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Image: FILE: Dick Van Dyke Honored With SAG Lifetime Achievement Award: A Look Back

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Dick Van Dyke

From his long-running TV comedy to his starring film roles, the veteran entertainer has done it all.

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Image: FILE: Dick Van Dyke Honored With SAG Lifetime Achievement Award: A Look Back

Meet your host, Dick Van Dyke

In 1987, Dick Van Dyke hosted the AFI Comedy Special on NBC. The special showcased sketches from recently discovered comedy writers.

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18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards - Arrivals

Newlyweds!

At the age of 86, Van Dyke married Arlene Silver, his 40-year-old makeup artist. The two attended the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2012.

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Mary Tyler Moore, Rachael Ray, Dick Van Dyke

Rob and Laura, reunited

Mary Tyler Moore, left, reunites with Van Dyke, her co-star on "The Dick Van Dyke Show," on the New York set of "The Rachel Ray Show" on May 5, 2011.

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Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences' \"Father's Day Salute To TV Dads\"

Father and sons

Van Dyke poses with his actor sons, from left, Barry, Carey and Shane, upon their arrival at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' "Father's Day Salute to TV Dads" in North Hollywood on June 18, 2009.

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NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke, Bill Cobbs, 2006. TM & Copyright  ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./courtesy Everett Collection

'Night at the Museum'

Van Dyke's film career has been a healthy one. Here, he stars with Mickey Rooney and Bill Cobbs in a scene from "Night at the Museum."

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Save this dance

Moore and Van Dyke reprise their roles as Laura and Rob Petrie in this scene from the "Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited." The reunion show aired May 10, 2004.

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Disney's \"Mary Poppins\" 40th Anniversary Edition DVD Launch Party - Arrivals

'Mary Poppins' anniversary

Van Dyke and his "Mary Poppins" co-star Julie Andrews celebrate the film's 40th Anniversary Edition DVD release party at El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2004.

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BECKER, Dick Van Dyke, Ted Danson, 1998-2004. episode Becker the Elder aired 2/15/99, (c)Paramount Television/courtesy Everett Collection

Look back at 'Becker'

Ted Danson and Van Dyke headlined the TV series "Becker," which ran from 1998-2004.

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Whipped into action

Not your average press shot! Moore and Van Dyke go the S&M route in a 1995 photo shot by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair magazine's "TV Hall of Fame" issue.

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Image: FILE: Dick Van Dyke Honored With SAG Lifetime Achievement Award: A Look Back

Is there a doctor in the house?

Another notch on Van Dyke's TV belt was his stint as Dr. Mark Sloan in the CBS crime drama "Diagnosis Murder." The series, in which a doctor solved crimes in his spare time, aired from 1993 to 2001.

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Image: FILE: Dick Van Dyke Honored With SAG Lifetime Achievement Award: A Look Back

Hollywood star

Van Dyke was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993. If you look closely, you can spot a typo: His name is spelled "Vandyke." It was later fixed.

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THE GOLDEN GIRLS, Bea Arthur, Dick Van Dyke, 'Love Under the Big Top' (Season 5, epis. #505, aired October 28, 1989) 1985-92, © Touchstone / Courtesy: Everett Collection

'Golden' guy

The hit show "Golden Girls" (starring Bea Arthur) played host to Van Dyke in 1989. He did a guest spot in the episode, "Love Under the Big Top" which might explain that clown nose.

VAN DYKE AND COMPANY, from left: Dick Van Dyke, Carl Reiner (aired October 14, 1976), 1976

Talking heads

Carl Reiner, right, guest stars on the short-lived 1976 series "Van Dyke and Company."

THE MORNING AFTER, Dick Van Dyke, 1974

'The Morning After'

Based on the novel, "The Morning After" was a made-for-television movie about a public relations writer with a serious drinking problem. At the same time Van Dyke starred in the 1974 film, he admitted that he, too, was an alcoholic and was seeking treatment.

THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, from left: Dick Van Dyke, Angela Powell, Hope Lange, 1971-74.

'The New Dick Van Dyke Show'

Airing on CBS from 1971-74, "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" -- and Angela Powell and Hope Lange -- was Van Dyke's first series return to television after "The Dick Van Dyke Show" ended.

THE COMIC, Dick Van Dyke, 1969

'The Comic'

Van Dyke teamed with Carl Reiner, his "Dick Van Dyke Show" writer, for Reiner's film "The Comic" in 1969. Van Dyke played a silent-film comic with an ego problem.

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, Sally Ann Howes, Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall, Heather Ripley, 1968

Disney days

Van Dyke stars with Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall and Heather Ripley in the successful Disney musical "Chitty Chitty Bang" in 1968.

DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE, Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, 1967

'Divorce American Style'

Van Dyke starred with Debbie Reynolds in the 1967 comedy "Divorce American Style," which followed a couple teetering on the edge of divorce, only to find out single life is pretty lonely.

THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dick Van Dyke, Carol Burnett, 1967-78, © CBS /  Courtesy: Everett Collection

'The Carol Burnett Show'

In 1977, Van Dyke had an 11-episode run on "The Carol Burnett Show," and is shown here with, from left: Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry and Carol Burnett.

LT. ROBIN CRUSOE U.S.N., Dick Van Dyke, 1966

'Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.'

One of Van Dyke's less successful films was "Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N." The comedy about a Navy pilot who becomes a castaway was released in 1966.

MARY POPPINS, Dick Van Dyke, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Julie Andrews, 1964

Grammy winner

Van Dyke received a Grammy Award in 1964 along with Julie Andrews for the "Mary Poppins" soundtrack.

Dick Van Dyke, left, and Mary Tyler Moore co-stars of The Dick Van Dyke Show pose backstage at the Palladium with the Emmys won in the Television Academys 16th annual awards show, May 25, 1964, Los Angeles, Calif. They won the best actor and actress in a series with their Emmys. (AP Photo)

Emmy duo

Van Dyke and Moore pose backstage at the Palladium in Los Angeles with the Emmys for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" at the 16th annual awards show on May 25, 1964. They won the best actor and actress in a series.

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BYE BYE BIRDIE, Dick Gautier, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, New York, 1960-1961

Music man

One of Van Dyke's earliest Broadway roles was as Albert Peterson, the lead in "Bye Bye Birdie." It ran on Broadway from 1960-61.

Dick Van Dyke, 1960s

American icon

Van Dyke will be recogized for his decades of work on the stage, television and in film at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27, 2013.

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