Dick Van Dyke vs. Dick York vs. Dick Sargent

[elperromagico]

Poll question: Dick Van Dyke vs. Dick York vs. Dick Sargent

Inspired by the Mary Tyler Moore/Elizabeth Montgomery battle royale going on elsewhere in the Lounge.

Who's "hotter"? And no cracks about the body temperature of corpses, please. :P

[Sanity Claws]

1. Dick Van Dyke

The other two were colorless and without much personality, at least in comparison to Mr. Van Dyke.

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. It's a Dickfight!

[ktowntennesseedem]

3. Van Dyke, hands down.

York would be a strong second, easily beating out Sargent in a two-way match up. Never cared for Sargent, whined all the time, and when he didn't looked like he was about to start.

[WI_DEM]

4. Van Dyke and York were the two best comedic actors on TV

in leading roles during the 60's, imo.

[terrya]

5. Dick Van Dyke. Van Dyke did it all...comedy, drama, musicals...

Quite a talented performer, IMO.

[elperromagico]

6. Everything... but a Cockney accent.

God, that accent was awful. :P

[terrya]

8. True enough. :-)

But a pretty decent song and dance man, overall.

[WI_DEM]

7. I agree

and while Van Dyke is more well known--I have to add that Dick York also did it all: On broadway in "Tea and Sympathy" (tony nomination) and "Bus Stop". Singing and dancing in "My Sister Eileen", as a cowboy in "Cowboy", slapstick comedy in "Operation Madball" and drama as the protagonist in "Inherit the Wind". On television he did many wonderful performances on "Twilight Zone" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" but of course it is "Bewitched" and his hyper yet romantic Darrin Stephens which most people know him.

[terrya]

9. Oh, "Inherit the Wind" is one of my favorite films.

Dick York was far, far more than "Bewitched". Good actor.

[elperromagico]

11. And the fact that he was so talented makes the conclusion of his career

that much more tragic. You probably know the story; he was plagued by an agonizing back injury - it's a wonder that he managed to stay on Bewitched for so long, as there were times when he could barely stand, let alone do the physical comedy his role often called for - and developed an addiction to painkillers.

After Bewitched, he appeared on maybe three or four TV shows, and died in virtual poverty. He was crippled by his back condition and, worse still, had emphysema.

But what touched me was that, despite the misery of his condition, he spent the final years of his life working to help the homeless. My pro-York bias stems at least partially from that fact.

[JAbuchan08]

10. Dick York did some drama too!

I vaguely remember him being in a World War 2 picture. Plus he was much more believable as the husband of a witch and he had big ears before Will Smith made it possible.

[AlCzervik]

12. no one can trip over a hassock like Van Dyke

[Bucky]

13. Dick Solomon

"But no, Mary, that's not what I mean at all!"