Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke Headshot

Actor • Host

Birth Date: March 1, 1947

Death Date: December 13, 2016

Birth Place: Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

Children: Robin Thicke

Alan Thicke became the sitcom-dad ideal of Generation X while playing the father on the 1980s family sitcom "Growing Pains" (ABC 1985-1992), even as, with much less fanfare, he achieved unqualified Renaissance Man status in American and Canadian television. A household name in his native Canada, Thicke gained a foothold in the U.S. as a comedy writer, cutting his teeth in Hollywood writing for and producing such influential fare as "Fernwood 2-Night" (syndicated, 1977) and "The Richard Pryor Show" (NBC, 1977), as well as producing pop music TV specials. Alongside then-wife Gloria Loring, Thicke even composed a handful of memorable theme songs, notably for the NBC sitcoms "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978-1986) and "The Facts of Life" (1979-1988). He returned to Canada to helm a popular, eponymous daytime talk show, though his first U.S. shot at stardom in front of the camera, the syndicated late-night talker "Thicke of the Night" (1983-84), proved a notorious bomb. Yet it also provided a springboard to what would become his signature role in American pop culture as patriarch Jason Seaver on "Growing Pains," leading to a solid, low-key career as a supporting actor in both TV and film. Though most widely remembered for his best-known role, Thicke nevertheless could claim one of the most eclectic résumés in show business. Even his death--of a heart attack while playing hockey with his son Carter at the age of 69 on December 13, 2016--was simultaneously very fatherly and very Canadian, the two attributes Thicke best exemplified throughout his career.

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It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway

Actor
Patrick Spencer
Movie
2017

Love's Last Resort

Actor
Paul Roberts
Movie
2017

Entertainment Weekly Presents: 80s Stars - Where Are They Now?

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TV Show
2016

This Is UsStream

Guest Star
Himself
TV Show
2016
94%

Today's Take

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TV Show
2016

Hollywood Medium With Tyler HenryStream

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TV Show
2016

Stop the Wedding

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Sean Castleberry
Movie
2016

Chopped JuniorStream

Judge
TV Show
2015

GrandfatheredStream

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Himself
TV Show
2015
71%

Scream QueensStream

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2015
77%

Unusually Thicke: Under Construction

Self
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2015

Celebrity Family FeudStream

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2015

Wish Upon a Christmas

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Mr. Pierce
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2015

Canada's Smartest Person

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2014

Unusually Thicke

Self
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2014

Actor? A Documentary

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2014

A Cookie Cutter Christmas

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Chef Krueger
Movie
2014

Bad Management

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Tobias Eastmore, Sr.
TV Show
2013

Robodoc

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2013

Tom Green Live

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2013

The Queen Latifah Show

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2013

Let It Snow

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Ted Beck
Movie
2013

Cubicle Warriors

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Peter Hoss
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2013

Playing Father

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Pops
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2013

Katie

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TV Show
2012

The Eric Andre ShowStream

Music Performer
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2012

Celebrity Wife SwapStream

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2012

Hemingway

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Paul Hemmingway
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2012

The Chew

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2011

Q With Jian Ghomeshi

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2011

Big Morning Buzz Live

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2011

The Talk

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2010

Fugget About It

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2010

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

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2010

Don't Forget the Lyrics!

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2010

Access Hollywood Live

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2010

I'm in the Band

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Simon Craig
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2009

Mrs. World 2009

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2009

Unscripted

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2009

The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.

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Stu Harding
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2009

Roast of Bob Saget: Uncensored

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2008

The Wendy Williams Show

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2008

jPod

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2008

National Lampoon Presents: RoboDoc

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2008

Keeping Up With the KardashiansStream

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2007

Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!

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2007

'Til DeathStream

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2006

etalk

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2006

Celebrity Cooking Showdown

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2006

A Little Light

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2006

The Surfer King

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Pipeman
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2006

How I Met Your MotherStream

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Alan Thicke
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2005
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Entertainment Tonight Canada

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2005

American Dad!Stream

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Alan Thicke
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2005

The Insider

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2004

All New Three's a Crowd

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2004

Childstar

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J.R.
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2004

Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers

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Dr. Jason Seaver
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2004

The Comedy Central RoastStream

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2003

Real Time With Bill MaherStream

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2003

Hollywood North

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Peter Casey
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2003

CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival

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2002

Half & HalfStream

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2002

Unbelievable Animal Rescues

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2002

Animal Miracles With Alan Thicke

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2002

Animal Miracles

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2002

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Self
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2002

My Wife and KidsStream

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2001

Yes, Dear

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2000

Son of the Beach

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2000

Ice Angel

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Coach Parker
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2000

The Growing Pains Movie

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Jason Seaver
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2000

Bear With Me

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Ken Robinson
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2000

Beggars and Choosers

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1999

Animals Are People Too

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1998

L'Ombre de l'ours

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1998

Pictionary

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1997

The View

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1997

Just Shoot MeStream

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Himself
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1997

Any Place but Home

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August Danforth
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1997

Anarchy TV

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Reverend Wright
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1997

7th HeavenStream

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1996

Demolition High

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Slater
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1996

The Windsor Protocol

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Senator Joplin Hardy
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1996

Minor Adjustments

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1995

The Outer LimitsStream

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1995

Hope & Gloria

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Dennis Dupree
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1995

Lights! Action! Hollywood!

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1994

Burke's Law

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Bobby Gilmore
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1994

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

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1993

Stepmonster

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George Dougherty
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1993

Rubdown

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Raymond Holliman
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1993

Still Not Quite Human

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Dr. Jonas Carson/Bonus
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1992

Betrayal of the Dove

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Jack West
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1992

Casi Humano Todavía

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1992

And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!

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Matthew Carson/Newman
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1991

Jury Duty: The Comedy

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Phil Beckman
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1990

Not Quite Human II

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Dr. Jonas Carson
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1989

Más Que Humano: Segunda Parte

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1989

Dance 'Til Dawn

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Jack Lefcourt
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1988

Married ... With ChildrenStream

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Henry
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1987

The Bold and the BeautifulStream

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1987

Not Quite Human

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Dr. Jonas Carson
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1987

The ABC Fall Preview Special

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1986

Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star

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Steve Carr
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1986

Growing PainsStream

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Dr. Jason Seaver
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1985

Murder, She WroteStream

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1984

The Calendar Girl Murders

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Alan Conti
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1984

The Hitchhiker

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1983

Copper Mountain

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Jackson Reach
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1983

America 2Night

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1978

The Love BoatStream

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1977

Canada AM

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1972

The Point

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Narrator/Father
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1971

The Tonight ShowStream

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TodayStream

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1952

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