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Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, entertainer, and comedian. His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the recipient of multiple awards, including a Golden Globe, Tony, Grammy, a Daytime Emmy, and four Primetime Emmys. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. He was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2013, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2021 and was recognized as a Disney Legend. Van Dyke began his career as an entertainer on radio and television, in nightclubs, and on the Broadway stage. In 1961, he starred in the original production of Bye Bye Birdie, a role which earned him the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Carl Reiner then cast him as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show from 1961 to 1966, which made him a household name. He went on to star in the movie musicals Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Mary Poppins (1964), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and in the comedy-drama The Comic (1969). Van Dyke also made guest appearances on television programs Columbo (1974) and The Carol Burnett Show (1977), and starred in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–74), Diagnosis: Murder (1993–2001), and Murder 101 (2006–08). Van Dyke has also made appearances in the films Dick Tracy (1990), Curious George (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
Dick Van Dyke
Stoddard Thorsen
for Stoddard Thorsen in American Hustle (1975)
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Set in 1975, we’re introduced to Irving Rosenfeld, a brilliant but slovenly con artist, and his seductive “British” partner, Sydney Prosser, who adopts the alias Lady Edith Greensly. Their lucrative loan-scamming operation is busted by ambitious, volatile FBI agent Richie DiMaso, who subsequently forces the pair to cooperate in a high-stakes sting operation targeting corrupt politicians. This operation, nicknamed Abscam, requires Irving and Sydney to use their skills to lure unsuspecting targets, most notably the sincere but desperate New Jersey Mayor Carmine Polito, into accepting bribes from a fictional, wealthy Arab Sheikh. As the operation escalates, the personal and professional lines blur. Complications mount due to the unpredictable behavior of Irving's highly unstable wife, Rosalyn, whose careless talk and jealousy threaten to expose the entire operation to the mafia. Agent DiMaso's increasing self-importance and recklessness also push the boundaries of legality, putting Irving and Sydney in genuine danger. Ultimately, Irving must out-hustle the FBI, the politicians, and even his own wife, by orchestrating a final, layered con that ensures his and Sydney's survival, resulting in a lighter sentence and their collective escape from the tangled mess.
