Dick Van Dyke, a multiple Emmy Award winner, was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995, more than 30 years after being launched into stardom by the 1960 hit Broadway musical "Bye Bye Birdie." After winning a Tony Award for "Bye Bye Birdie," he starred in the motion picture version of the play and then in the films "What a Way to Go," "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." He debuted on primetime television in 1961 in "The Dick Van Dyke Show," which ran for five seasons on the CBS Television Network and earned him three Emmy Awards. It was followed by "The New Dick Van Dyke Show," also on the Network. A subsequent CBS series, "Dick Van Dyke & Company," won him another Emmy. He also starred in the television films "Found Money" (with Sid Caesar) and "Daughters of Privilege" and a cable production of "The Country Girl." He created the character of Dr. Mark Sloan in an episode of the CBS series "Jake and the Fatman" and reprised it in three television films, "Diagnosis of Murder," "The House on Sycamore Street" and "A Twist of the Knife," all on the Network. He was born in West Plains, Mo., and grew up in Danville, Ill. He now lives in Malibu, Calif. His birth date is Dec. 13.