And who can forget Van Dyke’s portrayal of Bert, the soot-dusted chimney sweep who danced alongside penguins in "Mary Poppins." He won a Golden Globe and a Grammy award for his role in the ...

Whether you know him as Bert, the skipping chimney sweep in "Mary Poppins," or Caractacus Potts, the quirky inventor in ...

The 1964 film Mary Poppins helped to elevate the profession as Dick Van Dyke played a loveable chimney sweep called Bert. Ms Sherwood added: “I do it the same way as the Mary Poppins film.