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Shane Van Dyke
Occupation(s)Actor, Screenwriter, & Director
Websitehttp://www.shanevandyke.net

Shane Van Dyke(August 8, 1979) is an American television and film actor, best known for playing Dr. Alex Smith on the television series Diagnosis Murder on CBS Television.

Background

Shane Van Dyke is the son of actor Barry Van Dyke (Airwolf, The Love Boat, Diagnosis Murder[1]) and grandson of the entertainer Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Night at the Museum). He is a grandnephew of Jerry Van Dyke.

Van Dyke's professional acting career began after graduating high school, when he became involved with the theatre program at Moorpark College in California. He launched his television career as one of the leading characters on the CBS television show, Diagnosis Murder. In 2002 he starred in the musical Annie.

Career

In the years following his role on Diagnosis Murder, Van Dyke worked on other television shows including the long running soap opera Bold and the Beautiful, as well as the independent film Arizona Summer.

In the summer of 2007, Shane rejoined his grandfather and father in a series of Hallmark Channel Original Movies titled Murder 101. Around the same period, he also co-starred in the Hallmark mini-series, Shark Swarm, opposite John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzards, Nip/Tuck, Smallville) and Daryl Hannah (Blade Runner, Steel Magnolias, Kill Bill).

Van Dyke is also a screenwriter, and gained literary representation with Mad Hatter Entertainment, a Hollywood production and management company with several notable clients, and has performed screenwriter duties for various films including Transmorphers, Street Racer, and The Day the Earth Stopped.

As of 2009 Van Dyke resides in Los Angeles and is a film and television faculty member with Hollywood for Kids.

Shane also was the director of the movie, Titanic II. He also plays a character in the film.

References

  1. ^ Diagnosis Murder
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