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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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J Pat O'Malley was an Irish born American actor. He appeared in the 1976 comedy 'The Gumball Rally' and also 'Mary Poppins'. Starting work in British music halls, he moved to the USA during the Second World War and went on to provide voices for animated comedy films.
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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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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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