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Dick Van Dyke

(1925) Singer United States

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Dick Van Dyke is a singer from the United States, best known for My lucky life in and out of show business.

Quick Facts About Dick Van Dyke

Born: December 13, 1925
Nationality: United States
Profession: Singer
Notable works: My lucky life in and out of show business
Known for: The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder
Spouse: Margie Willett

About Dick Van Dyke

Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, singer, dancer and writer. His work spans screen and stage, and his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993, and then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995. He was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. He has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2020.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Kennedy Center Honors The Life Career Award Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series star on Hollywood Walk of Fame TCA Career Achievement Award Army Good Conduct Medal Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series

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American Comedy Awards People's Choice Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Britannia Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Theatre World Award Disney Legends Daytime Emmy Award Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Quotes by Dick Van Dyke · Page 2

You can spread jelly on the peanut butter but you can't spread peanut butter on the jelly.

Jelly

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I wrote a little autobiography about how luck has to do with everything. It's called 'My Lucky Life In and Out of…

About

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Everybody knows that I'm shorter, but it doesn't bother me at all.

Bother

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I worked nightclubs all through my 20s, and I was a teetotaler.

Nightclubs

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So I think we're kind of an alternate choice for people who have had it with sex and violence.

Choices

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I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on!

Four

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When I auditioned for 'Bye Bye Birdie' on Broadway, Gower Champion said, 'You've got the job!' I said, 'Mr. Champion, I can't…

Broadway

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Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults.

Adults

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There aren't many pratfalls in comedy anymore.

Comedy

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We all know we're going to die. We're all circling the drain. Some of us are closer than others. I'm 90, I…

Dies

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I would love to be Moses.

Love

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Do you know that I was the anchor on the 'CBS Morning Show?' And my newsman was Walter Cronkite.

Anchors

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In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

Exercise

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As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a…

About

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I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's…

Actors

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I watch 'Al Jazeera.' They have news that you can't find anywhere else. They do great documentaries, too.

Als

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I wasn't a falling-in-the-gutter type. I drank at home because it relaxed me. I was shy around new people, but after a…

Drank

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“Over the past year, I have realized something about myself. I suffer from a form of claustrophobia: I hate being at home…

People person

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I'm always announcing my retirement. I'm still not retired.

Announcing

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My brother and I laughed a lot as kids. We came up in the middle of the Depression, and neither one of…

Brother

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10 years ago, I would've host Saturday Night Live. But to me, the show has declined. For some reason, humor isn't what…

Host

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I think the biggest mistake - I was always a big fan of Cary Grant, and he asked me to do a…

Big fan

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I sing and dance. That's my job.

Dance

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I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as…

Business

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A lot of violence, a lot of gore in it, and I just didn't want to do that kind of thing.

Gore

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Dick Van Dyke by topic

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