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  • Dick Van Dyke walked onto the stage of The Masked Singer in 2023 disguised as a character called Gnome, and he was the first contestant eliminated. The show had promoted his unmasking as "the most legendary, decorated and beloved unmasking in history." When he revealed himself, the audience and judges gave him a lengthy standing ovation. Before leaving the stage, he sang his part from the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" as an encore. At 97, he was the oldest person ever to compete on the series. For a man who lost the first round, it was a remarkable send-off. What path leads from a small Illinois town to that ovation? Why do people still argue about one of his most famous performances? And what kept him working into his hundredth year?

  • Richard Wayne Van Dyke was born on the 13th of December 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. His mother, Hazel Victoria, was a stenographer, and his father, Loren Wayne, nicknamed "Cookie," was a salesman. He grew up in Danville, Illinois, and was the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke, who later played his on-screen brother. Van Dyke is a Dutch surname, though the family also had English, Irish and Scottish ancestry. The line traces back to John Alden, a passenger on the Mayflower.

    In 1944 he attended Danville High School, where he sang in the a cappella choir and joined the drama club. In the drama program he performed alongside Bobby Short and Donald O'Connor. That experience convinced him to become a professional entertainer, although he also considered a career in the ministry.

    The United States Army Air Forces repeatedly turned Van Dyke away for being underweight. He had left high school during his senior year to train as a pilot during World War II. He was finally accepted after eating numerous bananas and drinking a large amount of water just before the weigh-in. Pilot training did not last. He transferred to the Special Services, where he built and painted sets and performed for military personnel at Majors Army Airfield in Texas. He then worked as a radio announcer and was discharged in 1946. He did not receive his high school diploma until 2004.

    During the late 1940s he worked as a radio DJ on WDAN in Danville. In 1947 a pantomime performer named Phil Erickson persuaded him to form a comedy duo billed as the Merry Mutes. The pair toured the West Coast nightclub circuit with a mime act, lip synching to 78 rpm records. In the early 1950s they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and appeared on a local television show of original skits and music, also called The Merry Mutes.

    His television career proper began at WDSU-TV, the NBC station on Channel 6 in New Orleans. There he worked first as a solo comedian and later as emcee of a comedy program. His first network appearance came in 1954, alongside Dennis James on Chance of a Lifetime. In the 1957-58 season he appeared in two episodes of The Phil Silvers Show. A friend from his Army days, by then a CBS executive, recommended him to the network, and a seven-year contract followed. On the NPR program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Van Dyke said he had anchored the CBS Morning Show in this period, with Walter Cronkite as his newsman. The network that signed him would soon air a sitcom built around him.

  • The Alvin Theatre hosted Van Dyke's first Broadway appearance in November 1959, in a two-act revue called The Girls Against the Boys. Shelley Berman, Bert Lahr and Nancy Walker were among the performers. The show closed quickly, with just 16 performances between the 2nd and the 14th of November 1959.

    The next year he landed a far bigger part. Van Dyke starred as Albert Peterson in the original production of Bye Bye Birdie, which ran from the 14th of April 1960 to the 7th of October 1961. Chita Rivera, Barbara Doherty and Paul Lynde appeared alongside him.

    Critics were not kind to the show as a whole. Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times called Van Dyke "likable" but wrote, "As a production it's neither fish fowl nor good musical comedy. It needs work." Voters saw it differently. The musical won four Tony Awards, including Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Van Dyke in 1961.

    Hollywood followed. Van Dyke made his film debut in the 1963 screen version of Bye Bye Birdie, again playing Albert J. Peterson, with Lynde also reprising his role. Ann-Margret, Janet Leigh and Maureen Stapleton joined the cast. Van Dyke was unhappy with the adaptation, because the story now centered on a character who had been secondary on stage. The film was a success anyway. Variety wrote that Van Dyke "displays a showbiz knowhow far more extensive than his television outings communicate." He would return to Broadway in 1980, as Harold Hill in a revival of The Music Man.

  • Carl Reiner originally cast himself as the star of the sitcom he had dreamed up. CBS insisted on recasting the pilot, and Reiner chose Van Dyke to take over. From 1961 to 1966, Van Dyke played Rob Petrie, a comedy writer, in The Dick Van Dyke Show.

    The supporting cast was packed with veterans. Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert and Richard Deacon all had roles, and Reiner appeared as Alan Brady. Rob's wife Laura was played by 24-year-old Mary Tyler Moore. Van Dyke won three Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, and the show itself won four Emmys as Outstanding Comedy Series.

    Reviewers noticed his physical gifts almost at once. The Hollywood Reporter called him "a master of the double take" and praised one scene as "a masterpiece of timing and ingenuity." Years later, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly reviewed the Blu-ray box set released in 2012. He noted that Jack Benny's program had put a TV show inside a TV show first. Still, he called this "the first sitcom to meld the workplace sitcom with the domestic sitcom so seamlessly."

    The cast reunited in 2004 for The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited, hosted by Ray Romano. Van Dyke, Moore, Rose Marie, Jerry Van Dyke and Reiner all returned. Amsterdam and Deacon, who had both died, appeared only in archival footage. The special was heavily promoted as the first new episode in 38 years. It earned a Primetime Emmy nomination but was roundly panned by critics. In 1964, in the middle of the sitcom's run, he took on two roles in a Disney musical.

  • The credits of Walt Disney's Mary Poppins in 1964 list an actor named Navckid Keyd. At the very end of the credits, those letters unscramble into Dick Van Dyke. The trick was repeated in Mary Poppins Returns. Keyd was the bank chairman Mr. Dawes Senior, a role for which Van Dyke was heavily costumed to look much older. His other part was Bert, a man of many odd jobs who memorably ends up as a chimney sweep. That performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination.

    It also earned him a reputation for one of the most criticized accents in cinema. His attempt at cockney has been lambasted as one of the worst in film history, and actors have cited it as an example of how not to sound. In a 2003 poll by Empire magazine of the worst-ever accents in film, he came second. Only Sean Connery in The Untouchables ranked worse, even though Connery won an Academy Award for that role.

    Van Dyke has his own explanation. His accent coach, the veteran actor J. Pat O'Malley, was Irish and, in Van Dyke's words, "didn't do an accent any better than I did." No one warned him how bad it sounded during production. The film was a success on release, and its appeal has lasted. The song "Chim Chim Cher-ee," which Van Dyke performed, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the Sherman Brothers. In 1964 Van Dyke and Julie Andrews shared a Grammy Award for the soundtrack.

    The rest of the decade was uneven. Many of his 1960s comedies did poorly at the box office, including What a Way to Go! with Shirley MacLaine, The Art of Love with James Garner and Elke Sommer, and Divorce American Style with Debbie Reynolds and Jean Simmons. The exception was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1968, based on a story by Ian Fleming. Van Dyke played Caractacus Potts with his native accent, at his own insistence, despite the English setting. Sally Ann Howes co-starred, and the Sherman Brothers and the choreographers Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood returned from Mary Poppins.

    He knew his limits. In 1968 it was reported that the producer Albert R. Broccoli had offered him the chance to replace Sean Connery as James Bond. Van Dyke declined, asking Broccoli, "Have you heard my British accent?" The following year, his old collaborator Carl Reiner wrote him a part unlike anything in those musicals.

  • Carl Reiner wrote the 1969 comedy-drama The Comic especially for Van Dyke, and directed it as well. Van Dyke played a self-destructive silent film era comedian who struggles with alcoholism, depression and his own rampant ego. The part suited an actor who often spoke of admiring silent comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and, above all, his hero Stan Laurel. Van Dyke told the audience of the show Conan that he once phoned Laurel to confess he had stolen from him over the years. Laurel's reply was "Yes, I know." He also named Buster Keaton and Reiner as idols. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Conan O'Brien, Jim Carrey and Bryan Cranston have all cited Van Dyke as an influence.

    The film's portrait of self-destruction had a real-life echo. In 1972, after struggling with alcoholism for years, Van Dyke checked into a hospital for three weeks of treatment. In 1974 he earned an Emmy nomination for playing an alcoholic businessman in the television movie The Morning After. Only after its release did he reveal that he had recently overcome a real drinking problem. He admitted he had been an alcoholic for 25 years. He is sober today.

    Leaving Rob Petrie behind proved hard. The New Dick Van Dyke Show ran from 1971 to 1974 and cast him as a local television talk show host opposite Hope Lange. Reiner developed the series and Van Dyke earned a Golden Globe nomination. Even so, it was less successful than its predecessor, and he pulled the plug after three seasons. In 1974 he also guest-starred on Columbo as a murderous photographer in the episode Negative Reaction.

    In 1976 he returned to comedy with the sketch show Van Dyke and Company, which gave Andy Kaufman his prime time debut. It was canceled after three months, yet it won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Series. In the fall of 1977 he became a regular on The Carol Burnett Show, though he appeared in only half the episodes of its final season.

    The 1980s were quieter. He mostly worked in television movies, including a 1982 made-for-cable remake of The Country Girl with Faye Dunaway. In 1986 he played a murdering judge in the second episode of Matlock, starring Andy Griffith. In 1989 he played a lover of Beatrice Arthur's character on The Golden Girls, which brought his first Emmy nomination since 1977.

    On Larry King Live, Van Dyke named two roads not taken. He turned down the lead in The Omen, which Gregory Peck played. His dream role, he said, would have been the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.

  • In 1990 Van Dyke, who was usually cast as the amiable hero, played the crooked DA Fletcher in Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy. The part was small but villainous. The reviews it earned led him to the character of Dr. Mark Sloan, first in an episode of Jake and the Fatman and then in a series of CBS television movies. Those films became the foundation for the drama Diagnosis: Murder, which ran from 1993 to 2001.

    Family filled the cast. His son Barry Van Dyke played Dr. Sloan's son, Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan. Victoria Rowell, known from daytime soaps, played the pathologist Dr. Amanda Bentley, and Charlie Schlatter played Dr. Sloan's student, Dr. Jesse Travis. Grandsons Shane Van Dyke and Carey Van Dyke also appeared in episodes. Barry had already worked with his father in 1987, when Van Dyke guest-starred on Airwolf during Barry's season as its lead.

    After buying an Amiga computer in 1991, Van Dyke became a computer animation enthusiast. He is credited with 3D-rendered effects in the Diagnosis: Murder episode "Down and Dirty Dead" and in The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited. He has shown his computer-generated work at SIGGRAPH and continues to work with LightWave 3D.

    Music was another passion. Van Dyke became an honorary member of the Barbershop Harmony Society in 1999. Since September 2000 he has sung with a quartet called Dick Van Dyke and The Vantastix. They have performed around Los Angeles and on Larry King Live and The First Annual TV Land Awards. They also sang the national anthem at three Los Angeles Lakers games, including a nationally televised NBA Finals game on NBC.

    When Diagnosis: Murder ended, the work continued. A 2003 television production of The Gin Game reunited him with Mary Tyler Moore and was a critical success. That year he also played Doctor Doug Townshend on Scrubs. From 2006 to 2008 he starred as the college professor Dr. Jonathan Maxwell in the Murder 101 films on the Hallmark Channel, again with Barry. In 2006 he also returned to the movies, as Mr. Bloomsberry in Curious George and as the villain Cecil Fredericks in the Ben Stiller film Night at the Museum. A cameo in the 2009 sequel was cut and survives in the DVD special features. He played the character once more in the third film, in 2014.

    His recording career revived too. In 2010 he rapped on one track of a children's album called Rhythm Train, made with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and singer Leslie Bixler. In 2017 he released Step (Back) In Time, his first solo album since 1963's Songs I Like. Produced by Bill Bixler for BixMix Records, it set classic songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s in a jazz and big band style. That Christmas he also recorded a digital-only duet with Jane Lynch, "We're Going Caroling."

    In 2018 he played Mr. Dawes Jr. in Mary Poppins Returns, the son of the banker he had played in the original. When Marvel's WandaVision wanted to imitate the look of The Dick Van Dyke Show, its producers consulted him. In 2023 he was announced for several episodes of Days of Our Lives, and a CBS special called Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic celebrated his 98th birthday. On the 13th of December 2024, his 99th birthday, he starred in the Coldplay video for "All My Love," which he produced with his wife, the actress Arlene Silver.

  • On the 12th of February 1948, Van Dyke married Margerie Willett on the radio show Bride and Groom. The ceremony took place while he was appearing at the Chapman Park Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. They had four children, Christian, Barry, Stacy and Carrie Beth. They divorced in 1984 after a long separation. In 1976 he had begun a relationship with Michelle Triola Marvin, and the affair left him "writhing in guilt." They reportedly lived together for more than 30 years, until her death in 2009.

    On the 29th of February 2012, at the age of 86, he married the make-up artist Arlene Silver, who is 46 years younger. They had met six years earlier at the SAG awards. Silver later told People that she "didn't know a lot about him" when they met and learned more through his fans on social media. She began to connect him with those fans, which he had never really done before.

    Other family stories carry more weight. His son Christian served as district attorney of Marion County, Oregon, in the 1980s and prosecuted the I-5 Killer, Randall Woodfield. In 1987 Van Dyke's granddaughter Jessica died of Reye syndrome. In response he made a series of public service announcements warning of the danger of aspirin to children. He now has seven grandchildren.

    Faith runs through his life as well. In 1970 he published Faith, Hope and Hilarity: A Child's Eye View of Religion, a book of humorous anecdotes drawn largely from teaching Sunday school. He kept teaching in the Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, throughout his acting career. He also read theologians such as Martin Buber, Paul Tillich and Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

    Health scares have punctuated his later years. He was a heavy smoker for most of his adult life, and in 2013 he told the London Daily Telegraph that he had used Nicorette gum for a decade. In April 2013 he revealed seven years of unexplained symptoms, a pounding in his head whenever he lay down. He suspected titanium dental implants. On the 19th of August 2013, a passerby pulled the 87-year-old from his Jaguar XJ after it caught fire on the Ventura Freeway in Calabasas. He was not injured, but the car burned down to its frame. In December 2024 he had to evacuate his Malibu home during wildfires. He said, "I was trying to crawl to my car. I had exhausted myself. I couldn't get up. Three neighbors came and carried me out." The house survived, but the January 2025 Palisades Fire forced a second evacuation.

    The honors accumulated alongside. Van Dyke has won six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He joined the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993 and the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1998 Disney named him a Disney Legend, and after the death of Glynis Johns in 2024 he became the oldest living one. He received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013 and the Kennedy Center Honors. At the Kennedy Center ceremony, Julie Andrews, Steve Martin, Chita Rivera, Bryan Cranston and Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute. Laura Osnes sang "Jolly Holiday," and Derek Hough performed "Step in Time." In 2024, at 98, he won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for Days of Our Lives. He thus became the oldest person both nominated for and winning a Daytime Emmy.

    In an interview in November 2025, Van Dyke put his long life down to a positive outlook and the fact that he never gets angry. He turned 100 on the 13th of December 2025. Two documentaries marked the occasion. Starring Dick Van Dyke aired on PBS as part of American Masters on the 12th of December 2025. Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration then played in theaters on the 13th and the 14th of December 2025.

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Who is Dick Van Dyke?

Dick Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer, born Richard Wayne Van Dyke on the 13th of December 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. He became famous as Rob Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show and as Bert in Mary Poppins.

What awards has Dick Van Dyke won?

Dick Van Dyke has won six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. The Tony was for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Bye Bye Birdie in 1961, and in 2024 he also won a Daytime Emmy for Days of Our Lives.

What character did Dick Van Dyke play in Mary Poppins?

Dick Van Dyke played Bert, a man of many odd jobs who becomes a chimney sweep, and also the elderly bank chairman Mr. Dawes Senior. He was credited for the second role as Navckid Keyd, an anagram of his own name.

Why is Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins so famous?

Dick Van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins has been criticized as one of the worst in film history. In a 2003 Empire magazine poll of worst film accents he came second, behind only Sean Connery in The Untouchables.

What was Dick Van Dyke's long-running TV drama?

Dick Van Dyke starred as Dr. Mark Sloan in Diagnosis: Murder, which ran from 1993 to 2001 on CBS. His son Barry Van Dyke co-starred as Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan.

How old was Dick Van Dyke on The Masked Singer?

Dick Van Dyke was 97 when he competed on season nine of The Masked Singer in 2023 as Gnome. He was the first contestant eliminated and the oldest person ever to compete on the series.

When did Dick Van Dyke turn 100?

Dick Van Dyke turned 100 on the 13th of December 2025. Two documentaries marked the birthday, Starring Dick Van Dyke on PBS and Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration in theaters.

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  80. 81Dick Van Dyke Endorses Kamala Harris; Entertainer Reads Message He Delivered At 1964 Martin Luther King EventTed Johnson — November 4, 2024
  81. 82Dick Van Dyke announces presidential endorsement on eve of US electionGreg Evans — November 5, 2024
  82. 83Dick Van Dyke Says His Neighbors "Carried Me Out" During Malibu Fire EvacuationDecember 12, 2024
  83. 84Dick Van Dyke Says Neighbors 'Saved Me' During Wildfire Evacuation Ahead of 99th Birthday: 'I Was Trying to Crawl to the Car. I Couldn't Get Up'December 12, 2024
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  87. 88Dick Van Dyke: My Mystery Illness Was Caused by Dental ImplantsAllison Takeda — May 31, 2013
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