Jerry Van Dyke

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Jerry McCord Van Dyke (July 27, 1931 – January 5, 2018) was an American actor, singer, and comedian.

He was Dick Van Dyke's younger brother who made his television debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show with multiple guest appearances as Rob Petrie's brother Stacey.

Although his infrequent guest appearances on poorly received sitcoms (My Mother the Car, one of the show's worst sitcoms of all time), he spent his entire career as a character actor in supporting and guest roles.

He portrayed Luther Van Dam in Coach from 1989 to 1997.

Early life

Jerry McCord Van Dyke was born in Danville, Illinois, on July 27, 1931, to Hazel Victoria (née McCord), a stenographer) and Loren Wayne "Cookie" Van Dyke, a salesman. He was of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish descent.

Personal life

Van Dyke married twice and had three children with first wife Carol; Jerri Lynn, Kelly Jean, and Ronald. Following heroin use, Kelly Jean committed suicide in 1991.

Jerry and his second wife, Shirley, lived on an 800-acre ranch near Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Van Dyke was an avid poker player and announced a number of poker tournaments for ESPN in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He appeared on The Dick Van Dyke Show as a four-string banjo player with several appearances.

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Career

When he joined the United States Air Force Tops In Blue in 1954 and 1955, Van Dyke began a stand-up comedy career while still attending Danville High School and was already a veteran of strip joints and nightclubs. Van Dyke spent his mid-eights with WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Jerry Van Dyke Show, which starred future CBS News Early Show anchor Joseph Benti, Nancee South, and Ben Falber, was a hit show. He appeared at military bases around the world, twice winning the All Air Force Talent Show twice.

CBS made him a regular on The Judy Garland Show following his first appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show and two others on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show. On the 1963 game show Picture This, he was also given hosting duties. In the same year, film audiences saw him in supporting roles in McLintock!, Palm Springs Weekend, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

Van Dyke appeared on an episode of GE True hosted by Jack Webb in 1963. Van Dyke left the show when it was unsuccessfully redesigned, especially when it was unsuccessfully redesigned. He turned down the opportunity to play Gilligan on Gilligan's Island, a role that was later assigned to Bob Denver. On The Andy Griffith Show, it's unclear if he was intended to replace Don Knotts as Sheriff Andy Taylor's deputy, although he did appear as a guest star in one episode. He appeared in a 1964 episode of The Cara Williams Show. Van Dyke later accepted the lead role in My Mother the Car (1965), a man whose deceased mother Gladys (voiced by Ann Sothern) is reincarnated as a restored antique vehicle. Despite the fact that the series was a commercial failure, Van Dyke continued to work steadily in the television and film industry throughout the remainder of the decade. Jerry Webster, a widowed comedian who buys a farm to raise his son while not on professional tours, appeared in another short-lived situation comedy Accidental Family (1967). Van Dyke was outraged when the show was sandwiched between poorly-rated Star Trek and filler documentaries on Friday nights, resulting in the show's cancellation.

He appeared in Love and Kisses (1965) and as Andy Griffith's co-star in Angel in My Pocket (1969).

Van Dyke returned to stand-up comedy in the 1970s. He spent a large portion of the decade touring Playboy Clubs around the country, as well as in Atlantic City, New Jersey, at Summerfest and Reno, Nevada. He has returned to television for guest appearances on Love, American Style, and Fantasy Island. On the season three episode "But Seriously, Folks," he portrayed Wes Callison, Children's Comedian, in 1973. He appeared in The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (1976) and 13 Queens Boulevard (1979). He appeared as a panelist in the pilot for Match Game's revival in 1989, which was hosted by Bert Convy.

Mr. Merkin, Jamie Powell's health tutor, appeared on Scott Baio's Charles in Charge in 1988. Vhe began portraying beloved, yet befuddled, assistant coach Luther Van Dam on the long-running series Coach in 1989. Van Dyke's "Outstanding Support Actor in a Comedy Series" received four Emmy Awards (1990 to 1993).

Van Dyke appeared in a sequence of Hardee's advertisements in 1995 to advertise the Big Hardee, and later in the 1990s served as the spokesperson for Big Lots. Big Jimmy, Jimmy Hughes' father, appeared on Yes, Dear as Big Jimmy. In 2008, he made a guest appearance on a My Name Is Earl episode, as well as in 2010 on the television show "A Simple Christmas" starring Frankie's father, Tag Spence. In November 2011, "Thanksgiving III" returned to Orson with Love in November 2011. "Thanksgiving V" in November 2013, "From Orson with Love" in November 2013, and "Flirting with tragedy" in March 2015. On the 18th episode of Raising Hope's first season, Van Dyke was also the object of Maw Maw's affections. In a December 2013 episode of The Millers, Bud Miller, father, was introduced by him to Margo Martindale's character, Carol. In his last television role on The Middle, Frankie's father appeared on The Middle, as well as his real-life brother Dick Van Dyke playing his character's brother.

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