Dick Van Dyke, 90, reveals the secret to his eternal youthfulness: 'I married someone less than half my age'

By Jeremy Helligar|

Dick Van Dyke has discovered an interesting fountain of youth.

Dick Van Dyke is a legendary TV and movie performer who has been entertaining audiences for centuries decades and must have tons of juicy backstage stories to show for it.

But what we all want to know, is how he manages to stay so incredibly sprightly at 90. Dick finally revealed his secret to eternal youthfulness during an interview with the US Today show.

"I married someone less than half my age, and everyone said it wouldn't work," he said, referring to his wife of four years, Arlene Silver, who's in her mid-forties.

"But she keeps me young, and I keep teaching her things. The secret is not to slow down. You gotta keep moving." 

And that's precisely what the star of The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Poppins has continued to do well into his twilight years.

He's even up for a role in the upcoming big-screen Mary Poppins remake, in which Emily Blunt will take on the title character.

In the 1964 original, Dick played the dual roles of the chimney sweep Bert and bank exec Mr Dawes Senior. The actor, though, still isn't too sure about the in-the-works remake.

"Sequels traditionally aren't very good," he said. "Without Walt Disney and without the Sherman brothers to write the music, I have some doubts.

"But I talked to the director [Rob Marshall, of Chicago and Les Miserables fame], and they said…it will be an homage."

Despite his doubts, he'll be making a cameo in Mary Poppins 2.0, which he teases might also feature the original flying nanny, Julie Andrews, who won an Oscar for her performance .

"I think they want me to come in at the end as the old banker and just sing a little song and do a little dance," he added. "Which I'd love to do! Oh, I'd love it."

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