Dick Van Dyke
Actor
Dick Van Dyke was a popular song-and-dance man in 1960s movies like Mary Poppins (1964), Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN (1966, with Nancy Kwan) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). On TV he's best known as the star of the much-loved 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show (in which Mary Tyler Moore played his wife). Van Dyke has starred in several other TV series, including the 1990s forensic adventure Diagnosis Murder (co-starring Scott Baio).Extra credit: The Dick Van Dyke Show was set in New Rochelle, New York; Van Dyke and Moore's characters were Rob and Laura Petrie... Early in the 1980s he began a long romantic relationship with Michelle Triola Marvin, previously known for her unsuccessful 1970s palimony suit against actor Lee Marvin.
Four Good Links
Dick Van Dyke Video Interview
The Emmys link to a 1994 six-part video on Google
People Magazine: Dick Van Dyke
Lengthy recap of his career from 1998, reprinted on a fan site for Diagnosis Murder
Reel Classics
Photos, audio clips, tidbits and good links to other Van Dyke sites
Dick Van Dyke Filmography
From the very thorough Internet Movie Database
Vital Stats
Birth
13 December 1925
(age 82)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Star of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show
