Dick Van Dyke
Known for: Acting
Born: December 13, 1925
Place of birth: West Plains, Missouri, USA
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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Filmography
99 movies · 55 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
2025
10.0
Starring Dick Van Dyke
2025
9.0
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
2024
7.0
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
2023
7.1
Disney 100: A Century of Dreams – A Special Edition of 20/20
202310.0
The 90s Club
2022
NR
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
7.6
Julie Andrews Forever
2019
7.5
The Masked Singer
2019
6.5
Mary Poppins Returns
2018
6.0
Buttons
2018
6.2
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
2018
7.2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
7.6
Kidding
2018
7.6
Wait for Your Laugh
2017
7.1
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
2017
6.7
Gilbert
2017
1.8
Trolland
2016NR
Life Is Boring
2016
NR
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
7.0
Merry Xmas
2015
6.2
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
6.2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
6.5
Inside Comedy
2012
7.5
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
10.0
The World of Amateur Radio
2011
2.0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011
10.0
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
2011
7.2
Conan
2010
3.0
The Talk
2010NR
The Caretaker 3D
2010
7.6
The Middle
2009
NR
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's
2009
7.4
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
7.3
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
2008NR
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
6.7
Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2008
7.2
Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
2007
NR
Dick Van Dyke In Rare Form
2007
7.1
Murder 101: College Can be Murder
2007
6.6
Night at the Museum
2006
6.5
Curious George
2006
7.2
Murder 101
20065.0
Naomi's New Morning
2005
4.0
The Princes of Malibu
2005
6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
7.7
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'
2004
10.0
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
2004
8.0
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
6.6
The Gin Game
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.3
Diagnosis Murder: Without Warning
2002
8.0
Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity
2002
8.2
Scrubs
2001
8.0
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth
2001
7.2
Becker
1998
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
7.0
The Town Santa Forgot
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
6.1
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
19936.0
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
19926.3
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
1992
8.2
Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder
1992
7.7
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
10.0
Daughters of Privilege
1991
6.2
Dick Tracy
1990
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
8.0
The Simpsons
1989
7.5
The Van Dyke Show
1988
5.7
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
1988
6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
8.0
Golden Anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
5.6
Ghost of a Chance
1987
7.0
American Masters
1986
NR
Strong Medicine
1986
NR
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
8.0
Strong Medicine
1986
NR
Musical Comedy Tonight III
1985
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
NR
Breakfast with Les and Bess
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.0
Television
1985
2.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
6.7
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.6
Airwolf
1984
9.0
Found Money
19837.0
Wrong Way Kid
1983
4.2
Drop-Out Father
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
7.0
The Country Girl
1982
NR
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
6.7
The Runner Stumbles
1979
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
5.6
Supertrain
1979NR
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
1978
7.3
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
1976
6.4
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
6.0
Van Dyke and Company
1975
8.0
Tubby the Tuba
1975
9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975NR
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
7.0
Dinah!
1974
7.5
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
1974
6.7
The Morning After
1974
10.0
Don't Call Me Mama Anymore
19735.5
Carol Burnett and Friends
1972
7.7
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
NR
Dere Mr President,
1972
NR
The Summer Fever
1972
5.2
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
8.1
Columbo
1971
10.0
The First Nine Months Are the Hardest
1971
6.3
Cold Turkey
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
6.1
The Comic
1969
4.2
Some Kind of a Nut
1969
5.5
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
8.5
Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman
1969
6.8
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
6.2
Never a Dull Moment
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.2
Fitzwilly
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
5.9
Divorce American Style
1967
7.1
Disneyland Around the Seasons
1966
5.7
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
19668.0
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
6.2
Days of Our Lives
1965
7.5
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965
5.5
The Art of Love
1965
7.5
Mary Poppins
1964
7.1
What a Way to Go!
1964NR
Before It's Too Late
1964
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
5.9
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
NR
New Comedy Showcase
1960
6.0
The Fabulous Fifties
19607.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
NR
Tony Awards
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948NR
Capture the Flag
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