1925: Happy birthday Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke was born on this day in 1925.

Most of us met him through The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of the best sit-coms of the 1960s.   He played Rob Petrie, a TV comedy writer.  His wife was the very pretty Mary Tyler Moore.  It was a great show!

He was also in several other movies, such as “Bye Bye Birdie”, “Mary Poppins“,  and a few others:

“In addition to his TV success in the 1960s, Van Dyke appeared in a string of movies, including the 1963 big-screen adaptation of Bye Bye Birdie, which co-starred Ann-Margret and Janet Leigh. 
The following year, he appeared as the charming chimney sweep Bert in Walt Disney’s movie musical Mary Poppins, which featured Julie Andrews, in her feature film debut, as the umbrella-toting super nanny. The film, now a beloved cinematic classic, earned 13 Academy Award nominations and took home five Oscars, including Best Actress for Andrews. 
Though Van Dyke received positive reviews for his singing and dancing, critics skewered him for his bad English accent. 
In 1968, Van Dyke had another hit movie musical with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, in which he plays the eccentric inventor Caratacus Potts, who develops a magic car. 
The film’s screenplay was co-written by Roald Dahl, the best-selling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

Click for The Dick Van Dyke show: HERE!