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Alan Thicke

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Alan Thicke

Born March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, CanadaDied December 13, 201652 films

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.

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
That's My Boy poster5.8That's My Boy2012Raising Helen poster6.2Raising Helen2004Casper Meets Wendy poster5.9Casper Meets Wendy1998The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard poster5.4The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard2009The Point poster6.8The Point1971The Clapper poster4.9The Clapper2018Let It Snow poster6.5Let It Snow2013A Cookie Cutter Christmas poster6.1A Cookie Cutter Christmas2014

Filmography

52 films as actor
  1. 2018The ClapperAlan Thicke
  2. 2017Love's Last ResortHenry / Paul Roberts
  3. 2017It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care AnywayPatrick Spencer
  4. 2016Stop the WeddingSean Castleberry
  5. 2015Wish Upon a ChristmasMr. Pierce
  6. 2014A Cookie Cutter ChristmasChef Krueger
  7. 2013Let It SnowTed Beck
  8. 2013Bank$tasPeter Hoss
  9. 2013Notes from DadPops
  10. 2012Sperm DonorRichard
  11. 2012HemingwayPaul Hemingway
  12. 2012That's My BoyTV Version Donny's Dad
  13. 2009RoboDocDr. Roskin
  14. 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell HardStu Harding
  15. 2007The Surfer KingPipeman
  16. 2006Alpha DogDouglas Holden
  17. 2004Growing Pains: Return of the SeaversJason Seaver
  18. 2004ChildstarJ.R.
  19. 2004Raising HelenHockey Cantor
  20. 2004Hollywood NorthPeter Casey
  21. 2003CarolinaChuck McBride - Perfect Date Host
  22. 2001Teddy Bears' PicnicAlan Thicke
  23. 2000The Growing Pains MovieJason Seaver
  24. 2000Ice AngelCoach Parker
  25. 1999Two of HeartsHank Powers
  26. 1998The Windsor ProtocolHardy
  27. 1998Casper Meets WendyBaseball Announcer
  28. 1998Anarchy TVReverend Wright
  29. 1997Shadow of the BearWilliam Andrich
  30. 1997Any Place But HomeAugust Danforth
  31. 1996The Secret She CarriedReed Epperson (uncredited)
  32. 1996Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover SurpriseAlan
  33. 1996Demolition HighSlater
  34. 1995Lamb Chop's Special ChanukahAlan / Weapons Man
  35. 1995Open SeasonXanex
  36. 1993RubdownRaymond Holliman
  37. 1993Betrayal of the DoveJack West
  38. 1993StepmonsterGeorge Dougherty
  39. 1992The Trial of Red Riding HoodThe Wolf
  40. 1992Still Not Quite HumanJonas Carson / Bonus
  41. 1991And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!Matthew Carson / Newman (voice)
  42. 1990Jury Duty: The ComedyPhil Beckman
  43. 1989Not Quite Human IIJonas Carson
  44. 1988Dance 'Til DawnJack Lefcourt
  45. 1988Hitting HomeConrad Vaughan
  46. 198814 Going on 30Real Harold Forndexter
  47. 1987Not Quite HumanJonas Carson
  48. 1987When Your Parent Drinks Too MuchHost
  49. 1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting StarSteve Carr
  50. 1984Calendar Girl MurdersAlan Conti
  51. 1983Copper MountainJackson Reach
  52. 1971The PointNarrator / Father (voice)