The Dick Van Dyke Show, which starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore, was one of the most lovable sitcoms of the 1960s. The show, which helped escalate both Van Dyke and Moore's careers, enjoyed five seasons on CBS and won over ten Emmys.

Both entertainers became household names and eventually became legends. In The Dick Van Dyke Show, Van Dyke and Moore played husband and wife. Moore at the time was only in her early twenties, while Van Dyke was well into his thirties. Their chemistry on-screen was remarkable, which begs the question on whether Van Dyke and Moore pursued each other romantically in real life.

Did Dick Van Dyke And Mary Tyler Moore Hook-Up While Filming The Dick Van Dyke Show?

Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore both spoke about having positive memories together during The Dick Van Dyke Show's production. According to Nicki Swift, they each have admitted that they felt attraction towards each other during the show's filming.

"I loved him. I loved his kindness...Everything about him I loved and I connected to", Moore said in a Larry King interview. Van Dyke also shared kind words about his co-star and explained his feelings about Moore in his memoir, "What wasn't to love? I adored her from the moment we were introduced. I think both of us had each other at hello."

Van Dyke went as far as to say in an interview that they both shared a mutual crush on each other, and would often laugh during The Dick Van Dyke Show's production. While Van Dyke and Moore shared similar feelings about each other, they never actually dated or hooked up in real life. Both Van Dyke and Moore were married during the show's filming.

Who Were Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore Married To?

According to People, Dick Van Dyke has been married twice and had a long-term relationship with a girlfriend starting in the 1980s.

• He first married Margie Willett in 1948, whom he was married to until 1984. During his marriage to Willett, Van Dyke met Michelle Triola and cheated on his wife.
• They eventually separated, and Van Dyke began to date Triola, whom he shared an over 30-year relationship with.
• After Triola passed away in 2009, Van Dyke began to date friend Arlene Silver, and they married in 2012.

Mary Tyler Moore also had three major relationships throughout her life. According to Hollywood Life, she first married Richard Meeker in 1955, when she was a teenager.

Meeker and Moore shared a son, Richard Meeker Jr., who was born in 1956. Meeker Jr. tragically passed away in a shooting accident when he was only 24 years old, which was among the worst tragedies in Moore's life. Moore and Meeker divorced in 1962, during The Dick Van Dyke Show's production.

Moore married again quickly after to Grant Tinker the same year.

• During their relationship, they co-founded a production company, MTM Enterprises, together in 1969, which eventually oversaw the creation of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

They separated in 1979 and later divorced in 1981. When Moore and Tinker's marriage deteriorated, Moore began to abuse alcohol, which led her to eventually go to a rehab program.

Moore married her third and final husband, Dr. Robert Levine, in 1983. Interestingly, Levine was Moore's mother's cardiologist. They shared an happy and long marriage until Moore's passing in 2017. After Moore passed away, Levine started The Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative in her honor.

According to Hollywood Life, Levine spoke highly of his wife in a candid interview after she passed away and said "the emptiness I feel without her with me is without bottom. She was a force of nature who fiercely defended her autonomy even as her health was failing. Mary was fearless, determined, and willful."