Actor Dick Van Dyke

 


Veteran and Actor Dick Van Dyke!
Richard Wayne Van Dyke was born on 13th December,
1925, in West Plains, Missouri and grew up in Danville,
Illinois.
Van Dyke left high school during his senior year to join
the United States Army Air Forces for pilot training
during World War ll. He was denied enlistment multiple
times for being underweight. Eventually he was
accepted for service as a radio announcer before
transferring to the Special Services and entertaining
troops in the continental United States. He was
discharged in 1946. Van Dyke received his high school
diploma in 2004.

Van Dyke rose to fame as a performer on radio and live
theater, earning a Tony Award in 1961 for best actor in a
musical for the role of Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie
on Broadway. He became best known for starring in the
television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to
1966. During the series he also established a career
acting in films and starred in the musicals Bye Bye
Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964) and Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang (1968). Van Dyke also starred in the
television series The New Dick Van Dyke Show
(1971-1974), The Van Dyke Show (1988), Diagnosis:
Murder (1993-2001) and Murder 101 (2006-2008). His
other films include Divorce American Style (1967), The
Comic (1969), Dick Tracy (1990) and Night at the
Museum (2006). Van Dyke's other awards include a
Grammy Award and five Emmy Awards. He was named
a Disney Legend in 1998 and received the Kennedy
Center Honors in 2020.

Recently, Van Dyke starred in Coldplay's music video for
the band’s latest single, "All My Love," which sees the
98-year-old Hollywood legend dancing barefoot and
duetting with frontman Chris Martin.