FrameThrower · Actors · Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
3 films · 241 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1964–2006
Born 13 December 1925 · West Plains, Missouri, USA
Richard Wayne Van Dyke is an American actor, entertainer, and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Golden Globe, Tony, Grammy, a Daytime Emmy, and four Primetime Emmys. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. He was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2021 and was recognized as a Disney Legend.
Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio and television, in nightclubs, and on the Broadway stage.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 241 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1964–2006
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award2012
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series1977
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series1966
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series1965
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series1964
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical1961
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series2024
- Kennedy Center Honors2020
- Britannia Awards2017
- Daytime Emmy Award2015
- TCA Career Achievement Award2013
- The Life Career Award2000
How their films are shot
Measured across 241 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Dick takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 51% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Dick takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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