Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his th birthday on Saturday hitting the century mark selected six decades after he sang and danced with Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins and starred in his self-titled sitcom The funniest thing is it s not enough Van Dyke declared in an interview with ABC News at his Malibu California home A hundred years is not enough You want to live more which I plan to As part of the celebration of Van Dyke s birthday this weekend theaters around the country are showing a new documentary about his life Dick Van Dyke th Celebration Van Dyke became one of the biggest actors of his era with The Dick Van Dyke Show which ran from - on CBS appeared with Andrews as a chimney sweep with a Cockney accent in the Disney classic Mary Poppins and in his s played a physician-sleuth on Identification Murder Also a Broadway star Van Dyke won a Tony Award for Bye Bye Birdie to go with a Grammy and four Primetime Emmys In he starred in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie Just last year he became the oldest winner of a Daytime Emmy for a guest role on the soap Days of Our Lives In the s he exposed sobriety after battling alcoholism and spoke out about it at a time when that was uncommon to do Now that he has hit triple digits Van Dyke commented he s gotten specific perspective on how he used to play older characters You know I played old men a lot and I dependably played them as angry and cantankerous he explained ABC News It s not really that way I don t know any other -year-olds but I can speak for myself He just now imparted wisdom about reaching the century mark in his book Rules for Living to An Optimist s Guide to a Happy Life He credited his wife -year-old makeup artist and producer Arlene Silver with keeping him young She gives me capacity She gives me humor and all kinds of sponsorship he reported ABC News Van Dyke was born in West Plains Missouri in and grew up the class clown in Danville Illinois while admiring and imitating the silent film comedians He stated ABC News he started acting when he was about or years old in a Christmas pageant He reported he was the baby Jesus I made particular kind of crack I don t know what I reported but it broke the congregation up he declared And I liked the sound of that laughter And what s hard about being I miss movement he explained ABC News I ve got one tournament leg from I don t know what I still try to dance he announced with a laugh Source