Van Dyke beard Van Dyke beard A Van Dyke (sometimes spelled Vandyke, or Van Dyck) is a style of facial hair named after the 17th-century Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641). A Van Dyke specifically consists of any growth of both a moustache and goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaven. Even this particular style, though, has many variants, including a curled moustache versus a non-curled one and a soul patch versus none. The style is sometimes called a "Charlie" after King Charles I of England, who was painted with this type of beard by van Dyck. "Pike-devant" or "pickedevant" are other
Barry Van Dyke Dyke (born 1925) and his first wife, Margie Willett (1926–2008). Van Dyke's television debut was as Florian, a violin-toting nine-year-old in "The Talented Neighborhood" episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" alongside big brother Christian. However, Dick Van Dyke advised his son Barry to wait before pursuing a show business career. Barry Van Dyke later told a reporter, "He told me that if I still wanted to act after I graduated high school, then it would be OK." Later, Barry Van Dyke worked as a gofer on his father's television series, "The New Dick Van Dyke Show", which debuted in