What was the first name of Dick Van Dyke’s Cockney character in ‘Mary Poppins’?
Mary Poppins (character) Banks children of whom she is in charge. Mary also has a friendship with Bert (Dick Van Dyke), a jack-of-all-trades who is quite at home with Mary's brand of magic. She also is less vain and selfish (although there are a couple of references to her vanity when she replaces a dingy wall mirror with a more elegant one, and sings a duet with her reflection), and far more sympathetic towards the two children than the nanny in the original stories. Emily Blunt portrayed Mary Poppins in the sequel "Mary Poppins Returns". In both the West End and Broadway versions
Dick Van Dyke Dick Van Dyke Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer, whose entertainment career has spanned seven decades. He first gained recognition on radio and Broadway, then he became known for his role as Rob Petrie on the CBS television sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show", which ran from 1961 to 1966. He also gained significant popularity for roles in the musical films "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963), "Mary Poppins" (1964), "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (1968), and "Mary Poppins Returns" (2018). His other prominent film appearances include roles in "The Comic" (1969), "Dick