A Hollywood veteran, an actor, a dancer, a singer, a writer and a producer.
Yes, it is all about him- Richard Wayne Van Dyke.
Over 70 years, he has been working in the entertainment industry.
He started out as a host on a radio and later appeared on Broadway.
He was gradually becoming more and more successful, slowly leading to a professional career on a big screen.
He got his own show called the Dick Van Dyke Show which brought him worldwide fame.
He can boast of all possible and impossible awards, like a star at the Hollywood Walk
of Fame, being a Disney legend and many others.
Dick’s mother, Hazel was a stenographer by profession.
The family was very religious and at some point, Dick even thought of a career in the ministry.
However, at high-school, the drama classes changed it all.
The father, Loren was a baseball player.
He met Hazel at a quite young age of 23 and very quickly they became parents to two children.
According to Dick, his dad was an extremely easy-going man, leading a carefree life until
Hazel made him get a proper job as a traveling salesman.
The famous TV host had a brother, Jerry McCord, who was also into the moviemaking industry
as an actor as well as a comedian and musician.
Before joining the US Air Force, he had been performing as a stand-up comedian.
Later, he appeared at his brother’s show and was even offered a couple of roles in
some minor sitcoms.
All this made him return to stand-ups as he was really good at it.
The comedian died to a heart failure in 2018.
Richard has been married thrice with Margie Willett being his first spouse.
They knew each other for a long time but couldn’t afford the wedding.
And so, a radio producer offered to help them if they tie the knot during the show.
This was a great opportunity for the couple and so, that’s what they did in 1948 on
a radio show called Bride and Groom.
The couple had been together for almost 4 decades and produced 4 kids.
However, having already four children, Dick got addicted to alcohol and a new lady because
of who he left the family.
That’s how his married life ended after 36 years.
Michelle Triola Marvin was a woman, who made Van Dyke leave the family.
She became his long term-partner in 1976 and their relationship lasted until her death
from lungs cancer in 2009.
In 2012, when the veteran actor was 86, he married a makeup artist, Arlene Silver who
was 40 at that time.
According to common friends, the two love-birds are very happy together, sharing many things
in common, like music, singing, etc.
The couple had been dating for about 6 years with Arlene working for Dick as a makeup artist.
Despite the age gap, they are still together till present moment.
In the first marriage with Willett, the celebrity has four kids.
Christian is the first child to a star.
He is an attorney by profession.
Barry was delivered in 1951 and is an actor.
All Van Dyke’s kids tried their skills in the filmmaking sphere, but only Barry has
a full time job as a movie performer.
He is married and is a father to four children.
The third kid with Willett is Carrie Beth.
She is known as the daughter of a famous actor and is married to an actor Kevin McNally.
The fourth child and the second daughter was Stacy.
She passed away in 2017.