Dick Van Dyke Offers Fond Remembrance of His Younger Brother Jerry 8 Years After His Death Virginia Chamlee, Scott HuverDecember 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM 0 Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Jerry Van Dyke and actor Dick Van Dyke Dick Van Dyke is recounting fond memories of his younger brother, Jerry Van Dyke Jerry died in 2018 at the age of 86 Dick spoke about his brother's knack for cracking jokes at a charity event to raise funds to benefit The Van Dyke Endowment of the Arts and the Dick Van Dyke Museum Dick Van Dyke is reminiscing about his late brother Jerry Van Dyke's knack for...
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Virginia Chamlee, Scott HuverDecember 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Dick Van Dyke is recounting fond memories of his younger brother, Jerry Van Dyke
Jerry died in 2018 at the age of 86
Dick spoke about his brother's knack for cracking jokes at a charity event to raise funds to benefit The Van Dyke Endowment of the Arts and the Dick Van Dyke Museum
Dick Van Dyke is reminiscing about his late brother Jerry Van Dyke's knack for comedy.
Speaking at the Vandy High Tea at the Dick Van Dyke residence in Malibu, California on November 30, Dick said he has "a lot of memories about Jerry."
"The thing about Jerry, I could do comedy. You hand me a comedy and I could do it. Jerry was funny inside. He couldn't help it. I could do comedy. He was comedy," Dick, who turns 100 on December 13, said at the charity event, which raised funds to benefit The Van Dyke Endowment of the Arts and the Dick Van Dyke Museum, which is currently in development.
Jerry, the younger brother of Dick, died in 2018 at the age of 86.
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"Jerry was funny from the day he was born, he broke me up," Dick added at the event, which was produced by Chris Isaacson Presents. "I tried so hard to get him a series, but they wouldn't go for it."
Dick went on to recount some of the "great times" the siblings had had together, saying, "Did I tell the story about when we were out surveying? Our dad got us a job holding the pole, the guy sights on through the thing, surveying. It was like out in the woods. It was a snowy day. It was about 30 degrees and we were just sitting on a lawn freezing to death waiting for this guy to signal us."
"And Jerry said something funny and I started to laugh, but our faces were frozen stiff. We couldn't have any expression, so we started laughing," he added. "It was the worst. God, we had tears running down our cheeks. I'll never forget it. It's the hardest I ever laughed in my life. He could make me laugh."
Dick was the one who actually gave Jerry his first big acting credit, casting his brother as his own on-screen brother during a 1962 guest spot on The Dick Van Dyke Show.
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Jerry also worked as a stand-up comedian who performed on military bases around the world as a member of the Air Force, later appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Judy Garland Show and serving as emcee of a game show: 1963's Picture This.
Jerry famously turning down the title role in 1964's Gilligan's Island, and went on to appear in a number of TV sitcoms throughout his career.
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