What is Barry Van Dyke’s net worth?
Barry Van Dyke, son of the award-winning actor Dick Van Dyke and nephew of comedian and actor Jerry Van Dyke, has a net worth of $6 million dollars. He is best known for portraying Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan on Diagnosis: Murder.
Van Dyke has also had co-starring or starring roles on several popular television shows, including Wonder Woman, Tabitha, What’s Up Doc?, Mork & Mindy, Galactica 1980, Remington Steele, Magnum, P.I., Gun Shy, The A-Team, The Love Boat, Airwolf, Full House, and Murder, She Wrote.
Barry Van Dyke: Early Life and Acting Career
Barry Van Dyke was born on July 31, 1951 in Atlanta, Georgia to Margie Willett and actor Dick Van Dyke. He grew up in a family of actors with an older brother and two younger sisters. Van Dyke’s acting career began early when he made his TV debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show alongside his brother at the age of nine. He attended Pierce Junior College in Los Angeles where he majored in Theater Arts.
Despite often appearing in TV programs with his father, Dick Van Dyke advised Barry to wait until high school before pursuing an acting career. His uncle on his father’s side is Jerry Van Dyke.
Barry Van Dyke’s Acting Career
Barry Van Dyke started his acting career as a gofer on his dad’s TV show “The New Dick Van Dyke Show” and secured a part as an extra in several episodes of the show. He acted alongside his father again in the series “The Van Dyke Show,” but it was canceled after just six episodes, in 1988.
Barry then landed the major role of Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan in the series “Diagnosis: Murder,” where he acted alongside his father, who played his father Dr. Mark Sloan. The show aired from 1993 to 2001, and Van Dyke even wrote and directed several episodes of the show. After Diagnosis Murder came to an end, he appeared again alongside Dick in several “Murder 101” made-for-TV films.
Over the course of his long career, Barry appeared in many TV shows such as “The Love Boat,” “The Dukes of Hazard,” “Mork & Mindy,” “Murder She Wrote,” “Remington Steel,” and “The Redd Foxx Show.” His films include “Ants” in 1977, “Casino” in 1980, and 1983’s “Foxfire Light.”
Family and Hobbies
Barry Van Dyke has been married to Mary Carey since 1974 and the couple has four children: Carey (b. 1976), Shane (b. 1979), Wes (b. 1985) and Taryn (b. 1986). All four children have appeared on “Diagnosis Murder,” a show that Barry wrote for and acted in, alongside their father and grandfather.
In addition to his acting career, Van Dyke is an enthusiast of motorcycles, dirt bikes, and surfing. He has taken part in protest rides to advocate for motorcyclists’ rights to use public lands.
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