Alan Thicke
Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1947
Died: December 13, 2016
Place of birth: 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. 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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Filmography
73 movies · 55 TV shows, newest first
6.8
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
2026
7.3
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
2026
7.4
Game Changers
2018
4.9
The Clapper
2018
5.8
Love's Last Resort
2017
5.0
It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway
2017
8.2
This Is Us
2016
5.8
Stop the Wedding
2016
7.4
Fuller House
2016
5.0
Wish Upon a Christmas
2015
7.8
Scream Queens
2015
5.6
Being Canadian
2015
7.7
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
7.2
The Stanley Dynamic
2015
6.1
A Cookie Cutter Christmas
2014
7.3
I Am Divine
2014
6.5
Let It Snow
2013
4.1
Bank$tas
2013
5.7
Notes from Dad
2013
NR
Sperm Donor
2012
5.0
Hemingway
2012
5.8
That's My Boy
2012
7.9
The Eric Andre Show
2012
3.8
RoboDoc
2009
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
5.4
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
7.0
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008
7.2
jPod
2008
7.3
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
3.9
The Surfer King
2007
7.2
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
6.5
'Til Death
2006NR
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
2006
6.7
Alpha Dog
2006
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005
9.0
Hi-Jinks
2005
4.0
The Princes of Malibu
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
6.0
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
20046.4
The Tony Danza Show
2004
8.5
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
2004
5.2
Childstar
2004
6.3
Joey
2004NR
Living in TV Land
2004
6.2
Raising Helen
2004
5.1
Hollywood North
2004
5.8
Carolina
2003
8.3
Half & Half
20028.0
Miracle Pets
2002
5.8
Fear Factor
2001
4.0
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001
7.4
My Wife and Kids
2001
NR
SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Wayne Gretzky
2000
7.0
The Growing Pains Movie
2000
6.3
Son of the Beach
2000
5.4
Ice Angel
2000
10.0
Two of Hearts
1999
4.8
The Windsor Protocol
1998
5.9
Casper Meets Wendy
1998
5.1
Anarchy TV
1998
7.5
Shadow of the Bear
1997
6.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
1997
9.0
Any Place But Home
1997
9.0
The Secret She Carried
1996
6.4
7th Heaven
1996
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.9
Arli$$
1996
7.0
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise
1996
4.4
Demolition High
1996
8.0
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah
1995
7.3
Minor Adjustments
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
6.3
Hope and Gloria
1995
4.8
Open Season
1995
NR
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993
4.0
Rubdown
1993
5.0
Betrayal of the Dove
1993
4.5
Stepmonster
1993
7.0
The Trial of Red Riding Hood
1992
6.7
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
19929.0
Travelquest
1992
4.9
Still Not Quite Human
1992
5.4
And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!
1991
7.0
Voices That Care
1991
NR
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1990NR
Disorder in the Court: A 60th Anniversary Tribute to the Stooges
1990
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
2.5
Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990
5.9
Not Quite Human II
1989
NR
The Opening of SkyDome: A Celebration
1989
NR
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1988
6.0
Dance 'Til Dawn
1988
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
4.0
Hitting Home
1988
5.6
14 Going on 30
1988
7.0
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1987
5.5
Not Quite Human
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
7.7
Married... with Children
1987NR
When Your Parent Drinks Too Much
1987NR
When Mom and Dad Break Up
1987
7.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986
5.5
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986
6.5
Growing Pains
1985
7.0
Scene of the Crime
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
4.7
Calendar Girl Murders
1984
7.0
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1983
7.5
Masquerade
1983
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
6.5
Thicke of the Night
1983
3.0
Copper Mountain
1983
NR
The Alan Thicke Show
1980
8.0
Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights
1980
8.3
America 2-Night
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.4
Fernwood 2 Night
1977
7.2
The Richard Pryor Special?
1977
8.3
The Barry Manilow Special
197710.0
The Bobby Vinton Show
1975
6.8
The Point
1971
6.0
Miss USA
1963
6.0
Miss Universe
1955
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944