Barry Van Dyke is an American actor and the second son of actor and entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, and nephew of Jerry Van Dyke.
Background
He is best known to audiences as Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan, a homicide detective and the son of Mark Sloan (played by Dick Van Dyke) on Diagnosis: Murder. He worked behind the scenes on subsequent ventures of his father, and has co-starred with him in two television series, The Van Dyke Show (which was cancelled after just six episodes) and Diagnosis: Murder.
Career
He has one older brother, Christian, and two younger sisters, Stacy and Carrie Beth. In the show, the characters" relatives were frequently played by real-life family members. 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.
He also wrote and directed several episodes of Diagnosis: Murder.
After Diagnosis: Murder ended, Barry appeared in the Murder 101 television films, again alongside his father. His other television work includes a starring role in the short-lived Galactica 1980 as Lieutenant Dillon, and appearances in Remington Steele, The Love Boat, Magnum, Philippine Islands, The Dukes of Hazzard, as Ace Combat Pilot and former M.I.A. soldier Saint John Hawke in the fourth and final season of Airwolf, The A-Team, Gun Shy, Murder, She Wrote, Mork & Mindy, and The Redd Foxx Show.