What Ever Happened To The Cast Of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'?

#1 What ever happened to the cast of 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'?

One of the best sitcoms in TV history. The series won 15 Emmy Awards in it's run on CBS. In 1997, the episodes "Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" and "It May Look Like a Walnut" were ranked at 8 and 15 respectively on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, it was ranked at 13 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time and in 2013, it was ranked at 20 on their list of the 60 Best Series.

#2 Dick Van Dyke (Rob Petrie)

After his enormously popular sitcom, Van Dyke starred in two more eponymous comedy shows: The New Dick Van Dyke Show and Van Dyke and Company. An admitted alcoholic, in 1997, Van Dyke was a regular on The Carol Burnett Show. He starred in another hit TV show, "Diagnosis: Murder," while garnering a variety of small film roles. In 2000, he began singing in an a cappella group, "Dick Van Dyke and the Vantastix." He became a computer animation nut after acquiring Commodore Amiga in 1991. In August 2013, his automobile caught fire, and he narrowly escaped injury. Rumors about the 89-year-old's failing health periodically circulate.

#3 Mary Tyler Moore (Laura Petrie)

Moore has made a career out of playing the bright, enthusiastic and somewhat naÃ¯ve female character trying to find her way in a man's world. Following her Emmy-winning stint with Van Dyke, Moore was cast as Mary Richards, a small-town girl hoping to find fame, fortune -- and a husband -- in the big city world of Minneapolis, St. Paul, in the wildly popular Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her show held the record for the most Emmys: 29. While appearing sporadically in cameo roles on TV, she appeared in the gripping film, "Ordinary People," for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Her MTM Enterprises was responsible for producing TV hits, including "The Bob Newhart Show," "WKRP in Cincinnati," "The White Shadow," "St Elsewhere" and "Hill Street Blues." Like her early co-star, she revealed in one of two memoirs that she was a recovering alcoholic. When she was 33, Moore was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. She has reportedly suffered heart and kidney problems and is nearly blind.

#4 Ann Morgan Guilbert (Millie Helper)

Ann Guilbert played hyperactive neighbor Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, and later Yetta Rosenberg, Fran Fine's doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s sitcom The Nanny. She began her career as a featured performer and singer in the Billy Barnes Revues of the 1950s and 1960s. She is now retired.

#5 Jerry Paris (Dr. Jerry Helper)

As the Petrie's next-door dentist neighbor, Harris had a small role. Behind the camera, however, his role was much greater, as a frequent director. Since the show, he was one of Hollywood's busiest TV directors, on shows like "The Partridge Family," "Here's Lucy," "Happy Days," "Laverne & Shirley," "The Odd Couple" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." He directed two of the" Police Academy" films. Paris died of complications following brain surgery, in 1986. He was 60-years old.

#6 Rose Marie (Sally Rogers)

A veteran of vaudeville and early radio and TV, Marie was one of the hard-boiled, wise-cracking writers on The Alan Brady Show. Following Van Dyke, she had a recurring role in "Murphy Brown," and co-starred with Rosemary Clooney, Helen O'Connell and Margaret Whiting in the musical revue, "4Girls4." She currently lives in New York City, and is 92-years old.

#7 Morey Amsterdam (Buddy Sorrell)

Dubbed in the show "The Human Joke Machine," Amsterdam had a long career on stage, in radio and TV, prior to landing his Van Dyke part. After the show, he made sporadic appearances on TV, including Match Game, "The Hollywood Squares" and "Caroline in the City." He died from a fatal heart attack in 1996 at age 87.

#8 Richard Deacon (Mel Cooley)

On the show, Deacon played the toadying producer who was brother-in-law to the make-believe show's star, Alan Brady (played by Carl Reiner). Richard Deacon. His distinctive bald, dour visage appeared on countless TV sitcoms throughout the 60s and 70s. A renowned gourmet chef, he penned a series of cookbooks before passing away in 1984, at age 63.

#9 Carl Reiner (Alan Brady)

Considered one of the funniest people alive, Reiner played the small but distinctive part of Alan Brady, the star of his own TV show. Since then, he's directed many hugely successful comedies, including Where's Poppa, Oh, God! and The Jerk. He's appeared in the remakes of the "Oceans Eleven" series, along with other movie and TV appearances. At age 93, the father of actor Rob Reiner currently resides in Beverly Hills, California.

#10 Larry Matthews (Richie Petrie)

Following his relatively brief stint on the show as the son of Rob and Laura, Matthews left show business to attend school, graduating from UCLA in 1976. He currently is a businessman, but has frequently appeared on TV discussing his experiences on the famous show.

#11 Jerry Van Dyke (Stacey Petrie)

Rob's brother, played by Dick Van Dyke's real-life brother. Stacey a quiet, shy, man is prone to episodes of sleepwalking, during which he becomes, literally, the banjo-playing life of the party, and calls his brother Rob "Burford". He has remained active in television over the years, appearing in numerous commercials, and on several top sitcoms. He can currently be seen as the grandfather on ABC's "The Middle".