Actor and comedic icon Dick Van Dyke is 100 years young today.

The famed star sang and danced his way into America's heart through his illustrious career that has spanned nearly eight decades.

As part of the celebration this weekend, theaters across the country are showing a new documentary about his life, "Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration."

Van Dyke's work helped define a generation. He became one of the biggest actors of his era with the eponymous show "The Dick Van Dyke Show," which ran for five years on CBS.

American actor Dick Van Dyke sits on a couch and points at American actor Mary Tyler Moore who is seated across from him in a still from the television series, 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' circa 1961. CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images

Early in his career, Van Dyke was quoted as

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