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Dick Van Dyke (whose full name is Richard Wayne Van Dyke) (b. September 13, 1925) is a noted television and movie actor. He is most famous for his starring roles on The Dick Van Dyke Show in the 1960s and Diagnosis: Murder in the 1990s.
Van Dyke's first major role was on stage in Bye Bye, Birdie in 1960, for which he won a Tony Award. He then got his own sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, which ran for five seasons -- in the starring role of Rob Petrie, Van Dyke won three Emmy Awards. He slowly transitioned out of television into movie acting in Bye Bye, Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), and What a Way to Go! (1964).
After the mid-1960s, Van Dyke was in a number of relatively unsuccessful movies (though one, a children's film called Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, is still moderately well-known). His career seemed essentially over by 1990 when Van Dyke, whose usual role had been the amiable hero, took a villainous turn in Dick Tracy. He received positive reviews that led him to star in a series of TV movies on CBS that became the foundation for his popular television drama, Diagnosis: Murder, which ran from 1993 to 2001.
Dick Van Dyke is the brother of actor Jerry Van Dyke. Dick's son Barry Van Dyke and grandson Carry Van Dyke are also actors: both Barry and Carry acted with Dick on Diagnosis: Murder.
Van Dyke received a Grammy Award for his performance on the soundtrack to Mary Poppins.
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