* 1928 – Dick Van Patten, American actor

Among the later shows produced at Desilu were: The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lucy Show, and Star Trek.

* 1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian

* The Dick Van Dyke Show

Moore is best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1970 – 77 ), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Laura Petrie ( Dick Van Dyke's wife ) on The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1961 – 66 ).

In 1961, Carl Reiner cast her in The Dick Van Dyke Show, an acclaimed weekly series based on Reiner's own life and career as a writer for Sid Caesar's television variety show, telling the cast from the outset that it would run no more than five years.

" Mary Tyler Moore recently stated on The Rachael Ray Show that she was actually 23 years old when she first starred on the Dick Van Dyke Show.

She had told producers that she was 25 because she heard that initially Dick Van Dyke had stated that she might be too young for the part.

In 1970, after having appeared earlier in a pivotal one-hour musical special called " Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman ", Moore and husband Grant Tinker successfully pitched a sitcom centered on Moore to CBS.

To arouse curiosity and nostalgic feelings, Dick Van Dyke appeared as her guest, but the program was canceled within three months.

In 2004, Moore reunited with her Dick Van Dyke Show castmates for a reunion " episode " called The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited.

She has appeared in a number of television movies, including Like Mother, Like Son, Run a Crooked Mile, Heartsounds, The Gin Game ( based on the Broadway play ; reuniting her with Dick Van Dyke ), Mary and Rhoda, Finnegan Begin Again.

Coincidentally, he was known as " Richie ," which was also the name of her TV son on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

* The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1961 – 1966 )

* The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited ( 2004 )

* 1961 – The Dick Van Dyke Show premieres on CBS-TV in the United States.

Paula is also a dog lover who raised awareness about National Guide Dog Month in May 2009 and she teamed up with Dick Van Patten to help people with blindness to have more independence through the help of guide dogs.

References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled " The Man from My Uncle ", References in other televison shows have continued over the years, including a 2011 episode of Mad Men, " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ".

The most prominent American TV series of the 1960s include: The Ed Sullivan Show, Peyton Place, Star Trek, I Dream of Jeannie, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Andy Williams Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, McHale's Navy, Laugh-In, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Tonight Show, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Flintstones, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lassie, The Danny Thomas Show, The Lucy Show, My Three Sons, The Red Skelton Show and Bewitched.

The plot of Gaudy Night was adapted to become the two-part Out of the Past episode (# 155 & # 156 ) of the American television mystery series Diagnosis: Murder starring Dick van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan.

* Dick Van Dyke

* June 1 – The final new episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show airs ( the first episode aired on October 3, 1961 ).

* December 13 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, dancer and comedian ( The Dick Van Dyke Show )

* 1878 – Dick Grant, Canadian runner ( d. 1958 )

* 1969 – Dick Togo, Japanese wrestler

* 1918 – Dick Gibson, English race car driver ( d. 2010 )

* 1928 – Dick Lane, American football player ( d. 2002 )

* 2004 – Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9 / 11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.

* 1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer ( d. 1971 )

* 1946 – Dick Murdoch, American wrestler ( d. 1996 )

* 1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator

* 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player ( d. 2005 )

* 1943 – Dick Halligan, American musician and composer ( Blood, Sweat & Tears )

* 1930 – Dick Sargent, American actor ( d. 1994 )

* 1979 – Dick Foran, American actor ( b. 1910 )

* 1945 – Dick Rivers, French singer and actor ( Les Chats Sauvages )

* 1739 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman ( b. 1705 )

Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson – panel from Batman # 84 ( June 1954 ), page 24

Eddie Milne at Blyth ( Northumberland ) and Dick Taverne in Lincoln were both victims of such intrigues during the 1970s, but in both cases there was enough of a local outcry by party members – and the electorate – for them to fight and win their seats as independent candidates against the official Labour candidates.

Then-Bengals defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau ( who would later be the team's head coach from 2000 – 2002 ) created the zone blitz in the 1980s in response to the West Coast Offense.

Sutcliffe ( 5 – 5 with the Indians ) immediately joined Sanderson ( 8 – 5 3. 14 ), Eckersley ( 10 – 8 3. 03 ), Steve Trout ( 13 – 7 3. 41 ) and Dick Ruthven ( 6 – 10 5. 04 ) in the starting rotation.

* Dick Nettleton 1967 – 1973

* 1928 – Philip K. Dick, American writer ( d. 1982 )