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Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. He was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. He has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievem…
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Born 13 December 1925 · Q310295
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2026· 11 entries
“The only true nominees are the people from Nomin.”
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“You can choose your friends but you can't choose your relatives. So choose friends with a lot of money.”
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“It is better to get a rose from a casual friend than to get a can of succotash from a hoodlum.”
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“Man is like the drifting snow. It comes down in small flurries and piles up against the door, and before long you can't get out of the house.”
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“The sun isn't always shining just because there are sparrows.”
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“Sally, you can't tell a book if the title's covered.”
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“If your heart is where the sky is bluest, then the sound of winter's twilight will be your friend.”
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Yahoo: Meet Dick Van Dyke's history-making girlfriend of 33 years — a romance that began as an affair
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Public attention spiked: 41,354 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.6× the usual 7,360, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Dick Van Dyke, 100, uses walker in rare appearance with much younger wife” (AOL).
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AOL: Dick Van Dyke, 100, uses walker in rare appearance with much younger wife
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2025· 7 entries
New York Post: Dick Van Dyke’s wife reveals alleged stalker has her afraid to leave home: ‘Don’t feel comfortable’
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Page Six: Heartbroken Dick Van Dyke ‘didn’t sleep’ after the murders of friends Rob and Michele Reiner
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The Guardian: Elastic limbs, fantastical accents and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100
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People journalist Liz McNeil stated that Van Dyke and Silver have been together "for nearly 20 years
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AOL: Dick Van Dyke explains physical challenges of turning 100, what's next in emotional interview: 'It's not enough' life
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UPI: Dick Van Dyke at 100: 10 roles that made him a legend
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And Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration, which was released in theaters from December 13 to 14, 2025
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2024· 3 entries
(in celebration of his 99th birthday), Van Dyke starred in the music video for the Coldplay song "All My Love"
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Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for Days of Our Lives (2024).
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At the age of 98, Van Dyke received the award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series at the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards for his performance on Days of Our Lives, becoming the oldest person to be nominated for and
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2023· 2 entries
Was honored with a CBS special, Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic, celebrating his 98th birthday
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Van Dyke competed in season nine of The Masked Singer as "Gnome" and was the first to be eliminated
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor and comedian Dick Van Dyke died in December 2022.” False.
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2021· 1 entry
Was honored with the Kennedy Center Honors, where he was given tribute by Julie Andrews, Steve Martin, Chita Rivera, Bryan Cranston, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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2020· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In June 2020, activists called for Dick Van Dyke to be digitally removed from "Mary Poppins" due to the actor's use of blackface.” Labeled Satire.
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (2020).
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He scares me." Van Dyke again endorsed and campaigned for Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
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2018· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Dick Van Dyke said of Donald Trump, "There are millions of people who share his anger, paranoia, and his hatred ... I think we have to stop a man who wants to be the dictator."” Correct Attribution.
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Britannia Awards (2017).
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Van Dyke released his first solo album since 1963's Songs I Like
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Daytime Emmy Award (2015).
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2013· 3 entries
It was reported that the 87-year-old Van Dyke was rescued from his Jaguar XJ by a passerby after the car had caught fire on the Ventura Freeway in Calabasas, Los Angeles County
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Awarded TCA Career Achievement Award (2013).
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Van Dyke received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2012).
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At the age of 86, Van Dyke married make-up artist Arlene Silver, 46 years his junior
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Writing, "The Dick Van Dyke Show certainly wasn't the first sitcom featuring a lead character who presided over a TV-show-within-the-TV-show—Jack Benny's The Jack Benny Program, among others, had beaten Van Dyke to that
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2010· 1 entry
Van Dyke appeared on a children's album titled Rhythm Train, with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and singer Leslie Bixler
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Put On a Happy Face”.
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2006· 2 entries
Van Dyke starred as college professor Dr
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And learned more about him through his fans on social media
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2004· 1 entry
And was aired on CBS as The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited with Ray Romano serving as host and Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Jerry Van Dyke and Carl Reiner returning
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2003· 1 entry
Portrayed Doctor Doug Townshend on Scrubs
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded The Life Career Award (2000).
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Disney Legends (1998).
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Van Dyke was honored by the Walt Disney Company with their Disney Legends award
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded American Comedy Awards (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
And then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995
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1991· 1 entry
“I just plugged it in and turned it on and started doing animations,”
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1990· 1 entry
Van Dyke, whose usual role had been the amiable hero, took a small but villainous turn as crooked DA Fletcher in Warren Beatty's film Dick Tracy
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1989· 1 entry
Guest-starred on the NBC comedy series The Golden Girls portraying a lover of Beatrice Arthur's character
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1987· 2 entries
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
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Van Dyke's granddaughter, Jessica Van Dyke, died from Reye syndrome, which led him to do a series of public service announcements to raise public awareness of the danger of aspirin to children
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1980· 1 entry
Van Dyke appeared in the title role in a United States tour and Broadway revival of The Music Man
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1977· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series for The Van Dyke Show (1977).
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1976· 3 entries
Awarded People's Choice Awards (1976).
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Van Dyke began his relationship with longtime companion Michelle Triola Marvin
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With the sketch comedy show Van Dyke and Company, on which Andy Kaufman made his prime time debut
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1974· 1 entry
Received an Emmy Award nomination for his role as an alcoholic businessman in the television movie The Morning After (1974)
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1973· 1 entry
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
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1972· 1 entry
After struggling with alcoholism for years, he checked into a hospital for three weeks to be treated for his addiction
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1970· 1 entry
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
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1969· 1 entry
Van Dyke appeared in the comedy-drama The Comic, written and directed by Carl Reiner
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1966).
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1965· 4 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965).
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Released ep “Mary Poppins: Bande originale du film”.
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“Dick van Dyke, ator americano, 74 anos, anunciando a aposentadoria”
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Released ep “Mary Poppins”.
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1964· 5 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album for Mary Poppins (1964).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964).
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Along with Julie Andrews, for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins
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Won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for Mary Poppins
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Van Dyke was cast in two roles in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins: as Bert, a man who goes through multiple odd jobs, ultimately and memorably becoming a chimney sweep; and as bank chairman Mr
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1963· 1 entry
Released album “Songs I Like”.
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1961· 2 entries
Awarded Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Bye Bye Birdie (1961).
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Won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in Bye Bye Birdie
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1960).
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1953· 1 entry
Began hosting a daily children's show on a local Atlanta television station
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1948· 1 entry
While appearing at the Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, Van Dyke and the former Margerie Willett were married on the radio show Bride and Groom
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1947· 1 entry
Van Dyke was persuaded by pantomime performer Phil Erickson to form a comedy duo called "Eric and Van—the Merry Mutes
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1944· 1 entry
Where he participated in the a cappella choir and drama club
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1925· 2 entries
In West Plains, Missouri, to Hazel Victoria (née McCord), a stenographer, and Loren Wayne "Cookie" Van Dyke, a salesman
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Born 1925-12-13.
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