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
Jerry Van Dyke him in supporting roles in "McLintock!", "Palm Springs Weekend" and "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". In 1963 Van Dyke was cast on an episode of "GE True", hosted by Jack Webb. When "The Judy Garland Show" was unsuccessfully revamped, Van Dyke left the program. He turned down the offer to play Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island", a role which instead went to Bob Denver. He rejected as well an offer to replace Don Knotts as Sheriff Andy Taylor's deputy on "The Andy Griffith Show". Van Dyke finally accepted the lead role of attorney David Crabtree in "My Mother the Car" (1965),