • 2007
Self
Tubby the Tuba
Movie • 1975
Tubby the Tuba (voice)
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Movie • 2008
Self
Found Money
Movie • 1983
Max Shepherd
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Movie • 2011
Self
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
Movie • 1986
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
Movie • 1993
Doctor Mark Sloan
Daughters of Privilege
Movie • 1991
Buddy Keys
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
Movie • 2002
Dr. Mark Sloan
The Fabulous Fifties
Movie • 1960
Self
Life Is Boring
Movie • 2016
Strong Medicine
Movie • 1986
Sam Hawthorne
Trolland
Movie • 2016
Yusop (voice)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
Movie • 2004
Self - Host
Mary Poppins Returns
Movie • 2018
Mr. Dawes Jr.
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
Movie • 2017
Self
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
Movie • 2008
Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Gilbert
Movie • 2017
Self
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
Movie • 2002
Dr. Mark Sloan
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
Movie • 2001
Narrator (voice)
The World of Amateur Radio
Movie • 2011
Self - Host
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
Movie • 2004
Rob Petrie
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1990
D.A. Fletcher
Wait for Your Laugh
Movie • 2017
Self
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Movie • 2014
Dick Van Dyke (uncredited)
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
Movie • 1969
Himself
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
Movie • 1974
Self
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Movie • 2018
Self
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
Movie • 2018
Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Movie • 2009
Self
Buttons
Movie • 2018
The Angel
The Country Girl
Movie • 1982
Frank Elgin
Salute to Stan Laurel
Movie • 1965
Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Movie • 2015
Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Movie • 2003
Self
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
Movie • 1978
Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Movie • 1974
Self
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
Movie • 1984
Self - Host
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie • 1987
Self - Host
Merry Xmas
Movie • 2015
Father
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
Movie • 1992
Dr. Mark Sloan
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Movie • 2007
Dr. Jonathan Maxwell
Disneyland Around the Seasons
Movie • 1966
Self
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Movie • 1985
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
Movie • 2009
(archive footage)
Dere Mr President,
Movie • 1972
Narrator
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
Movie • 1973
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
Movie • 1971
Self
All My Love
Movie • 2024
Self
The Summer Fever
Movie • 1972
Narrator
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Movie • 2025
Self
Capture the Flag
Movie
James Archer
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Movie • 2025
Breakfast with Les and Bess
Movie • 1985
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Ken
Matlock
TV • 1986
Carter Addison
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Rob Petrie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Mark Sloan
The Bill Cosby Show
TV • 1969
Martin
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1971
Dick Preston
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Dr. Mark Sloan
The Secret Squirrel Show
TV • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Thomas Craig
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
The Van Dyke Show
TV • 1988
Dick Burgess
New Comedy Showcase
TV • 1960
Richard Alexander
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Self - Gnome
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Van Dyke and Company
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Carol Burnett and Friends
TV • 1972
The Middle
TV • 2009
Dutch Spence
Columbo
TV • 1971
Paul Galesko
The Princes of Malibu
TV • 2005
Self
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Duke
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV • 1972
Dick Van Dyke (voice)
Days of Our Lives
TV • 1965
Timothy Robicheaux
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Dick Van Dyke (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self - Guest Host
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Becker
TV • 1998
Fred Becker
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Airwolf
TV • 1984
Malduke
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
Supertrain
TV • 1979
Waldo Chase
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Various Characters
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guestt
Kidding
TV • 2018
Hopscotch The Sasquatch
Naomi's New Morning
TV • 2005
Self
Strong Medicine
TV • 1986
Sam Hawthorne
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Dick Van Dyke
Kidding
TV • 2018
Hopscotch the Sasquatch (voice)
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self - Starring Subject/Interviewee
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Dr. Townshend