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Alan Thicke
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.
As actor
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
The Clapper
Game Changers
It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway
Love's Last Resort
Stop the Wedding
Being Canadian
Wish Upon a Christmas
A Cookie Cutter Christmas
I Am Divine
Bank$tas
Let It Snow
Notes from Dad
Sperm Donor
Hemingway
That's My Boy
RoboDoc
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
The Surfer King
Alpha Dog
Childstar
Hollywood North
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
Raising Helen
Carolina
Teddy Bears' Picnic
The Growing Pains Movie
Ice Angel