Legendary actor, singer, dancer writer and comedian, Dick Van Dyke, has been selected by the Screen Actors Guild to receive the 2012 Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Van Dyke, 86, will be presented with the award at the 19th Annual SAG Awards on January 27.
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard said in a statement today, “Dick is the consummate entertainer — an enormously talented performer whose work has crossed nearly every major category of entertainment. From his career-changing Broadway turn in ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ and his deadpan humor in the Emmy winning ‘Dick Van Dyke Show,’ to his unforgettable performance as Bert in ‘Mary Poppins,” he sets a high bar for actors. Stage, big screen, small screen, literally everywhere he has worked he has inspired millions of fans and has had a tremendously positive impact on the industry and the world. He is so deserving of this honor and I congratulate him.”
The Tony Award, Grammy Award, and five time Emmy Award-winning entertainer presented last year’s SAG Life Achievement Award to his former Dick Van Dyke Show costar, Mary Tyler Moore.
Van Dyke has four children from his marriage to the late Marjorie Willet Van Dyke. In February, 2012, he married 40-year-old make-up artist Arlene Silver, whom he met at the 2007 SAG Awards. The couple lives in Malibu, California.
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