Fabulous Photos of Young Dick Van Dyke From His Early Career

Dick Van Dyke is an actor and comedian whose career has spanned seven decades. The tall, lanky actor has made his name on the stage, in films, and on television. Van Dyke wanted to be a politician but he abounded his ambition after joining the high school’s drama club where he developed his singing and dancing skills. His classmates included actor Donald O’Connor and entertainer Bobby Short.

He worked a part-time job in a local radio station and also enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Van Dyke started his professional career in the late-1940s with radio and television in Atlanta. He made his Broadway debut in a comedy show ‘Girls Against the Boys’. He made his debut into Hollywood with the role of Albert F. Peterson in the 1960 musical “Bye-Bye Birdie”, for which he won a Tony Award. The following year, he signed on to play comedy writer Rob Petrie on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’. In addition to his TV success in the 1960s, he appeared in many notable movies including the ‘Bye Bye Birdie (1963)’, ‘Mary Poppins (1964)’, and many more.

Van Dyke married his first wife, Margie Willett on a radio show called “Bride and Groom” in 1948. They divorced in 1948 after a long separation. The couple had four children. On February 29, 2012, Van Dyke married 40-year-old make-up artist Arlene Silver.

Here below are some stunning photos of young Dick Van Dyke from his early life and career.

#1 Dick Van Dyke in advance of his debut, 1955.

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#2 Young Dick Van Dyke posing on a chair, 1960s.

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#3 Dick Van Dyke in ‘Laugh Line’, 1959.

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#4 Dick Van Dyke look at ‘Laugh Line’, 1959.

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#5 Dick Van Dyke with comedians Michael Enserro Rod Winchell, 1959.

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#6 Dick Van Dyke with Teresa Wright and George C. Scott in “Trap For A Stranger”, 1959.

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#7 Dick Van Dyke at CBS studio, 1957.

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#8 Dick Van Dyke with Mary Tyler Moore, 1950s.

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#9 Dick Van Dyke with Mary Tyler Moore.

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#10 Dick Van Dyke with Flair models, 1960.

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#11 Dick Van Dyke with Edith Head, C Goodwin and P Light for promotional photograph for ABC Radio’s Flair, 1960.

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#12 Dick Van Dyke with Henry Fonda in the show ‘The Fabulous Fifties’, 1960.

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#13 Dick Van Dyke takes mambo and cha-cha dance lessons from Maria Karnilova. January 1960.

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#14 Dick Van Dyke, as a wall flower, 1960.

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#15 Dick Van Dyke with Stella Stevens, 1961.

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#16 Dick Van Dyke (as Thomas Craig) with a dog in CBS television program, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, 1960.

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#17 Dick Van Dyke (as Thomas Craig) Stella Stevens (as Judy) with a dog, 1960.

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#18 Dick Van Dyke and his children host a telecast of the 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz’, circa 1961.

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#19 Dick Van Dyke promotional photo for radio show ‘Flair’.

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#20 Dick Van Dyke with MaryTyler Moore in ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’. October 1961.

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#21 Dick Van Dyke with his children, Chris, Stacey and Barry, 1961.

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#22 Dick Van Dyke, 1962.

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#23 Dick Van Dyke with actress Julie Andrews in ‘Mary Poppins’, 1964.

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#24 Dick Van Dyke and Shirley MacLaine standing up in a jeep in a scene from the film ‘What A Way To Go’, 1964.

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#25 Dick Van Dyke with his wife Margie Willett in London in 1964.

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#26 Mary Tyler Moore Sitting on Dick Van Dyke’s back, as he lies on the floor.

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#27 Dick Van Dyke attends the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, 1966.

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#28 Dick Van Dyke disguises himself in a scene from the film ‘Fitzwilly’, 1967.

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#29 Dick Van Dyke sitting in a tuxedo holding a snifter glass in a scene from the film ‘Fitzwilly’, 1967.

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#30 Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Pinewood Studios.

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#31 Queen Elizabeth II meets Dick Van Dyke at the premiere of ‘You Only Live Twice’, 12th June 1967.

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#32 Dick Van Dyke in a scene from the film ‘Some Kind Of Nut’, 1969.

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#33 Dick Van Dyke laugh during a taping of Donahue’s show, 1970.

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#34 Dick Van Dyke with Julie Andrews performing in the ABC tv movie ‘Julie and Dick at Covent Garden’.

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#35 Dick Van Dyke on “The Carol Bunett Show”, 1976.

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#36 Dick Van Dyke with Tammy Grimes in a scene from the film ‘The Runner Stumbles’, 1979.

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#37 Dick Van Dyke with Kathleen Quinlan on the movie set of ‘The Runner Stumbles’, 1979.

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#38 Dick Van Dyke with Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam in ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’. June 1961.

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