United Kingdom, Nov. 30 -- Dick Van Dyke "probably neglected" his children when they were young.

The 99-year-old actor - who has Christian, 75, Barry, 74, Stacy, 70, and Carrie, 64, with late ex-wife Margie Willett - has recalled how hard he worked to lift his young family out of poverty before finding fame and admitted it wasn't easy to spend time with his kids as a result.

He told People magazine: "In the beginning I was [raising] in a family with no money, so the whole thing was getting some money together and getting a home.

"I bought a home on the GI Bill, finally, but I think the toughest was I did game shows. I played nightclubs. I did about everything. At one point, I was doing a disc jockey show at 5 in the morning, and then a...