Dick Van Dyke on screen and stage

Van Dyke at the 2017 Phoenix Comicon

Dick Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer, writer and producer. He first gained recognition on radio and Broadway, then he became known for his role as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show , which ran from 1961 to 1966. ^[1] He also gained significant popularity for roles in the musical films Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).

On television, he is known for his roles in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–1974), Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001), and Murder 101 (2006–2008). ^[2]

Performances

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1963	Bye Bye Birdie	Albert F. Peterson
1964	What a Way to Go!	Edgar Hopper
	Mary Poppins	Bert / Mr. Dawes, Sr.
1965	The Art of Love	Paul Sloane / Toulouse, aka “Picasso”
1966	Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.	Lieutenant Robin Crusoe
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 / Billy Bright, Jr.
1971	Cold Turkey	Reverend Clayton Brooks
1975	Tubby the Tuba	Tubby the Tuba	Voice
1978	Read the Label, Set a Better Table	Himself	Educational film
1979	The Runner Stumbles	Father Brian Rivard
1990	Dick Tracy	District Attorney John Fletcher
2001	Walt: The Man Behind the Myth	Narrator	Voice, documentary
2002	Bowling For Columbine	Himself
2005	Batman: New Times	Commissioner Gordon	Voice, short
2006	Curious George	Mr. Bloomsberry	Voice
	Night at the Museum	Cecil J. Fredricks
2014	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Himself	Cameo; Uncredited
	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Cecil J. Fredricks
2015	Merry Xmas	Father	Short film	[3]
2016	Trolland	Yusop	Voice
2017	If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast	Himself	Documentary	[ citation needed ]
	Gilbert			[ citation needed ]
2018	The Great Buster: A Celebration			[ citation needed ]
	Mary Poppins Returns	Mr. Dawes, Jr.	Cameo	[4]
	Buttons: A Christmas Tale	Angel

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1955–1956	The Morning Show	Host	CBS
1956	CBS Cartoon Theatre		13 episodes
1956–1957	To Tell the Truth	Panelist	5 episodes
1957–1958	The Phil Silvers Show	Private Lumpkin / Private "Swifty" Bilko	2 episodes
1958	The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams	Himself
1958–1959	Mother's Day	Host
1959	Laugh Line
1960	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Thomas Craig	Season 5 Episode 23: “Craig’s Will”
	New Comedy Showcase	Richard Alexander	Season 1 Episode 4: “The Trouble with Richard”	[5] [6]
1961–1966	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Rob Petrie	158 episodes
1969	Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman	Himself	Special (with Mary Tyler Moore)
1970	Dick Van Dyke Meets Bill Cosby		Special (with Bill Cosby)
1971–1974	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	Dick Preston	72 episodes
1973	The New Scooby-Doo Movies	Himself	Voice, episode: "The Haunted Carnival"
1974	Julie and Dick at Covent Garden		Television special (with Julie Andrews)
	Columbo	Paul Galesko	Episode: "Negative Reaction"
	The Morning After	Charlie Lester	Television film
1976	Van Dyke and Company	Himself	Variety series
	Lola!	Cast member	Series
1977	The Carol Burnett Show		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 half-hour pilot[ citation needed ]
	How to Eat Like a Child	Himself	TV special
1982	The Country Girl	Frank Elgin	Television film
	Drop-Out Father	Ed McCall
1983	CBS Library	Father	Voice, episode: "Wrong Way Kid"
	Found Money	Max Sheppard	Television film
1984	Donald Duck's 50th Birthday	Himself / Host	TV special
1985	American Playhouse	Les Dischinger	Episode: "Breakfast with Les and Bess"
1986	Strong Medicine	Sam Hawthorne	Television film
	Matlock	Judge Carter Addison	Episode: "The Judge"
1987	Ghost of a Chance	Bill Nolan	Television film
	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 episode "The Judge")
1991	Daughters of Privilege	Buddy Keys	Television film
	Jake and the Fatman	Dr. Mark Sloan	Episode: "It Never Entered My Mind" (Backdoor pilot for Diagnosis: Murder)
1992	Diagnosis of Murder		Diagnosis: Murder film
	The House on Sycamore Street
1993	The Town Santa Forgot	Narrator / Old Jeremy Creek	Voice, television film
	A Twist of the Knife	Dr. Mark Sloan	Diagnosis: Murder film
1993–2001	Diagnosis: Murder		Lead role (178 episodes); also executive producer (137 episodes)
1993	Coach	Luthor Van Dam's Cousin (uncredited)	Episode: "Christmas of the Van Damned"[ citation needed ]
1999	Becker	Fred Becker	Episode: "Becker the Elder" (episode 13)
2000	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Duke	Episode: "Welcome Back, Duke"
2002	A Town Without Pity	Dr. Mark Sloan	Diagnosis: Murder film
	Without Warning
2003	The Gin Game	Weller Martin	Television film
	The Alan Brady Show	Webb	Voice, television special
	Scrubs	Dr. Townshend	Episode: "My Brother, My Keeper"
2004	The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited	Rob Petrie	TV special
2006	Murder 101	Dr. Jonathan Maxwell	Television film
2007	Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
	Murder 101: College Can Be Murder
2008	Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery
2011	Hollywood Treasure	Himself	Episode: "Chitty Chitty Bid Bid"
2012	The Doctors		Talk show
	Fun with Dick and Jerry Van Dyke		Television film
2013	Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!		Episode: "Born in the Valley; Hollywood Finale"
2014	Signed, Sealed, Delivered	Kenneth Brandt	2 episodes	[7]
	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse	Captain Goof-Beard	Voice, episode: "Mickey's Pirate Adventure"	[8]
2015	The Middle	Dutch Spence	Episode: "Two of a Kind"
2020	Kidding	Hopscotch the Sasquatch	Voice, 2 episodes
2023–2024	The Masked Singer	The Gnome / Himself	2 episodes
2023	Days of Our Lives	Timothy Robicheaux	4 episodes	[9]
	The Simpsons	Himself / Caractacus Potts	Voice, episode: "McMansion & Wife"
	Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic	Himself	Air date: 12/21/2023 Re-run 6/2/2024 10 PM EDT Paramount CBS Entertainment 2-hour Special	[10]
2024	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself	Air date: 12/5/2024

Music video

Year	Song	Artist	Role	Ref.
2024	"All My Love"	Coldplay	Himself	[11]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue
November 2–14, 1959	The Girls Against the Boys	Counselor/Jock/ Groom/He	Alvin Theatre, Broadway
April 14–October 22, 1960	Bye Bye Birdie	Albert Peterson	Martin Beck Theatre, Broadway
October 24, 1960–January 14, 1961			54th Street Theatre, Broadway
April 12–May 15, 1977	Same Time, Next Year	George	Doolittle Theatre, Hollywood
October 18–December 9, 1979	The Music Man	Harold Hill	Sahara Theatre, Reno, Nevada
December 27, 1979–March 16, 1980			Pantages Theatre, Hollywood
March 20–May 4, 1980			Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco
May 6–11, 1980			Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis
May 14–25, 1980			Arie Crown Theater, Chicago
May 29–June 22, 1980			City Center, Broadway
January 24–26, 2006	Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life	Guest Star	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway

Albums

• Bye Bye Birdie (original cast album) (1960)
• Bye Bye Birdie (soundtrack) (1963)
• Mary Poppins (soundtrack) (1964)
• Songs I Like by Dick Van Dyke (with Enoch Light & his Orchestra/Ray Charles Singers) (1963)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (soundtrack) (1968)
• Put on a Happy Face (with Dick Van Dyke and The Vantastix) (2008)
• Rhythm Train (with Leslie Bixler and Chad Smith) (2010)
• Step (Back) in Time BixMix Records (2017)
• We're Going Caroling (with Jane Lynch) KitschTone Records (2017)

Notes

1. "The Museum of Broadcast Communications - Encyclopedia of Television". Museum.tv. Archived from the original on November 8, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
2. "Dick Van Dyke to Get SAG Life Achievement Award". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
3. Pedersen, Erik (March 13, 2015). "Dick Van Dyke Stars In 'Merry Xmas' Short: Tribeca Trailer". Deadline Hollywood . Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on March 14, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
4. "Creative Until You Die". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
5. "UNSOLD PILOTS ON TELEVISION, 1956–1966". tvobscurities.com. Television Obscurities. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
6. Robert Jay (13 June 2009). "Status of New Comedy Showcase". tvobscurities.com. Television Obscurities. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
7. "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". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
8. "Sneak peek: Dick Van Dyke is Goofy's Grandpa". USA Today. October 6, 2014.
9. "Dick Van Dyke, 97, to Guest Star in First-Ever Soap Opera Role on Days of Our Lives". Peoplemag. April 21, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
10. "Dick Van Dyke, 98, to Guest Star in Celebration of His Years of Award-winning Entertainment". CBS. December 21, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
11. "Dick Van Dyke, Approaching 99, Dances in Coldplay's Latest Video". The New York Times. 6 December 2024. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

References

• "Dick Van Dyke - Filmography". Allmovie . Retrieved April 16, 2018.
• "Dick Van Dyke on Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved April 16, 2018.

External links

• Dick Van Dyke at IMDb
• Dick Van Dyke at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dick Van Dyke at Rotten Tomatoes