Barry Van Dyke

Barry Van Dyke
Van Dyke in 1980
Born	(1951-07-31) July 31, 1951 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Occupation	Actor, Writer, Director, Presenter
Years active	1962–present
Spouse(s)	Mary Carey (1974–present)
Children	Shane Van Dyke Wes Van Dyke Carey Van Dyke Taryn Van Dyke
Parent(s)	Dick Van Dyke Margie Willett

Barry Van Dyke (born July 31, 1951) 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 Dr. Mark Sloan (played by Dick Van Dyke) on Diagnosis: Murder. In the show, the characters' relatives were frequently played by real-life family members.^[1]

Biography

Van Dyke'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 (which was cancelled after just six episodes) and Diagnosis: Murder.^[2] 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.

His 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.^[3]

Marriage and children

In 1974 he married Mary Carey; the couple had 4 children: Carey (born February 25, 1976), Shane (born August 28, 1979), Wes (born October 22, 1984) and Taryn (born June 1, 1986).

Partial filmography

• The Dick Van Dyke Show – Episode: "The Talented Neighborhood" – Florian (1962)
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show – 6 episodes – Various roles (1971–1974)
• The New Adventures of Wonder Woman – Episode: "Wonder Woman in Hollywood" – Freddy (1977)
• Tabitha – Episode: "Pilot" – Roger Bennett (1977)
• The Harvey Korman Show – 5 episodes – Stuart Stafford (1978)
• Mork & Mindy – Episode: "A Mommy for Morky" – Dan Phillips (1978)
• Galactica 1980 – 10 episodes – Lt. Dillon (main character) (1980)
• The Powers of Matthew Star – Episodes: "Winning" and "Endurance" – Coach Curtis (1982)
• Remington Steele – Episode: "Steele Belted" – Creighton Phillips (1982)
• Gun Shy – 6 episodes – Russell Donovan (main character) (1983)
• Magnum, P.I. – Episode: "The Big Blow" – Duke Davis (1983)
• The A-Team – Episodes: "The Bend in the River: Parts 1 & 2" – Dr. Brian Lefcourt (1984)
• T.J. Hooker – Episode: "Shootout" – George Collins (1986)
• Airwolf – 24 episodes – St. John Hawke (main character) (1987)
• The Van Dyke Show – 10 episodes – Matt Burgess (1988)
• Full House – Episode: "No More Mr. Dumb Guy" – Eric Trent (1990)
• Murder, She Wrote – Episode: "How to Make A Killing Without Really Trying" – Buddy Black (1990)
• Diagnosis of Murder – TV movie – Detective Steve Sloan (1992)
• The House on Sycamore Street – TV movie – Detective Steve Sloan (1992)
• A Twist of the Knife – TV movie – Detective Steve Sloan (1993)
• Diagnosis: Murder – 178 episodes – Lt. Steve Sloan (1993–2001)
• A Town Without Pity – TV movie – Lt. Steve Sloan (2002)
• Without Warning – TV movie – Lt. Steve Sloan (2002)
• Murder 101 – TV movie series – Mike Bryant (2006)
• Murder 101: College Can Be Murder – TV movie series – Mike Bryant (2007)
• Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses – TV movie series – Mike Bryant (2007)
• Murder 101: New Age – TV movie series – Mike Bryant (2008)
• 6 Guns – Direct-to-video – Frank Allison (2010)

References

External links

• Barry Van Dyke at the Internet Movie Database
• Barry Van Dyke at Fandango
• Barry Van Dyke at Intelius
• Barry Van Dyke at TV.com