Dick Van Dyke

TMZ has claimed the Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "managed to avoid serious injury" in the crash.

He performed a rendition of the standard When You’re Smiling in character as Gnome, and after his unmasking, led the studio in a version of the Mary Poppins favourite Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. [Dick made headlines](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-masked-singer-us-unmasks-unbelievable-showbiz-legend_uk_63edf84ae4b0808b91c4dff0) when he was unveiled as one of the performers on the US version of [The Masked Singer](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/the-masked-singer/). In 2018, he also made a cameo appearance in the Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns, and later voiced a character in the Jim Carrey sitcom Kidding.

Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke has been involved in a single-car accident in Malibu, California.

[TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2013/08/19/dick-van-dyke-car-accident-flaming-vehicle-fire-smoke/?adid=hero1) he was driving along the route when he noticed a car was on fire and had pulled up to the side of the road. [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/22/dick-van-dyke-car-crash-malibu/) reports that [Dick Van Dyke](/news/entertainment/dick-van-dyke-julie-andrews-kennedy-center-video/) didn't have to go to hospital and was able to be treated at the scene by concerned paramedics. [Dick Van Dyke](/features/dick-van-dyke-age-wife-son-net-worth-movies/) crashed his car after the vehicle he was driving 'lost control in the rain' and smashed into a gate.

'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' star was reportedly left with a bloody nose and possible concussion.

In 2018, he made a cameo in the Disney musical Mary Poppins Returns, a follow-up to the popular 1964 musical starring himself and Julie Andrews. While the actor has mostly taken a step back from acting in recent years, he has continued to appear in occasional projects across film and TV. He told TMZ at the time: “It just started making a noise, and I thought I had a flat at first, then it started to smoke, then it burned to a crisp.”

Dick Van Dyke has reportedly been involved in a car accident in Malibu, California. Thd 97-year-old actor was not seriously injured.

This is not the first time that Van Dyke has been involved in a car accident during his senior years. Police were called to the scene shortly afterwards. Alcohol was reportedly not involved in the crash, but police have requested that Van Dyke retakes a driving test due to his age.

The film and television icon is said to have sustained minor injuries but avoided going to hospital.

In an incident that could have been a scene cut from Mary Poppins: Beach Vacation, he said a group of friendly porpoises helped push his board closer to shore. This is not the actor's first close call. He did not sustain any serious injuries.

The 97-year-old actor crashed his car into a gate last week, after losing control of his Lexus in the rain. The Hollywood icon suffered a bloody nose and mouth, ...

TMZ was the first to report the accident, saying that the 97-year-old veteran of the big and small screen was behind the wheel of a 2018 Lexus LS 500. The car ...

Van Dyke and Silver married in 2012 despite a large difference in age. “I was positive they wouldn’t be able to guess who I was. [People](https://people.com/movies/dick-van-dyke-suffered-minor-injuries-after-car-accident-in-malibu-police/). “I had never even seen the show when they asked me. He was unmasked on the first episode of season nine after performing “When You’re Smiling,” a song that was chosen with help from his wife Arlene Silver, while dressed as a gnome. Paramedics treated him at the scene of the crash.

Hollywood legend Dick Van Dyke has reportedly been left bleeding from the nose and mouth and 'suffering with concussion' after losing control of his vehicle ...

Exercise is the answer." [Nicole Scherzinger](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/nicole-scherzinger) to tears as she she said it was "an honour" to watch him perform on the show. The actor is said to have been picked up by someone following the incident, so he didn't have to drive home from the scene. They're said to have cited his age as one of the reasons for the application. Dick is said to have lost control of his car after sliding on the road following heavy rainfall in Los Angeles, before crashing into the gate. Police responded to reports of a single-car accident and found the 97-year-old actor behind the wheel of a 2018 Lexus LS 500 which he had crashed into a gate.

Police said Hollywood veteran, who wasn't badly injured, smashed into a gate after he lost control of his car following a rainstorm in LA.

Paramedics treated him at the scene and he was then brought home by a friend. [The Hollywood veteran](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/celebrate-another-96-year-old-whose-brilliance-hidden-plain/), known for various TV and film roles including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins, told police his car slid on the wet roads and slammed into a gate. Mr Van Dyke’s Hollywood career spans seven decades across film, TV and theatre.

Actor Dick Van Dyke sustained minor injuries after crashing his car into a gate last week in Malibu, Calif.

He went on to appear in several films, including the movie adaptation of “Bye, Bye Birdie” (1963) and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1968). Van Dyke appeared in the original cast of the 1960 Broadway musical “Bye, Bye Birdie” and soon became a notable American figure with his role on CBS’s “Dick Van Dyke Show,” which ran from 1961-1966. I did it because I knew that nobody would have ever guess they’d have a 97-year-old guy on there,” he said.