Alan Thicke—actor
Birth
Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee.
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Education
Thicke is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains. His son, Robin Thicke, is a popular musician. Alan is an avid hockey fan and player. He graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965 as the homecoming king. He attended the University of ...
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Thicke Alan Willis Jeffrey (March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor and songwriter. He graduated from Elliot Lake High School in 1965 as homecoming king. He attended the University of Western Ontario and worked as a disc jockey while in university.
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Fame
Thicke was born to vocalist Gloria Loring and Canadian entertainer Alan Thicke (best known for his role on the sitcom Growing Pains).
http://www.bellazon.com/main/topic9595/Guy_Musicians:Robin_Thicke
Alan Thicke Show (also known as Prime Cuts), [Canada], 1980-1983
http://www.filmreference.com/film/3/Alan-Thicke.html
Work
Alan Thicke returns to the soap as talk show host Rich Ginger on Aug. 6. He was previously seen on B&B last August when Ridge and Donna guested on his talk show.
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After attending the University of Western Ontario with the intention of becoming a minister or a doctor, Alan graduated with a degree in English and psychology before beginning his show business career as an all-night disk jockey. ... After garnering rave reviews from that he made his Broadway debut in 1998 starring as Billy Flynn in the Tony Award winning musical Chicago. Thicke's concert and club act mixes music and stand-up comedy and is booked around the country, including annual stints at the main showrooms in Las Vegas and Atlantic city. Thicke relishes the variety of his work life, adding corporate and collegiate speaking engagements to his agenda of appearances. Thicke is proud to have been named "Father of the Year" by organizations including The Father's Day Council of Los Angeles, The Muscular Dystrophy Association and The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Contact a booking agent about hiring Alan Thicke Alan Thicke in the News
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When Jason and Maggie (ALAN THICKE and JOANNA KERNS) leave Mike (KIRK CAMERON) in charge for the weekend while they return ... to a romantic hide-away they found 15 years ago, they can't stop worrying about their children.
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Thicke: Son of Alan Thicke (yes, the dad in Growing Pains - Jason Seaver has a funky ass son!) Robin has two brothers, Actor Brennan Thicke and Carter, his dad has composed songs for many tv series including the 'facts of life' and 'Diffrent Strokes'. His mom is actress Gloria Loring. Thicke Cuts: "I'm kind of a throwback musically, I like Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, and obviously I love the Beatles, the Stones and Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix." "I like to think about things. I like to party though, too, and sometimes you just want some good party music, so I tried to make my album have all of that.
http://www.comeparty.co.nz/thicke.htm
Alan Thicke As one of television's most beloved father figures, psychiatrist Jason Seaver on ABC's “Growing Pains,” Alan Thicke has enjoyed an award-winning career on stage and screen. But it has been his work away from the cameras that has earned him "Father of the Year" accolades by organizations including The Father's Day Council and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. ... He is the poster boy for illness from A to Z, with family members felled by Alzheimer's, alcoholism, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stoke and beyond. His approach is to offer facts, data, and tips with an entertaining spin, peppered with amusing anecdotes.
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Alan Thicke, who has had previous experience writing for sitcoms, has now written a book entitled "How Men Have Babies", as well as a syndicated column for the Toronto Sun newspaper.
http://www.canadians.ca/more/profiles/t/t_alan_thicke.htm
The son of actors Alan Thicke and Gloria Loring is a self-taught musician who started off in his teens writing songs for Brandy and Brian McKnight, then suffered a career-stalling 2002 record debut.
http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/189941
