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Dick Van Dyke
Van Dyke at the 1988 Emmy Awards
Born
Richard Wayne Van Dyke

(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925 (age 98)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, producer, writer, singer, dancer
Years active1947–present
TelevisionThe Dick Van Dyke Show
Diagnosis: Murder
Spouses
  • Margie Willett
    (m. 1948⁠–⁠1984)
  • Arlene Silver
    (m. 2012)
PartnerMichelle Triola (1976–2009)
ChildrenBarry Van Dyke, Carrie Beth Van Dyke, Christian Van Dyke, Stacy Van Dyke
RelativesJerry Van Dyke (brother)
Shane Van Dyke (grandson)
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Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer with a career spanning almost seven decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke and father of Barry Van Dyke. Van Dyke starred in the films Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the TV series The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder. Van Dyke is a recipient of numerous awards in the entertainment industry, including five Emmys, a Tony, and a Grammy.[1] In 1995, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. He received the Screen Actors Guild's highest honor, the SAG Life Achievement Award, in 2013.[2] Van Dyke has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[3]

Life and career

Early and personal life

Dick Van Dyke was born on December 13, 1925, in West Plains, Missouri,[4] to Hazel Victoria (née McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne Van Dyke, a salesman.[5][6][7] He grew up in Danville, Illinois. He is the older brother of actor Jerry Van Dyke, who is best known for a role on the TV series Coach. Van Dyke's grandson, Shane Van Dyke, is also an actor and directed Titanic II. Van Dyke has Dutch[8] and English ancestry, with a family line that traces back to Mayflower passenger John Alden.[9]

Among his high school classmates in Danville were Donald O'Connor and Bobby Short, both of whom would go on to successful careers as entertainers.[10] One of Van Dyke's closest friends was a cousin of Gene Hackman, the future Oscar-winning actor, who also lived in Danville in those years.[10] Van Dyke's mother's family was very religious, and for a brief period in his youth he considered a career in ministry, although a drama class in high school convinced him that his true calling was as a professional entertainer.[10] In his autobiography he wrote, "I suppose that I never completely gave up my childhood idea of being a minister. Only the medium and the message changed. I have still endeavored to touch people's souls, to raise their spirits and put smiles on their faces".[10] Even after the launch of his career as an entertainer, he taught Sunday school in the Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, and he continued to read such theologians as Buber, Tillich, and Bonhoeffer, who he has said helped explain in practical terms the relevance of religion in everyday life.[10]

During World War II, Van Dyke enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps where he became a radio announcer, later transferring to the Special Services entertaining troops in the Continental United States.[11] In 1948, while he was appearing at the Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, he and the former Margerie Willett were married on the radio show Bride and Groom.[12] They had four children: Christian (Chris), Barry, Carrie Beth, and Stacy.[13] They divorced in 1984 after a long separation. He lived with longtime companion Michelle Triola for more than 30 years, until her death in 2009.[14][15] Van Dyke's son Barry Van Dyke and grandsons Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke are also actors; these two grandsons, along with other Van Dyke grandchildren and relatives, appeared in various episodes of the long-running series Diagnosis: Murder. Although Stacey Van Dyke was not famous in show business, she did make an appearance in a Christmas episode "Murder in the Family" of Diagnosis: Murder (Season 4, Episode 12) as Carol Sloan Hilton, the estranged daughter of Doctor Mark Sloan. All of Van Dyke's children are married and he has seven grandchildren. His son Chris was district attorney for Marion County, Oregon in the 1980s.[16] In 1987, Van Dyke's granddaughter Jessica Van Dyke died from Reye's syndrome,[17] which led him to do a series of television commercials to raise public awareness of the danger of aspirin to children.

On February 29, 2012, Van Dyke married make-up artist Arlene Silver, 40. They had met six years earlier at the SAG awards.[18]

In April 2013, Van Dyke revealed that for seven years he had been experiencing symptoms of a neurological disorder, in which he felt a pounding in his head whenever he lay down; but despite his undergoing tests, no diagnosis had been made.[19] He had had to cancel scheduled appearances due to fatigue from lack of sleep because of the medical condition.[20] In May 2013, he tweeted that it seemed his titanium dental implants may be responsible.[21]

On August 19, 2013, it was reported that the 87-year-old Van Dyke was rescued from his Jaguar by a passerby after the car had caught fire on a Los Angeles-area highway. He was not injured in the fire, although the car burned down to its frame.[22]

Radio and stage career

During the late 1940s, Van Dyke was a radio DJ in Danville, Illinois. In 1947, Van Dyke was persuaded by Phil Erickson to form a comedy duo with him called "Eric and Van—the Merry Mutes."[23] The team toured the West Coast nightclub circuit, performing a mime act and lip synching to old 78 records. They brought their act to Atlanta, Georgia, in the early 1950s and performed a local television show featuring original skits and music called "The Merry Mutes".[24]

In November 1959, Van Dyke made his Broadway debut in The Girls Against the Boys. He then played the lead role of Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, which ran from April 14, 1960 to Oct 7, 1961. In a May 2011 interview with Rachael Ray, Van Dyke noted that when he auditioned for a smaller part in the show he had no dance experience, and that after he sang his audition song he did an impromptu soft-shoe out of sheer nervousness. Gower Champion, the show's director and choreographer, was watching, and promptly went up on stage to inform Van Dyke he had the lead. An astonished Van Dyke protested that he could not dance, to which Champion replied "We'll teach you". That musical won four Tony awards including Van Dyke's Best Featured Actor Tony, in 1961.[25] In 1980, Van Dyke appeared as the title role in The Music Man on Broadway.[26]

Television career

Dick Van Dyke and Carol Burnett in 1977

Dick Van Dyke's start in television was with WDSU-TV New Orleans Channel 6 (NBC), first as a single comedian and later as emcee of a comedy program.[27][28][29] Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with Dennis James on James' Chance of a Lifetime in 1954. He later appeared in two episodes of The Phil Silvers Show during its 1957–58 season. He also appeared early in his career on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and NBC's The Polly Bergen Show. During this time a friend from the Army was working as an executive for CBS television and recommended Van Dyke to that network. Out of this came a seven-year contract with the network.[12] During an interview on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! program, Van Dyke said he was the anchorman for the CBS morning show during this period with Walter Cronkite as his newsman.[30]

From 1961 to 1966, Van Dyke starred in the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, in which he portrayed a comedy writer named Rob Petrie. Originally the show was supposed to have Carl Reiner as the lead but CBS insisted on recasting and Reiner chose Van Dyke to replace him in the role.[12] Complementing Van Dyke was a veteran cast of comic actors including Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Richard Deacon, and Carl Reiner (as Alan Brady), as well as television newcomer Mary Tyler Moore, who played Rob's wife, Laura Petrie. Van Dyke won three Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, and the series received four Emmy Awards as Outstanding Comedy Series.[31]

From 1971 to 1974, Van Dyke starred in an unrelated sitcom called The New Dick Van Dyke Show in which he starred as a local television talk show host. He received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance but the show was less successful than its predecessor,[32] and Van Dyke pulled the plug on the show after just three seasons.[33] In 1973, Van Dyke voiced his animated likeness for the October 27, 1973 installment of Hanna-Barbera's The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Scooby-Doo Meets Dick Van Dyke," the series' final first-run episode. The following year, he received an Emmy Award nomination for his role as an alcoholic businessman in the television movie The Morning After (1974). Van Dyke revealed after its release that he had recently overcome a real-life drinking problem. He admits he was an alcoholic for 25 years.[34] That same year he guest-starred as a murdering photographer on an episode of Columbo, Negative Reaction. Van Dyke returned to comedy in 1976 with the sketch comedy show Van Dyke and Company, which co-starred Andy Kaufman[35] and Super Dave Osborne. Despite being canceled after three months, the show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Series.[31] After a few guest appearances on the long-running comedy-variety series The Carol Burnett Show, Van Dyke became a regular on the show, in the fall of 1977. However, he only appeared in half of the episodes of the final season. For the next decade he appeared mostly in TV movies. One atypical role was as a murdering judge on the second episode of the TV series Matlock in 1986 starring Andy Griffith. In 1987, he guest-starred in an episode of Airwolf, with his son Barry Van Dyke, who was the lead star of the show's fourth and final season on USA Network. In 1989, he guest-starred on the NBC comedy series The Golden Girls portraying a lover of Beatrice Arthur's character. This role earned him his first Emmy Award nomination since 1977.[36]

His film work affected his TV career: the reviews he received for his role as D.A. Fletcher in Dick Tracy led him to star as the character Dr. Mark Sloan first in an episode of Jake and the Fatman, then in a series of TV movies on CBS that became the foundation for his popular television drama Diagnosis: Murder. The series ran from 1993 to 2001 with son Barry Van Dyke co-starring in the role of Dr. Sloan's son Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan. Also starring on the same show was a familiar daytime soap actress, Victoria Rowell, as Dr. Sloan's pathologist/medical partner, Dr. Amanda Bentley, and an unfamiliar character actor and lifelong Van Dyke fan, Charlie Schlatter, in the role of Dr. Sloan's handsome, resident student, Dr. Jesse Travis.[37] Van Dyke continued to find television work after the show ended, including a dramatically and critically successful performance of The Gin Game, produced for television in 2003 that reunited him with Mary Tyler Moore. In 2003, he portrayed a doctor on Scrubs. A 2004 special of The Dick Van Dyke Show titled The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited was heavily promoted as the first new episode of the classic series to be shown in 38 years. Van Dyke and his surviving cast members recreated their roles; the program was roundly panned by critics. In 2006 he guest-starred as college professor Dr. Jonathan Maxwell for a series of Murder 101 mystery films on the Hallmark Channel.

Film career

Dick Van Dyke in the 1964 film Mary Poppins

Van Dyke began his film career by playing the role of Albert J. Peterson in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie (1963). Despite his unhappiness with the adaptation—its focus differed from the stage version in that the story now centered on a previously supporting character[38]—the film was a success. That same year, Van Dyke was cast in two roles: as the chimney sweep Bert, and as bank chairman Mr. Dawes Senior, in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964). For his scenes as the chairman, he was heavily costumed to look much older, and was credited in that role as "Nackvid Keyd" (at the end of the credits, the letters unscramble into "Dick Van Dyke"). Van Dyke's attempt at a cockney accent has been decried as one of the worst accents in film history, cited by actors since as an example of how not to sound. In a 2003 poll by Empire magazine of the worst-ever accents in film, he came in second.[39][40] According to Van Dyke, his accent coach was Irish, who "didn't do an accent any better than I did."[41][42] Still, Mary Poppins was successful upon release and its enduring appeal has made it one of the most famous films of all time. "Chim Chim Cher-ee", one of the songs that Van Dyke performed in Mary Poppins, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Sherman Brothers, the film's songwriting duo.

Many of the comedy films Van Dyke starred in throughout the 1960s were relatively unsuccessful at the box office, including What a Way to Go!, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., Fitzwilly, The Art of Love, Some Kind of a Nut, Never a Dull Moment, and Divorce American Style. But he also starred (with his native accent, despite the English setting) as Caractacus Pott in the successful musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), which co-starred Sally Ann Howes and featured the same songwriters (The Sherman Brothers) and choreographers (Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood) as Mary Poppins.

In 1969, Van Dyke appeared in the comedy-drama The Comic, written and directed by Carl Reiner. Van Dyke portrayed a self-destructive silent-film era comedian who struggles with alcoholism, depression, and his own rampant ego. Reiner wrote the film especially for Van Dyke, who often spoke of his admiration for silent-film era comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and his hero Stan Laurel.[43] Twenty-one years later in 1990, Van Dyke, whose usual role had been the amiable hero, took a small but villainous turn as the crooked D.A. Fletcher in Warren Beatty's film Dick Tracy. Van Dyke returned to motion pictures in 2006 with Curious George as Mr. Bloomsberry and as villain Cecil Fredericks in the Ben Stiller film Night at the Museum.[44] He reprised the role in a cameo for the sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), but it was cut from the film. It can be found in the special features on the DVD release. He also played the character again in the third film, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).

Other projects

Van Dyke received a Grammy Award in 1964, along with Julie Andrews, for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.[45] In 1970, he published Faith, Hope and Hilarity: A Child's Eye View of Religion a book of humorous anecdotes based largely on his experiences as a Sunday School teacher.[46] Van Dyke was principal in "KXIV Inc." and owned 1400 AM KXIV in Phoenix (later KSUN) from 1965 to 1985. KXIV was at one time an applicant for an FM station in the same area.[citation needed]

As an a cappella enthusiast, he has sung in a group called "Dick Van Dyke and The Vantastix" since September 2000. The quartet has performed several times in Los Angeles as well as on Larry King Live, The First Annual TV Land Awards, and sang the national anthem at three Los Angeles Lakers games including a nationally televised NBA Finals performance on NBC. Van Dyke was made an honorary member of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1999.[47]

Van Dyke became a computer animation enthusiast after purchasing a Commodore Amiga in 1991. He is credited with the creation of 3D-rendered effects used on Diagnosis: Murder and The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited. Van Dyke has displayed his computer-generated imagery work at SIGGRAPH, and continues to work with LightWave 3D.[48][49]

In 2010, Van Dyke appeared on a children's album titled Rhythm Train, with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and singer Leslie Bixler. Van Dyke raps on one of the album's tracks.[50]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1963 Bye Bye Birdie Albert F. Peterson
1964 What a Way to Go! Edgar Hopper
Mary Poppins Bert/Mr. Dawes, Senior
1965 The Art of Love Paul Sloane/Toulouse aka Picasso
1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Lt. Robin Crusoe Won: Laurel Award for Male Comedy Performance
1967 Divorce American Style Richard Harmon
Fitzwilly Claude R. Fitzwilliam
1968 Never a Dull Moment Jack Albany
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Caractacus Potts
1969 Some Kind of a Nut Fred Amidon
The Comic Billy Bright
1971 Cold Turkey Rev. Clayton Brooks
1976 Tubby the Tuba Tubby the Tuba Voice
1979 The Runner Stumbles Father Brian Rivard
1990 Dick Tracy D.A. Fletcher
2001 Walt – The Man Behind the Myth Narrator/himself Voice
2005 Batman: New Times Commissioner Gordon Voice
2006 Curious George Mr. Bloomsberry Voice
Night at the Museum Cecil Fredricks
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Cecil Fredricks Scene deleted*
2014 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Himself
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Cecil Fredricks

*Note: Although he is not seen in the regular release of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Dick Van Dyke's work can be seen in the "Deleted Scenes" section of the film's DVD, along with Bill Cobbs and Mickey Rooney.

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1955–56 The Morning Show Host CBS
1956 CBS Cartoon Theater Host
1956–57 To Tell the Truth Panelist 5 episodes
1957–58 The Phil Silvers Show Pvt. Lumpkin / Pvt. 'Swifty' Bilko 2 episodes
1958 The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams Himself
1958–59 Mother's Day Host
1959 Laugh Line Host Canceled after 3 months
1961–66 The Dick Van Dyke Show Rob Petrie
1969 Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman Himself Special (with Mary Tyler Moore)
1970 Dick Van Dyke Meets Bill Cosby Himself Special
1971–74 The New Dick Van Dyke Show Dick Preston
1973 The New Scooby-Doo Movies Himself Voice
1974 Julie and Dick at Covent Garden Himself With Julie Andrews
Columbo Paul Galesko "Negative Reaction"
The Morning After Charlie Lester
1976 Van Dyke and Company Himself
Lola! Cast member Series
1977 The Carol Burnett Show Cast member 11 episodes
1979 Supertrain Waldo Chase Episode: "And a Cup of Kindness Too"
1981 True Life Stories Charlie Documentary
Harry's Battles Harry Fitzsimmons Unsold 1/2 hour pilot
How to Eat Like a Child Himself Special
1982 The Country Girl Frank Elgin Movie
Drop-Out Father Ed McCall Movie
1983 CBS Library Father (voice) Episode: “Wrong Way Kid”
Found Money Max Sheppard Movie
1985 American Playhouse Les Dischinger Episode: “Breakfast with Les and Bess”
1986 Strong Medicine Sam Hawthorne Movie
Matlock Judge Carter Addison Episode: “The Judge”
1987 Ghost of a Chance Bill Nolan Movie
Highway to Heaven Wally Dunn Episode: “Wally”
Airwolf Malduke Episode: Malduke
1988 The Van Dyke Show Dick Burgess 10 episodes
1989 The Golden Girls Ken Episode: “Love Under the Big Top”
1990 Matlock Judge Carter Addison Episode: The Kidnapper (stock footage from the episode The Judge")
1991 Daughters of Privilege Buddy Keys Movie
Jake and the Fatman Dr. Mark Sloan Episode: "It Never Entered My Mind"
1992 Diagnosis of Murder Dr. Mark Sloan Diagnosis Murder movie
The House on Sycamore Street Dr. Mark Sloan Diagnosis Murder movie
1993 The Town That Santa Forgot Narrator/Old Jeremy Creek Voice
A Twist of the Knife Dr. Mark Sloan Diagnosis Murder movie
1993–
2001
Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Mark Sloan + others 178 Episodes
1993 Coach Luthor Van Dam's Cousin (uncredited) Episode: "Christmas of the Van Damned"
1999 Becker Fred Becker Episode: “Becker the Elder”
2000 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Duke Episode: “Welcome Back, Duke”
2002 A Town Without Pity Dr. Mark Sloan Diagnosis Murder movie
Without Warning Dr. Mark Sloan Diagnosis Murder movie
2003 The Gin Game Weller Martin Movie
The Alan Brady Show Webb Voice
Scrubs Dr. Townshend Episode: "My Brother, My Keeper"
2004 The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited Rob Petrie Movie
2006 Murder 101 Dr. Jonathan Maxwell Movie
2007 Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses Dr. Jonathan Maxwell Movie
2007 Murder 101: College Can Be Murder Dr. Jonathan Maxwell Movie
2008 Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery Dr. Jonathan Maxwell Movie
2010 The Bonnie Hunt Show Himself
2010,
2011
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Himself 2 episodes
2011 Rachael Ray Himself
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Himself Episode: #19.144
Hollywood Treasure Himself Episode: "Chitty Chitty Bid Bid"
2012 The Doctors Himself
Fun with Dick and Jerry Van Dyke Himself Movie
2013 Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! Himself Episode: "Born in the Valley; Hollywood Finale"
2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered[51] Kenneth Brandt Guest star; 2 episodes
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse[52] Pirate Goof-Beard Episode: "Mickey's Pirate Adventure"

Other works

Stage

Albums

Books

  • Van Dyke, Dick (1967). Altar Egos. F. H. Revell Co. LCCN 67028866.
  • Van Dyke, Dick (1970). Ray Parker (ed.). Faith, hope and hilarity. Phil Interlandi (drawings). Garden City, New York: Doubleday. LCCN 70126387.
  • Van Dyke, Dick (1975). Those Funny Kids!. Warner Books.
  • Van Dyke, Dick (2011). My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business. Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-0-307-59223-1. LCCN 2010043698. (Van Dyke's memoir)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Result
1961 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Bye Bye Birdie Won
1964 Grammy Award for Best Album for Children Mary Poppins Won
1964 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Mary Poppins Nominated
1964 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series The Dick Van Dyke Show Won
1965 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment The Dick Van Dyke Show Won
1966 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series The Dick Van Dyke Show Won
1971 Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actor – Musical/Comedy The New Dick Van Dyke Show Nominated
1974 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama The Morning After Nominated
1976 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series Van Dyke and Company Won
1976 People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program Van Dyke and Company Won
1984 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming CBS Library; episode: "The Wrong Way Kid" Won
1990 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Golden Girls Nominated
1994 American Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy Won
2003 Television Critics Association Award for Career Achievement Won
2013 Screen Actors Guild Award for Lifetime Achievement Won

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  50. ^ Chad Smith Gets Dick Van Dyke Rapping on Kids Album.
  51. ^ Dick Van Dyke to Guest Star in a Two-Episode Arc on "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," Hallmark Channel's Highly Anticipated New Original Series from Martha Williamson Premiering April 2014
  52. ^ Sneak peek: Dick Van Dyke is Goofy's Grandpa


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