Barry Van Dyke (born July 31, 1951) is an American actor and the second son of actor and entertainer
Dick Van Dyke and Margie Willett, and nephew of
Jerry Van Dyke
Jerry McCord Van Dyke (July 27, 1931 – January 5, 2018) was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.
Van Dyke had a long and successful career mostly as a character actor in supporting and guest roles on pop ...
. He has often worked with his father. He is best known to audiences as
Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan, a homicide detective and the son of
Dr. Mark Sloan (played by Dick Van Dyke) on ''
Diagnosis: Murder''. In the show, the characters' relatives were frequently played by real-life family members.
Biography
Barry Van Dyke was born in
Atlanta
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, Georgia, the son of
Dick Van Dyke (born 1925) and his first wife, Margie Willett (1926–2008).
Van Dyke's television debut was as Florian, a violin-toting nine-year-old in "The Talented Neighborhood" episode of ''
The Dick Van Dyke Show
''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' is an American television sitcom created by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons. It was produced by Calvada Product ...
'' alongside big brother Christian. However, his father advised him to wait before pursuing a show business career. Van Dyke later told a reporter, "He wanted me to have my childhood. He told me that if I still wanted to act after I graduated high school, then it would be OK."
[
Later, he worked as a gofer on his father's television series, '']The New Dick Van Dyke Show
''The New Dick Van Dyke Show'' is an American sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke that aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974. It was Van Dyke's first return to series television since ''The Dick Van Dyke Show''.
Background
CBS was so eager to have Dick Van ...
'', which debuted in 1971 and aired until 1974. While working on that show, he secured a part as an extra.[
He worked with his father again in the short-lived series '' The Van Dyke Show'' (which was canceled after six episodes in 1988) and then the long-running series '' Diagnosis: Murder'', which aired from 1993 to 2001. In both series, he had major roles. He also wrote and directed several episodes of ''Diagnosis: Murder''. After ''Diagnosis: Murder'' ended, Barry appeared in the '' Murder 101'' television films, again alongside his father.
Barry Van Dyke also appeared in many other television shows over the course of his long career. His other television work includes a starring role in '']Galactica 1980
''Galactica 1980'' is an American science fiction television series and a spin-off from the original '' Battlestar Galactica'' television series. It was first broadcast on ABC in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980, lasting for 10 ...
'' as Lieutenant Dillon, and appearances in ''Remington Steele
''Remington Steele'' is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from O ...
'', ''The Love Boat
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'', ''Magnum, P.I.
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'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard
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'', as Ace Combat Pilot and former M.I.A. soldier St. John Hawke in the final season of ''Airwolf
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'', ''The A-Team
''The A-Team'' is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court ma ...
'', '' Gun Shy'', '' Murder, She Wrote'', ''Mork & Mindy
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'', and ''The Redd Foxx Show
''The Redd Foxx Show'' is an American television sitcom that premiered January 18, 1986 on ABC. The show was cancelled after 3 months, partly due to low ratings in its Saturday-night timeslot (the eighth episode aired in a Friday-night slot). Alt ...
''.
Marriage and children
In 1974, he married Mary Carey; the couple have four children: Carey (born February 25, 1976), Shane
Shane may refer to:
People
* Shane (actress) (born 1969), American pornographic actress
* Shane (New Zealand singer) (born 1946)
* iamnotshane (born 1995), formerly known as Shane, American singer
* Shane (name)
Shane is mainly a masculine g ...
(born August 28, 1979), Wes (born October 22, 1984), and Taryn (born June 1, 1986).
Filmography
References
External links
*
Barry Van Dyke
at Fandango
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Barry Van Dyke
at Intelius
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1951 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Atlanta
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
Barry Barry may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name
* Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 19 ...
Living people