Barry Van Dyke
Actor, TV Writer
1951 –
Who is Barry Van Dyke?
Barry Van Dyke is an American actor and the second son of actor and entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, and nephew of Jerry Van Dyke. He has one older brother, Christian, and two younger sisters, Stacy and Carrie Beth. He is best known to audiences as Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan, a homicide detective and the son of Mark Sloan on Diagnosis: Murder. In the show, the characters' relatives were frequently played by real-life family members.
Barry's TV debut was as Florian, a violin-toting nine-year-old in "The Talented Neighborhood" episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show alongside big brother Christian. He worked behind the scenes on subsequent ventures of his father, and has co-starred with him in two television series, The Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder, as well as subsequently becoming a star in his own right, building up an extensive filmography. He also wrote and directed several episodes of Diagnosis: Murder. After Diagnosis: Murder ended, Barry appeared in the Murder 101 television films, again alongside his father.
Barry's other television work includes a starring role in the short-lived Galactica 1980 as Lieutenant Dillon, and appearances in Remington Steele, The Love Boat, Magnum, P.I., The Dukes of Hazzard, as Ace Combat Pilot and former M.I.A. soldier St. John Hawke in the fourth and final season of Airwolf, The A-Team, Gun Shy, Murder, She Wrote, Mork & Mindy, and The Redd Foxx Show.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1951
Atlanta - Also known as
- Barry Wayne Van Dyke
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Mary Carey Van Dyke
(1974 - )
- Mary Carey Van Dyke
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Dutch-American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Atlanta
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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