We had all week to rehearse. An audience would come in at the end of the week and we'd our little show. Most of the ad- libbing happened during the week on the show.

Amanda Bentley and an unfamiliar character actor and lifelong Van Dyke fan Charlie Schlatter in the role of Dr. He is credited with the creation of 3D-rendered effects used on Diagnosis: Murder and The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited. Life and career


Early and personal life
Van Dyke was born in West Plains Missouri to Loren (nickname "Cookie") and Hazel (born McCord) Van Dyke but he grew up in Danville Illinois.

Van Dyke received the The Life Achievement Award at the annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on January 27 2013. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. Van Dyke starred in the films Bye Bye Birdie Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the TV series The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder.