Dick Van Dyke

Richard Wayne (Dick) Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor best known for playing "Bert" in Mary Poppins (early 1960s).

He also had his own sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, on CBS.

In 2024 he won a Daytime Emmy for a guest appearance on the soap opera Days of Our Lives; at age 98 he is the oldest Emmy winner.

## Quotes[edit]

* "When I was a teenager, I modelled myself after the way Fred Astaire or Cary Grant dressed. Now kids emulate street gangs. They like to dress like hoods. That's just a reversal. They're picking the wrong role models."