After all these decades, Dick Van Dyke apologized for the famously bad Cockney accent he used for the lovable chimney-sweep named Bert in Walt Disney Pictures’ 1964 classic, Mary Poppins. Last Thursday, BAFTA Los Angeles named the recipients for its annual Britannia Awards, and Van Dyke was among them. The 91-year-old acting legend is being honored with the Britannia Award for Excellence in Television. Though the ceremony won’t take place until October 27 at the Beverly Hilton, Van Dyke did release a statement (via Deadline) – which pokes fun at his Cockney miscue – coinciding with the BAFTA announcement:
“I appreciate this opportunity to apologize to the members of BAFTA ...
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