Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98
Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98.
The actor was nominated Friday as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives.”
Van Dyke is the oldest Daytime Emmy nominee. Producer Norman Lear was 100 when he received his final Primetime Emmy nomination in 2022 and died the next year.
Among those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee’s “Neighbours.”
Van Dyke has won four Primetime Emmys, including three in the 1960s for his classic comedy series “The Dick Van Dyke Show.
