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Dick Van Dyke is an American actor. He was born in 1925 at West Plains, Missouri. Dick Van Dyke shot to stardom for his role as 'Bert' in the 1964 film 'Mary Poppins', despite presenting the worse fake Cockney accent ever heard before or since.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a musical fantasy starring Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries and Gert Frobe in a story about an inventor who restores an old racing car, with some help from his eccentric father and two children. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was directed by Ken Hughes in 1968.
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Diagnosis Murder: A Town Without Pity is a mystery drama starring Dick Van Dyke in a story about a doctor investigating the disappearance of his newlywed daughter and her Arab-American husband. Diagnosis Murder: A Town Without Pity was directed by Christopher Hibler in 2002.
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Lt Robin Crusoe, USN is a comedy starring Dick Van Dyke in a story about an American navy pilot who is washed up on a desert island after abandoning his plane. Lt Robin Crusoe, USN was directed by Byron Paul in 1966.
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Lt Robin Crusoe, USN is a comedy starring Dick Van Dyke in a story about an American navy pilot who is washed up on a desert island after abandoning his plane. Lt Robin Crusoe, USN was directed by Byron Paul in 1966.
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Mary Poppins is a Disney musical comedy staring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber in a story about a London banker who looks for a no-nonsense nanny to look after his two naughty and unhappy children. But who hires Mary Poppins instead. Mary Poppins was directed by Robert Stevenson in 1964.
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Dick van Dyke is London Cockney rhyming slang for bike.
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Mockney is British slang for someone trying to sound like a cockney, and failing. A classic example of a mockney was Dick Van Dyke in the film 'Mary Poppins'.
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