The legendary Dick Van Dyke may have done a lot during his seven-decade career, but he just launched his first-ever guest-starring gig on a soap opera, Days of Our Lives, in an episode that aired this fall on Peacock.
The 97-year-old national treasure — who is only an Academy Award short of elite EGOT status — will portray a “mysterious man with amnesia” opposite Daytime Emmy Award nominee Deidre Hall and his gym buddy Drake Hogestyn.
Drake and I went to the same gym together. I used to joke with him, “Say don’t you ever have any old people’s parts? Come on, give me a part!” And he took me seriously. “He got me a part,” said Dick. Get to Hollywood Thursday.
I’ve played old people before, but old comedy. First time playing for my 97 year old self.
Van Dyke continued, “I started watching (an episode) and some of these people have been doing it for 20 years. This is about all the homework I can do is watch one and see how they did it. And the other thing is, you have to wait (a moment) because there’s this music thing and we said something exciting.
a surprise! The legendary Dick Van Dyke may have done a lot during his seven-decade career, but he just launched his first-ever gig on the series, Days of Our Lives, on an episode that aired this fall on Peacock.
“He’s got me a part!” The 97-year-old national treasure — who is only an Oscar away from the elite EGOT category — will portray a ‘mysterious man with amnesia’ opposite three-time Daytime Emmy nominee Deidre Hall and his gym buddy Drake Hogestyn (right)
On Wednesday, the white-haired triple threat — who has 1.1 million followers on social media — Share a behind the scenes video Create his own gnome costume from The Masked Singer.
Dick gave a shout out to his singing coach Amy Chapman, his assistant Jimmy Staley, and “all the behind-the-scenes staff and craftsmen, who put on such a fun and creative show”.
Van Dyke was the first contestant eliminated from the ninth season of the Fox singing competition on February 15 after performing Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin’s 1928 song When You Smile.
The founder of Vantastix also referred to his “everything” aka second wife Arlene Silver who is 51 years younger than him.
Dick originally met the Bronx-born, Los Angeles-raised singer when she was doing her makeup at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2007 where he presented Julie Andrews with a lifetime achievement award.
Van Dyke and Arlene celebrated 11 years of marriage on February 29.
It’s been a month since he “put his great-grandfather’s face four times in his steering wheel” while crashing his Lexus LS 500 into a gate in Malibu, causing a lip laceration that required two stitches.
Dick has good genes considering his mother, Hazel, passed away at the age of 95 in 1994 and he smoked for 50 years.
Van Dyke is best known for his memorable roles in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-66), Mary Poppins (1964), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and most recently, Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
Iowa fans can watch the veteran’s appearance in Robert Darwell’s documentary The ’90s Club, which premieres next Wednesday at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival in Dubuque.
On Wednesday, Dick — who has 1.1 million followers on social media — shared a behind-the-scenes video of creating his gnome costume from The Masked Singer.
BTS: Van Dyke gives a shout out to his singing coach Amy Chapman, his assistant Jimmy Staley, and the all-around behind-the-scenes crew and craftsmen, who put on such a fun and creative show.
The Final Product: The White-Haired Triple Threat was the first contestant eliminated from the ninth season of Fox’s singing competition on February 15 after performing the 1928 hit When You Smile.
11 years of marriage! Dick also referred to his “everything” nickname for second wife Arlene Silver who, at 51, is 46 years younger than him.
Still going strong! Van Dyke originally met the Bronx-born, Los Angeles-raised singer when she was doing her makeup at the 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2007 where he presented Julie Andrews with a lifetime achievement award.
Iconic: The Vantastix founder is best known for his memorable roles in The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966), Mary Poppins (1964), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) and most recently The Return of Mary Poppins (2018)
