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Article: Van Dyke, Dick
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography
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Dick Van Dyke
American funnyman Dick Van Dyke (born 1925) was a virtual unknown in 1961 when
The Dick Van Dyke Show
hit the airwaves. Over the next five years, Van Dyke used his comedic timing, good looks and bumbling husband act to turn the show into a legendary classic with timeless appeal. Forty years after it first aired,
The Dick Van Dyke Show
continued its run on television as a popular rerun. Though Van Dyke was best known for his TV show, this legendary comic also made several hit movies, including the musical comedies
Mary Poppins
and
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Acted in Hometown Performances as Child
Richard Wayne Van Dyke, known as Dick, was born December ...
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Article: Dick Van Dyke to quit TV after this season
Chicago Sun-Times;
October 26, 2000 ;
387 words
...WASHINGTON Dick Van Dyke says he plans to retire from television ... debut of the hugely successful "The Dick Van Dyke Show," in which the actor played ... was in Washington to help honor "Dick Van Dyke Show" creator Carl Reiner, who was ...
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