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Alan Thicke
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
Alan Willis Thicke (né Jeffrey; 1 March 1947 – 13 December 2016) was a Canadian-American actor, songwriter, and game/talk show host. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. Thic…
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Alan Willis Thicke (né Jeffrey; 1 March 1947 – 13 December 2016) was a Canadian-American actor, songwriter, and game/talk show host. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. Thicke was best known for playing Dr. Jason Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains on ABC. In 2013, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley "Joan" Isobel Marie (née Greer), a nurse, and William Jeffery, a stockbroker. They divorced in 1953. His mother remarried to Brian Thicke, a physician, and they moved to Elliot Lake. Thicke graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965, and was elected homecoming king. He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
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2026
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
Movie Self - Actor / Attendee at Lamar & Khloe's Wedding (archive footage)
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2026
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
Movie Self - Host, Thicke of the Night (archive footage)
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2018
Game Changers
Movie Self
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2018
The Clapper
Movie Alan Thicke
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2017
Love's Last Resort
Movie Henry / Paul Roberts
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2017
It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway
Movie Patrick Spencer
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2016
This Is Us
TV show Alan Thicke
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2016
Stop the Wedding
Movie Sean Castleberry
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2016
Fuller House
TV show Mike
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2015
Wish Upon a Christmas
Movie Mr. Pierce
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2015
Scream Queens
TV show Tad Radwell
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2015
Being Canadian
Movie Self
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2015
Celebrity Family Feud
TV show Self
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2015
The Stanley Dynamic
TV show
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2014
A Cookie Cutter Christmas
Movie Chef Krueger
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2014
I Am Divine
Movie Self (archive)
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2013
Let It Snow
Movie Ted Beck
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2013
Bank$tas
Movie Peter Hoss
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2013
Notes from Dad
Movie Pops
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2012
Sperm Donor
Movie Richard
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2012
Hemingway
Movie Paul Hemingway
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2012
That's My Boy
Movie TV Version Donny's Dad
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2012
The Eric Andre Show
TV show Self
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2009
RoboDoc
Movie Dr. Roskin
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Movie Stu Harding
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2008
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
Movie Self
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2008
jPod
TV show Jim Jarlewski
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2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV show Self
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2007
The Surfer King
Movie Pipeman
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2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV show Dr. Alan Thicke
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2006
'Til Death
TV show Alan Thicke
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2006
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
TV show Host
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2006
Alpha Dog
Movie Douglas Holden
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2005
How I Met Your Mother
TV show Alan Thicke
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2005
Hi-Jinks
TV show
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2005
The Princes of Malibu
TV show Self
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2005
American Dad!
TV show Alan Thicke (voice)
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2004
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Movie Jason Seaver
