Dick Van Dyke (1925-) is an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966) television show made him a superstar. He also gained significant popularity for roles in the musical films Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). His other prominent film appearances include roles in The Comic (1969), Dick Tracy (1990), Curious George (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014). His IMDb page shows 79 since 1957. This page ranks 19 Dick Van Dyke movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, bit parts and his movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by Mike.
Dick Van Dyke Movies Ranked By Combination of Box Office, Reviews and Awards (UMR Score) *Classic UMR Table (the one with all the stats is the second table)
Dick Van Dyke Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Happy 93rd birthday to the wonderful Dick Van Dyke!
Hey Flora….when I first saw you commenting on this page….I was thinking he had passed….glad to see it was a birthday shout out. Happy Birthday to DVD.
Dick Van Dyke or DVD has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list (amazing he is in Mary Poppins Returns in December with Meryl Streep). Back in the 60’s as a kid I went to Mary Poppins, Fitzwilly (yes someone went), Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang and in 71 I went to Cold Turkey. Anyway these are the actors on the 2016 list he has appeared with;
15 SEYMOUR CASSEL Dick Tracy (1990)
30 BEN KINGSLEY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
33 FRANK WELKER Curious George (2006)
43 JAMES CAAN Dick Tracy (1990)
49 CLINT HOWARD Curious George (2006)
92 PAUL SORVINO Dick Tracy (1990)
97 CHARLES DURNING Dick Tracy (1990)
108 KATHY BATES Dick Tracy (1990)
115 M. EMMET WALSH Cold Turkey (1971)
141 ROBIN WILLIAMS Night at the Museum (2006)
141 ROBIN WILLIAMS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
151 GARY SIEVERS Night at the Museum (2006)
155 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Dick Tracy (1990)
180 OWEN WILSON Night at the Museum (2006)
180 OWEN WILSON NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
183 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Dick Tracy (1990)
207 BEN STILLER NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)
207 BEN STILLER NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
213 MARSHALL BELL Dick Tracy (1990)
245 MICKEY ROONEY Night at the Museum (2006)
245 MICKEY ROONEY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
245 MICKEY ROONEY The Comic (1969)
262 COLM MEANEY Dick Tracy (1990)
301 BILL COBBS Night at the Museum (2006)
387 AL PACINO Dick Tracy (1990)
443 CARLA GUGINO Night at the Museum (2006)
455 SHIRLEY MACLAINE What a Way to Go! (1964)
468 JASON ROBARDS Divorce American Style (1967)
483 DORIS MCCARTHY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
484 WILL FERRELL Curious George (2006)
504 DREW BARRYMORE Curious George (2006)
523 HARRY FIELDER Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
548 HENRY SILVA Dick Tracy (1990)
548 HENRY SILVA Never a Dull Moment (1968)
550 ROBERT COSTANZO Dick Tracy (1990)
649 ALLEN GARFIELD Dick Tracy (1990)
660 ANN-MARGRET Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
677 BEAU BRIDGES The Runner Stumbles (1979)
686 PAUL RUDD Night at the Museum (2006)
716 HUGH JACKMAN NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
780 STEVE COOGAN NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (2006)
780 STEVE COOGAN NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
807 TERI GARR What a Way to Go! (1964)
809 ROBERT MITCHUM What a Way to Go! (1964)
828 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Dick Tracy (1990)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Fitzwilly (1967)
983 JAMES KEANE Dick Tracy (1990)
989 JENNIFER COOLIDGE ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (2014)
992 BERT REMSEN Dick Tracy (1990)
People on the 2000 list who have since fallen off and worked with Dick are;
67 PAUL NEWMAN What a Way to Go! (1964)
100 IAN WOLFE Dick Tracy (1990)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Dick Tracy (1990)
153 JAMES GARNER The Art of Love (1965)
165 R.G. ARMSTRONG Dick Tracy (1990)
234 AKIM TAMIROFF Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
245 SLIM PICKENS Never a Dull Moment (1968)
271 PETER BROCCO Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
271 PETER BROCCO The Comic (1969)
291 LEE GRANT Divorce American Style (1967)
299 FRITZ FELD The Comic (1969)
313 JAMES TOLKAN Dick Tracy (1990)
332 ANGIE DICKINSON Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
332 ANGIE DICKINSON The Art of Love (1965)
397 ELKE SOMMER The Art of Love (1965)
404 JACK ELAM Never a Dull Moment (1968)
412 SAM WATERSTON Fitzwilly (1967)
420 MAURICE MARSAC The Art of Love (1965)
420 MAURICE MARSAC What a Way to Go! (1964)
438 GLYNIS JOHNS Mary Poppins (1964)
444 GERT FROBE Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
458 WARREN BEATTY Dick Tracy (1990)
463 EDWARD G. ROBINSON Never a Dull Moment (1968)
467 VAN JOHNSON Divorce American Style (1967)
509 MARY WORONOV Dick Tracy (1990)
524 RICHARD WATTIS Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
530 NORMAN FELL Fitzwilly (1967)
535 FRANK CAMPANELLA Dick Tracy (1990)
578 KATHLEEN QUINLAN The Runner Stumbles (1979)
585 HAMILTON CAMP Dick Tracy (1990)
601 TOM SIGNORELLI Dick Tracy (1990)
607 VINCENT GARDENIA Cold Turkey (1971)
617 PAUL FREES Mary Poppins (1964)
617 PAUL FREES The Comic (1969)
618 JACK KEHOE Dick Tracy (1990)
650 ARTHUR MALET Dick Tracy (1990)
650 ARTHUR MALET Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
650 ARTHUR MALET Mary Poppins (1964)
655 HOWARD HESSEMAN Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
657 DEBBIE REYNOLDS Divorce American Style (1967)
799 MAUREEN STAPLETON Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
799 MAUREEN STAPLETON The Runner Stumbles (1979)
844 MANDY PATINKIN Dick Tracy (1990)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
879 TONY EPPER Dick Tracy (1990)
881 ROBERT DOQUI Fitzwilly (1967)
882 DEAN MARTIN What a Way to Go! (1964)
930 BING RUSSELL Dick Tracy (1990)
973 JEAN SIMMONS Divorce American Style (1967)
Dick worked with 12 Oscar winners before Meryl;
AL PACINO Dick Tracy (1990)
BEN KINGSLEY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Dick Tracy (1990)
JANE DARWELL Mary Poppins (1964)
JASON ROBARDS Divorce American Style (1967)
JULIE ANDREWS Mary Poppins (1964)
KATHY BATES Dick Tracy (1990)
LEE GRANT Divorce American Style (1967)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
MAUREEN STAPLETON The Runner Stumbles (1979)
PAUL NEWMAN What a Way to Go! (1964)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Night at the Museum (2006)
ROBIN WILLIAMS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB (2014)
SHIRLEY MACLAINE What a Way to Go! (1964)
Hey Dan….compared to the other list of the other 90+ thespian…Dick Van Dyke has lots of current young co-stars on his list…..that should keep him connected for a very long time. Sounds like you were a huge DVD fan in the 1960s. That had to be his most popular decade….between the television show and a solid output of movies. Looking at the second list…surprising that his first “match” is Newman at 67th. Night of the Museum is a great “connector” for all three lists. Dick Tracy was pretty helpful too. Only 12 Oscar winning co-stars….but a decent total since he has less than 20 movies on our table. Fun lists to look at….thanks for sharing this information.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the feedback. I wasn’t of course complaining about your scant attention overall to TV performers but just commenting on it as a fact. Heaven knows you give us enough great stuff as it is.
Hey Bob….understood.
Not as many films as I expected from DVD, maybe because he was mostly a TV personality? Anyway I did see one of his films at the cinema when I was young ‘wif me parents’ and that was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, I enjoyed it and even had the song album. I didn’t see Mary Poppins at the cinema but other family musicals I remember watching on the big screen were Paint Your Wagon and Bedknobs and Broomsticks… aah memories…
Okay I’ve seen 5 Van Dyke films from the chart – Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty, Dick Tracy and 2 Night at the Museums. All of them enjoyable.
Mary Poppins tops all the charts, as it should. Here in the UK that film was notorious for Dick’s terrible attempt at a London cockney accent. I remember one movie poll listing it as the worst on-screen accent in film history. Even Dick himself called it ‘atrocious’. Other contenders were Kevin Costner’s failed attempt at English in Robin Hood and Russell Crowe’s ‘oirish’ sounding Sir Robin of Locksley in er Robin Hood. 🙂
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
STEVE
Another contender maybe Richard Gere’s “Oirish” accent in The Bruce Willis flick The Jackal?
Good suggestion Bob….Gere’s Irish accent was pretty bad in that one.
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for the visit, the comment, the tally count and the sharing of DVD memories.
2. Tally count….bob cox 10, me 9, Flora 6 and you at 5…..wow….I did not think you would be last…..but there you are….lol.
3. I was just watching the attached Chitty Chitty Bang Bang trailer…I realize I have forgotten almost most of that movie…at least in regards to the smaller scenes….memory is a fickle beast. The granddad almost looks like the hunter in Jumanji (Williams version)…I wonder if they borrowed that look from this movie.
4. Yep…his number one movie was not in doubt….Dick Tracy being in 2nd is interesting….but his role is very small.
5. His accent is indeed horrible in Mary Poppins….but it was an accent I copied when I was younger….I used to say “bloody in an English accent all the time”. Not only that…I practiced my “bloody” all the time too.
6. At least DVD did the same accent the entire movie….Costner only uses the accent every once in awhile in Robin Hood. There might be a page in worst accents of all-time.
Good stuff.