Dick Van Dyke, the actor who played the role of the chimney sweep Mary Poppins (1964), has received a Daytime Emmy for his performance in the series Days of Our Lives.
Dick Van Dyke, the American actor remembered for giving life to the chimney sweep Bert in Mary Poppins (1964) by Disney, has made history in the last few hours during the 2024 Daytime Emmy gala.
Yesterday, Friday, July 7, Dick Van Dyke won Best Guest Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for his performance in Days of Our Livesa long-running American soap opera that has been on the air since 1965 and now broadcasts its new episodes on the Peacock channel.
In it he gave life to Timothy Robicheauxa mysterious and amnesiac man, who is helped by some characters from the series to try to make him recover parts of his memory, while we see the occasional musical number.
Dick Van Dyke is the oldest actor to receive an Emmy
But what has caught the most attention of the Emmy What Dick Van Dyke has won is not the award itself, but the fact that upon receiving it at his 98 years has become the oldest actor in getting it.
“I feel like a spy on late-night television,” Dick Van Dyke joked. “I am the oldest nominee in history. I can not believe it. He had been acting old all his life. If I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself!”
Dick Van Dyke added that he had a “great time” filming Days of Our Lives, and explained that during a serious scene he started laughing and “ruined the take.” “I’m 98 years old, can you believe it? This exceeds a lifetime of 80 years in business. I love you, may God bless you,” she said.
In addition to being the chimney sweep of Mary PoppinsDick Van Dyke also gave life to the old man Mr. Dawes Mr. in the movie disneya legacy that continued several decades later in Mary Poppins Returns (2018) playing the son of this character, Mr. Dawes Jr.
