Jump to content

Dick Van Dyke: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Removing "DickVanDykeSAGAward.jpg", it has been deleted from Commons by INeverCry because: Copyright violation: Non-free image.
No edit summary
Line 2: Line 2:
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Dick Van Dyke
| name = Dick Van Dyke
| image =
| image = DickVanDykSAGAward.jpg
| caption = Van Dyke in January 2013
| caption = Van Dyke in January 2013
| birth_name = Richard Wayne Van Dyke
| birth_name = Richard Wayne Van Dyke
Line 43: Line 43:
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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=vandykedic |title=VAN DYKE, DICK - The Museum of Broadcast Communications |publisher=Museum.tv |date=1992-10-21 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> The team toured the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] nightclub circuit, performing a mime act and [[lip synching]] to old [[Gramophone record|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".<ref>[http://www.witsendproductions.com/history.htm "Welcome to Wits' End Productions—Your Figment...Our Imagination!"]. Wits' End Productions. Retrieved June 4, 2010.</ref>
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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=vandykedic |title=VAN DYKE, DICK - The Museum of Broadcast Communications |publisher=Museum.tv |date=1992-10-21 |accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> The team toured the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] nightclub circuit, performing a mime act and [[lip synching]] to old [[Gramophone record|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".<ref>[http://www.witsendproductions.com/history.htm "Welcome to Wits' End Productions—Your Figment...Our Imagination!"]. Wits' End Productions. Retrieved June 4, 2010.</ref>


In November 1959, Van Dyke made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''The Girls Against the Boys''. He then played the lead role of Albert Peterson in ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (musical)|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 [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor Tony]], in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/dick-van-dyke|title=Masterworks Broadway/Dick Van Dyke|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|year=2011 }}</ref> In 1980, Van Dyke appeared as the title role in ''[[The Music Man]]'' on Broadway.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
[[File:Chita&Dick.jpg|thumb|Van Dyke and Chita Rivera on Broadway in 'Bye-Bye, Birdie', 1961.]] In November 1959, Van Dyke made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in ''The Girls Against the Boys''. He then played the lead role of Albert Peterson in ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (musical)|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 [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Featured Actor Tony]], in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/dick-van-dyke|title=Masterworks Broadway/Dick Van Dyke|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|year=2011 }}</ref> In 1980, Van Dyke appeared as the title role in ''[[The Music Man]]'' on Broadway.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}


===Television career===
===Television career===
Line 49: Line 49:
Dick Van Dyke's start in television was with [[WDSU-TV]] [[New Orleans]] Channel 6 ([[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]), first as a single comedian and later as [[emcee]] of a comedy program.<ref>''[http://www.wyes.org/programs/localprod/goldenage/goldenage_about.html New Orleans TV: The Golden Age],'' documentary produced by [[WYES-TV]] New Orleans Channel 12, broadcast 2009-07-18; published at WYES. See also [http://www.wdsu.com/community/267718/detail.html WDSU Serves New Orleans Since 1948] and Dave Walker [http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/news_article.html?id=1429 That old-time TV: New book celebrates 60 years of local stars.]</ref> Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with [[Dennis James]] on James' ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950s TV series)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' in 1954. He later appeared on ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' in the 1957–1958 season. He also appeared early in his career on [[American Broadcasting Company|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.<ref name=King2010/> 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.<ref>{{Cite book | date = 23 October 2010 | url = http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=10-23-2010 | publisher = [[NPR]] | title = Rundown | chapter = Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>
Dick Van Dyke's start in television was with [[WDSU-TV]] [[New Orleans]] Channel 6 ([[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]]), first as a single comedian and later as [[emcee]] of a comedy program.<ref>''[http://www.wyes.org/programs/localprod/goldenage/goldenage_about.html New Orleans TV: The Golden Age],'' documentary produced by [[WYES-TV]] New Orleans Channel 12, broadcast 2009-07-18; published at WYES. See also [http://www.wdsu.com/community/267718/detail.html WDSU Serves New Orleans Since 1948] and Dave Walker [http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/news_article.html?id=1429 That old-time TV: New book celebrates 60 years of local stars.]</ref> Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with [[Dennis James]] on James' ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950s TV series)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' in 1954. He later appeared on ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' in the 1957–1958 season. He also appeared early in his career on [[American Broadcasting Company|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.<ref name=King2010/> 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.<ref>{{Cite book | date = 23 October 2010 | url = http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35&prgDate=10-23-2010 | publisher = [[NPR]] | title = Rundown | chapter = Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! | postscript = <!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->{{inconsistent citations}}}}</ref>


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.<ref name=King2010/> Complementing Van Dyke was a veteran cast of comic actors including [[Rose Marie]], [[Morey Amsterdam]], [[Jerry Paris]], [[Ann Morgan Guilbert]], 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 [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]s as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]], and the series received four [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Emmy Awards as Outstanding Comedy Series]].<ref name="museum">[http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=vandykedic museum.tv]</ref>
[[File:DickVanDyke&MaryTylerMoore.jpg|thumb|Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, 1961.]]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.<ref name=King2010/> Complementing Van Dyke was a veteran cast of comic actors including [[Rose Marie]], [[Morey Amsterdam]], [[Jerry Paris]], [[Ann Morgan Guilbert]], 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 [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]]s as [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]], and the series received four [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series|Emmy Awards as Outstanding Comedy Series]].<ref name="museum">[http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=vandykedic museum.tv]</ref>


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 Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for his performance but the show was less successful than its predecessor,<ref>Brooks, Tim; Earl Marsh (2003). ''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows]].'' [[Ballantine Books]]. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.</ref> and Van Dyke pulled the plug on the show after just three seasons.<ref>{{cite news | title=Dick Van Dyke's prescription for success | url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9803/09/vandyke.diagnosis.lat/ | work=CNN | year=2008 | accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref> 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 film)|The Morning After]]'' (1974). Van Dyke revealed after its release that he had recently overcome a [[Alcoholism|real-life drinking problem]]. He admits he was an [[alcoholic]] for 25 years.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9779018/Dick-Van-Dyke-Id-go-to-work-with-terrible-hangovers.-Which-if-youre-dancing-is-hard.html</ref> That same year he guest-starred as a murdering photographer on an episode of ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]].'' Van Dyke returned to comedy in 1976 with the [[sketch comedy]] show ''Van Dyke and Company,'' which co-starred [[Andy Kaufman]]<ref>''Van Dyke and Company''</ref> and [[Super Dave Osborne]]. Despite being canceled after three months, the show won an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Series.<ref name="museum" /> When [[Carol Burnett]]'s main foil, [[Harvey Korman]], quit Burnett's long-running variety series in 1977 Van Dyke took his place. This was the first time he had ever played [[second banana]] on television and there were few comic sparks between Van Dyke and Burnett. He left after three months. For the next decade he appeared mostly in low-rated TV movies.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} One exception was an atypical role as a murdering judge on the first episode of the TV series ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]'' in 1986 starring [[Andy Griffith]]. 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.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/gingame/about/bios.html pbs.org]</ref>
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 Award|Golden Globe]] nomination for his performance but the show was less successful than its predecessor,<ref>Brooks, Tim; Earl Marsh (2003). ''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows]].'' [[Ballantine Books]]. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.</ref> and Van Dyke pulled the plug on the show after just three seasons.<ref>{{cite news | title=Dick Van Dyke's prescription for success | url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9803/09/vandyke.diagnosis.lat/ | work=CNN | year=2008 | accessdate=2009-10-14}}</ref> 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 film)|The Morning After]]'' (1974). Van Dyke revealed after its release that he had recently overcome a [[Alcoholism|real-life drinking problem]]. He admits he was an [[alcoholic]] for 25 years.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9779018/Dick-Van-Dyke-Id-go-to-work-with-terrible-hangovers.-Which-if-youre-dancing-is-hard.html</ref> That same year he guest-starred as a murdering photographer on an episode of ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]].'' Van Dyke returned to comedy in 1976 with the [[sketch comedy]] show ''Van Dyke and Company,'' which co-starred [[Andy Kaufman]]<ref>''Van Dyke and Company''</ref> and [[Super Dave Osborne]]. Despite being canceled after three months, the show won an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Series.<ref name="museum" /> When [[Carol Burnett]]'s main foil, [[Harvey Korman]], quit Burnett's long-running variety series in 1977 Van Dyke took his place. This was the first time he had ever played [[second banana]] on television and there were few comic sparks between Van Dyke and Burnett. He left after three months. For the next decade he appeared mostly in low-rated TV movies.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} One exception was an atypical role as a murdering judge on the first episode of the TV series ''[[Matlock (TV series)|Matlock]]'' in 1986 starring [[Andy Griffith]]. 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.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/gingame/about/bios.html pbs.org]</ref>


His film work affected his TV career: the reviews he received for his role as D.A. Fletcher in ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' led him to star first as the character Dr. Mark Sloan 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalchannel.co.uk/shows/diagnosis-murder-s8 |title=Diagnosis Murder S8 &#124; Universal Channel UK |publisher=Universalchannel.co.uk |date=1925-12-13 |accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> 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 (TV series)|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]].
His film work affected his TV career: the reviews he received for his role as D.A. Fletcher in ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' led him to star first as the character Dr. Mark Sloan 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]].'' [[File:DickVanDykeDiagnosisMurder.jpg|thumb|Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan in 'Diagnosis Murder', 1994]] 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalchannel.co.uk/shows/diagnosis-murder-s8 |title=Diagnosis Murder S8 &#124; Universal Channel UK |publisher=Universalchannel.co.uk |date=1925-12-13 |accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> 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 (TV series)|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===
===Film career===
Line 61: Line 61:
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 (1965 film)|The Art of Love]],'' ''[[Some Kind of a Nut]],'' ''[[Never a Dull Moment (1968 film)|Never a Dull Moment]],'' and ''[[Divorce American Style]].'' But he also starred (with his native accent, despite the English setting) in the successful musical ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), which co-starred [[Sally Ann Howes]] and featured songs by the Sherman Brothers, and choreography by [[Marc Breaux]] and Dee Dee Wood. The Sherman Brothers, Breaux, and Wood were also songsmiths and choreographers for ''Mary Poppins''.
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 (1965 film)|The Art of Love]],'' ''[[Some Kind of a Nut]],'' ''[[Never a Dull Moment (1968 film)|Never a Dull Moment]],'' and ''[[Divorce American Style]].'' But he also starred (with his native accent, despite the English setting) in the successful musical ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968), which co-starred [[Sally Ann Howes]] and featured songs by the Sherman Brothers, and choreography by [[Marc Breaux]] and Dee Dee Wood. The Sherman Brothers, Breaux, and Wood were also songsmiths and choreographers for ''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]], [[Clinical depression|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/353393%7C0/The-Comic.html |title=The Comic |publisher=Tcm.com |date=1998-01-08 |accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref> 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 (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]].'' Van Dyke returned to motion pictures in 2006 with ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' as Mr. Bloomsberry and as villain Cecil Fredericks in the [[Ben Stiller]] film ''[[Night at the Museum]].''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810028001/cast|title=Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)|publisher=Baseline|year=2011 }}</ref> He reprised the role in a cameo for the sequel, ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'' but it was cut from the film. It can be found in the special features on the DVD release.
[[File:DickVanDykeDiagnosisMurder.jpg|thumb|Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan in 'Diagnosis Murder', 1994]] 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]], [[Clinical depression|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/353393%7C0/The-Comic.html |title=The Comic |publisher=Tcm.com |date=1998-01-08 |accessdate=2012-01-28}}</ref> 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 (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]].''
[[File:DickVanDykeNATM.jpg|thumb|Dick Van Dyke in 'Night at the Museum', 2006.]] Van Dyke returned to motion pictures in 2006 with ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' as Mr. Bloomsberry and as villain Cecil Fredericks in the [[Ben Stiller]] film ''[[Night at the Museum]].''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810028001/cast|title=Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)|publisher=Baseline|year=2011 }}</ref> He reprised the role in a cameo for the sequel, ''[[Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian]]'' but it was cut from the film. It can be found in the special features on the DVD release.


===Other projects===
===Other projects===

Revision as of 19:31, 28 January 2013

Dick Van Dyke
File:DickVanDykSAGAward.jpg
Van Dyke in January 2013
Born
Richard Wayne Van Dyke

(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925 (age 98)
West Plains, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, producer, writer, singer
Years active1955–present
TelevisionThe Dick Van Dyke Show
Diagnosis: Murder
Spouse(s)Margie Willett (1948–1984)
Arlene Silver (2012–present)[1]
Partner(s)Michelle Triola
(1976–2009; her death)
Children4; including Barry
RelativesJerry Van Dyke (brother)
Shane Van Dyke (grandson)
AwardsDisney Legend (1998)
SAG Life Achievement (2012)[2]

Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer with a career spanning 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. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[3] Van Dyke received the The Life Achievement Award at the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on January 27, 2013.[4]

Life and career

Early and personal life

Van Dyke was born in West Plains, Missouri, to Loren (nickname "Cookie") and Hazel (born McCord) Van Dyke, but he grew up in Danville, Illinois. He is the older brother of actor Jerry Van Dyke, who is best known for his role on the TV series Coach. His grandson, Shane Van Dyke, is also an actor and directed Titanic II. He is of Dutch descent on his father's side;[citation needed] his mother was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne from England.[5]

During World War II, he 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.[6] In 1948, while Van Dyke 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.[7] They had four children: Christian (Chris), Barry, Carrie Beth, and Stacy.[citation needed] 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.[8][9] Van Dyke's son Barry Van Dyke and grandsons Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke are also actors; both of these last two, along with other Van Dyke relations and grandchildren, 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.[10] In 1987, his granddaughter Jessica Van Dyke died from Reye's syndrome,[11] which drove him to do a series of television commercials to raise public awareness of the danger of aspirin to children. In 2010, he said he had once been rescued from drifting out to sea and possible death by a pod of porpoises.[12]

On February 29, 2012, Van Dyke married make-up artist Arlene Silver, 40. They had met six years previously at the SAG awards.[1]

Van Dyke was a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life. He has been using Nicorrette gum since 2003.[13]

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."[14] 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".[15]

File:Chita&Dick.jpg
Van Dyke and Chita Rivera on Broadway in 'Bye-Bye, Birdie', 1961.

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.[16] In 1980, Van Dyke appeared as the title role in The Music Man on Broadway.[citation needed]

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.[17] Van Dyke's first network TV appearance was with Dennis James on James' Chance of a Lifetime in 1954. He later appeared on The Phil Silvers Show in the 1957–1958 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.[7] 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.[18]

File:DickVanDyke&MaryTylerMoore.jpg
Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, 1961.

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.[7] Complementing Van Dyke was a veteran cast of comic actors including Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, 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.[19]

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,[20] and Van Dyke pulled the plug on the show after just three seasons.[21] 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.[22] That same year he guest-starred as a murdering photographer on an episode of Columbo. Van Dyke returned to comedy in 1976 with the sketch comedy show Van Dyke and Company, which co-starred Andy Kaufman[23] and Super Dave Osborne. Despite being canceled after three months, the show won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Series.[19] When Carol Burnett's main foil, Harvey Korman, quit Burnett's long-running variety series in 1977 Van Dyke took his place. This was the first time he had ever played second banana on television and there were few comic sparks between Van Dyke and Burnett. He left after three months. For the next decade he appeared mostly in low-rated TV movies.[citation needed] One exception was an atypical role as a murdering judge on the first episode of the TV series Matlock in 1986 starring Andy Griffith. 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.[24]

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 first as the character Dr. Mark Sloan 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.

File:DickVanDykeDiagnosisMurder.jpg
Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan in 'Diagnosis Murder', 1994

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.[25] 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—[26] the film was a success. That same year, Van Dyke was cast in two roles: as the chimney sweep Bert, and as Mr. Dawes Senior, the chairman of the bank 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.[27][28] According to Van Dyke, his accent coach was Irish, who "didn't do an accent any better than I did."[29][30] 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) in the successful musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), which co-starred Sally Ann Howes and featured songs by the Sherman Brothers, and choreography by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood. The Sherman Brothers, Breaux, and Wood were also songsmiths and choreographers for Mary Poppins.

File:DickVanDykeDiagnosisMurder.jpg
Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan in 'Diagnosis Murder', 1994

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.[31] 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.

File:DickVanDykeNATM.jpg
Dick Van Dyke in 'Night at the Museum', 2006.

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.[32] He reprised the role in a cameo for the sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian but it was cut from the film. It can be found in the special features on the DVD release.

Other projects

"Van Dyke at the 40th Emmy Awards Rehearsal in August 1988"
At the 40th Emmy Awards Rehearsal, August 1988

Van Dyke received a Grammy Award in 1964, along with Julie Andrews, for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.[33] 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.[34] 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, Van Dyke has sung in a group called "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.[35]

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.[36][37] 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.[38]

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1963 Bye Bye Birdie Albert F. Peterson
1964 What a Way to Go! Edgar Hopper
Mary Poppins Bert/Mr. Dawes, Senior Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1965 The Art of Love Paul Sloane/Toulouse aka Picasso
1966 Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Lt. Robin Crusoe 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 Scenes deleted*

*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 Show 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 Emmy Award for: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (1964), Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment (1965), Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series (1966)
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 Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best TV Actor – Musical/Comedy
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 Nominated: Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama
1976 Van Dyke and Company Himself Emmy for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series
People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program
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”
Emmy for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming
Found Money Max Sheppard Movie
1985 American Playhouse Les Dischinger Episode: “Breakfast with Les and Bess”
1985 Airwolf Malduke Episode: "Malduke"
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”
1988 The Van Dyke Show Dick Burgess 10 episodes
1989 The Golden Girls Ken Episode: “Love Under the Big Top”
Nominated: Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
1991 Daughters of Privilege Buddy Keys Movie
1992 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
1995 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 Movie
Without Warning Dr. Mark Sloan 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
2012 The Doctors Himself

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 (2011). My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business. Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-0-307-59223-1. LCCN 2010043698. (Van Dyke's memoir)

References

  1. ^ a b "Dick Van Dyke, 86, Marries 40-Year-Old Makeup Artist". Article and video interview with Van Dyke and Silver, RumorFix.com. March 9, 2012. Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Dick Van Dyke Honored with 2012 SAG Life Achievement Award". Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Hollywood Walk of Fame". Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  4. ^ "DICK VAN DYKE TO GET SAG LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD". AP. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Famous Descendants of Mayflower Passengers". MayflowerHistory.com. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  6. ^ Adir, Karin (1988). The Great Clowns of American Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 219. ISBN 0-89950-300-4.
  7. ^ a b c King, Susan (December 6, 2010). "A Step In Time With Dick Van Dyke". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ O'Connor, Anahad (October 30, 2009). "Michelle Triola Marvin, of Landmark Palimony Suit, Dies at 76". New York Times. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ "Palimony figure Michelle Triola Marvin Dies" (Fee). Globe and Mail. 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  10. ^ "Pressure of job turns Van Dyke's hair gray". Altus Times. Google News Archive. April 21, 1982. Retrieved 2011-08-03. Chris Van Dyke prosecuted the so-called I-5 Killer, Randall Woodfield.
  11. ^ "Dick Van Dyke's Charity Work, Events and Causes". Looktothestars.org. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  12. ^ Brooks, Xan (2010-11-11). "Porpoises rescue Dick Van Dyke". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2010-11-11.
  13. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9779018/Dick-Van-Dyke-Id-go-to-work-with-terrible-hangovers.-Which-if-youre-dancing-is-hard.html
  14. ^ "VAN DYKE, DICK - The Museum of Broadcast Communications". Museum.tv. 1992-10-21. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  15. ^ "Welcome to Wits' End Productions—Your Figment...Our Imagination!". Wits' End Productions. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  16. ^ "Masterworks Broadway/Dick Van Dyke". Sony Music Entertainment. 2011.
  17. ^ New Orleans TV: The Golden Age, documentary produced by WYES-TV New Orleans Channel 12, broadcast 2009-07-18; published at WYES. See also WDSU Serves New Orleans Since 1948 and Dave Walker That old-time TV: New book celebrates 60 years of local stars.
  18. ^ "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!". Rundown. NPR. 23 October 2010Template:Inconsistent citations{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  19. ^ a b museum.tv
  20. ^ Brooks, Tim; Earl Marsh (2003). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  21. ^ "Dick Van Dyke's prescription for success". CNN. 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  22. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9779018/Dick-Van-Dyke-Id-go-to-work-with-terrible-hangovers.-Which-if-youre-dancing-is-hard.html
  23. ^ Van Dyke and Company
  24. ^ pbs.org
  25. ^ "Diagnosis Murder S8 | Universal Channel UK". Universalchannel.co.uk. 1925-12-13. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  26. ^ Van Dyke was unhappy because it became a vehicle for Ann-Margret, see "Dick Van Dyke Dances Through Life", Bill Keveney, USA Today, April 28, 2011
  27. ^ Staff writers (2003-06-30). "Connery 'has worst film accent'". BBC News. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
  28. ^ "How not to do an American accent," BBC News online 21 July 2008, accessed 22 Sept. 2010
  29. ^ "Dick van Dyke Plays Not My Job". Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!. 2010-10-23.
  30. ^ King, Susan (December 6, 2010). "A Step In Time With Dick Van Dyke". Los Angeles Times. Somebody sent me a British magazine listing the 20 worst dialects ever done in movies. I was No. 2, with the worst Cockney accent ever done. No. 1 was Sean Connery, because he uses his Scottish brogue no matter what he's playing.
  31. ^ "The Comic". Tcm.com. 1998-01-08. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
  32. ^ "Night At The Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)". Baseline. 2011.
  33. ^ "Past Winners Search". The Recording Academy. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  34. ^ "Amazon page for Faith, Hope and Hilarity". Amazon.com. ASIN 0385000510. {{cite web}}: Check |asin= value (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  35. ^ Barbershop Harmony Society - Honorary Members
  36. ^ Hafner, Katie (2000-06-22). "The Return of a Desktop Cult Classic (No, Not the Mac)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  37. ^ Hill, Jim (2004-08-11). "Do you think that TV legends can't master computer animation? Well then ... You clearly don't know Dick". Jim Hill Media. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  38. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Has Dick Van Dyke Rapping On His New Album". MusicRooms.net. April 12, 2010.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dick Van Dyke.


Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward LifeAchievement 2000–2019

Preceded by
None
 Actor to portray Caractacus Potts
1968 		Succeeded by

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Dick_Van_Dyke&oldid=535388802"