This article is about the actor Larry Mathews from the USA. If you are looking for the Irish

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 musician, please visit Larry Mathews (musician)

Larry Mathews (musician)

Larry Mathews is a musician from Glenbeigh in the Irish County Kerry.He sings and plays Irish Folk, his own compositions as well as Rock and Pop. He plays Irish Fiddle, Guitar und Bodhrán ....

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Larry Mathews was born in Burbank, California

Burbank, California

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, on (the same birthday as future co-star Rose Marie

Rose Marie

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). He showed an early aptitude for acting and in 1961 was cast in the role of Richie Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....

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After the series ended in 1966, Larry Mathews left acting to pursue a more conventional childhood and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

 in 1976.

Since that time, Mathews has returned to show business

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 in a number of capacities, working with Danny Thomas Productions and Witt-Thomas-Harris on such series as I'm a Big Girl Now

I'm a Big Girl Now

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, Soap

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, and Benson

Benson (TV series)

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. He has also worked as an account executive

Account executive

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 and has appeared on numerous television program

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s to discuss his role on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

As an actor, Mathews appeared in The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004), reprising the role of Richie.