Dick Van Dyke Once Had to Apologize for His "Atrocious" British Accent in 'Mary Poppins'

In fact, the actor recently apologized to the English people for the "atrocious" accent he used playing chimney sweep Bert in the beloved 1964 musical. That mea culpa came last July, after the British Academy of Film and Television Arts picked Dick for its 2017 Britannia Award for Excellence in Television ...