Won Broadway's 1961 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "Bye, Bye Birdie."
He won a Grammy Award for the Mary Poppins soundtrack.
Rob Petrie, Van Dyke's role on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961), was ranked #22 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
The album "Songs I Like By Dick Van Dyke" was recorded on Friday, November 22, 1963. Early in the recording session the artists and orchestra were informed of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. In spite of the tragic news, and a deadline from Command Records that had to be met, the recording session continued to a successful conclusion - albeit in an emotionally-charged atmosphere. He said that he scarcely remembers the session because he was in such a state of shock after hearing the news.
In July, 1999 he was made an honorary life member of The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA), Inc. at their annual International Convention in Anaheim, California. He sings bass in a quartet called "The Vantastix" with his former wife's stockbroker.
In Britain, his attempt at a Cockney accent in 'Mary Poppins' is so notorious, that a "Dick Van Dyke accent" is an accepted slang term for an American's unsuccessful attempt at a British accent. Ironically, he is quite popular in Britain.
Released at the height of his TV success, and just before the release of "Mary Poppins," the album "Songs I Like by Dick Van Dyke" (Command: 1963) was actually a best-seller, remaining on Billboard's top-40 albums chart for several weeks in late 1963-early 1964.
He finally received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992. But when the star was unveiled, his name was misspelled on the star as "VANDYKE". Being a good sport he laughed, took a pen and drew a slash between "VAN" and "DYKE". The star was corrected soon after.
Became a great-grandfather on July 26, 2001, when his grandson Carey (Barry's oldest child) and his wife Anne had a baby girl named Ava.
Children: Christain, Barry, Stacy and Carrie Beth. Grandchildren: Carey, Shane, Wes and Taryn. Great-Granddaughter: Ava.
