“The Dick Van Dyke Show” was preceded by a 1960 pilot for a series to be called “Head of the Family” with a different cast, although the characters were essentially the same, except for the absence of Mel Cooley. In the pilot, Carl Reiner, who created the show based on his own experiences as a TV writer, played Robbie Petrie (“PEE-tree”). Laura Petrie was played by Barbara Britton, Buddy Sorrell by Morty Gunty, Sally Rogers by Sylvia Miles, Ritchie by Gary Morgan, and Alan Sturdy, the Alan Brady character, was played by Jack Wakefield, although his face was never fully seen, which was also the case with Carl Reiner’s Alan Brady for the early seasons of The Dick Van Dyke Show. (Posted 7/13/19, length 26:20)