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Alan Thicke

Highest Rated: 78% Childstar (2004)

Lowest Rated: 0% Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)

Birthday: Mar 1, 1947

Birthplace: Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

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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Highest rated movies

78% 42% Childstar
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44% 20% Hollywood North
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27% 37% The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.
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0% 39% Teddy Bears' Picnic
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0% 47% Stepmonster
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Shadow of the Bear
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17% Any Place but Home
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89% The Point
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27% National Lampoon Presents: RoboDoc
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It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway
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Filmography

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No Score Yet 30% Love's Last Resort Paul Roberts (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway Patrick Spencer (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 32% Stop the Wedding Sean Castleberry (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 0% Wish Upon a Christmas Mr. Pierce (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 38% A Cookie Cutter Christmas Chef Krueger (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let It Snow Ted Beck (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cubicle Warriors Peter Hoss (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playing Father Pops (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hemingway Paul Hemmingway (Character) - 2012
27% 37% The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. Stu Harding (Character) $15.1M 2009
No Score Yet 27% National Lampoon Presents: RoboDoc Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 62% The Roast of Bob Saget Self - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Little Light Self - 2006
No Score Yet 29% The Surfer King Pipeman (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers Dr. Jason Seaver (Character) - 2004
78% 42% Childstar J.R. (Character) - 2004
44% 20% Hollywood North Peter Casey (Character) - 2003
0% 39% Teddy Bears' Picnic Self $28.0K 2002
No Score Yet 27% Bear With Me Ken Robinson (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Growing Pains Movie Jason Seaver (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 68% Ice Angel Coach Parker (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow of the Bear Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 99% Anarchy TV Reverend Wright (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 17% Any Place but Home August Danforth (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Windsor Protocol Senator Joplin Hardy (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 35% Demolition High Slater (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rubdown Raymond Holliman (Character) - 1993
0% 47% Stepmonster George Dougherty (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 40% Betrayal of the Dove Jack West (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 80% Still Not Quite Human Dr. Jonas Carson/Bonus (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 31% And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird! Matthew Carson/Newman (Voice) $402.5K 1991
No Score Yet 47% Jury Duty; The Comedy Phil Beckman (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 35% Not Quite Human II Dr. Jonas Carson (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 75% Dance 'Til Dawn Jack Lefcourt (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 36% Not Quite Human Dr. Jonas Carson (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star Steve Carr (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 24% The Calendar Girl Murders Alan Conti (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 11% Copper Mountain Jackson Reach (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 89% The Point Narrator/Father (Voice) - 1971

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chopped Junior Judge 2016
No Score Yet 91% The Eric Andre Show Music Performer 2016
94% 81% This Is Us Himself (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Guest 2016
71% 59% Grandfathered Himself (Guest Star) 2016
77% 76% Scream Queens Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2015
No Score Yet 90% American Dad! Alan Thicke (Guest Voice) 2014
84% 85% How I Met Your Mother Alan Thicke (Guest Star) 2008-2010 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Wife Swap Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Real Time With Bill Maher Guest 2012
No Score Yet 27% Keeping Up With the Kardashians Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet I'm in the Band Simon Craig (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bold And The Beautiful, The Beginning Unknown (Guest Star) 2006-2007 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job! Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 75% 'Til Death Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Comedy Central Roast Unknown (Character) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Half & Half Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yes, Dear Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 72% My Wife and Kids Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Son of the Beach Unknown (Guest Star) 2000-2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Just Shoot Me Himself (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet 7th Heaven Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
62% No Score Yet Beggars and Choosers Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Donald Rivers (Character) 1997
No Score Yet 97% Married ... With Children Bruce (Guest Star) 1996-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hope & Gloria Dennis Dupree (Character) 1995-1996
20% No Score Yet Minor Adjustments Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
43% No Score Yet Burke's Law Bobby Gilmore (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Harrison M. Kane (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Growing Pains Dr. Jason Seaver (Character) 1985-1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Love Boat Unknown (Guest Star) 1986