van dyke starred in many movies; "bye bye birdie", "mary poppins", "chitty chitty bang bang" and "night at the museum" and in television series "the dick van dyke show" and in "diagnosis: murder". he has a star in the hollywood walk of fame. van dyke was once offered the role as ambassador thorn in the 1976 movie "the omen", but turned it down because of the movie's violent gory content.