Alan Thicke
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Alan Thicke is a Canadian
actor
, songwriter
, and game
and talk show
host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch
on the ABC
television series Growing Pains
.
, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker. His mother later married Brian Thicke, a physician
. He graduated from Elliot Lake secondary school in 1965, and was elected the homecoming
king. He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario
, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
game show on CFCF-TV
in Montreal
called First Impressions in the late 1970s and the prime time celebrity game show Animal Crack-Ups
in the late 1980s. In 1997, he hosted a television version of the board game Pictionary. In the early 2000s, he hosted the All New 3's a Crowd
on the Game Show Network.
hired Thicke to produce and head the writing staff of Fernwood 2-Night, a tongue-in-cheek talk show based on characters from Lear's earlier show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
.
Thicke was also the host of his own popular talk show
in Canada
during the early 1980s, called The Alan Thicke Show
. The show at one point spawned a prime time
spin-off titled Prime Cuts, which consisted of edited highlights from the talk show.
Based on the success of his talk show, Thicke was signed to do an American late night talk show Thicke of the Night
.
and The Facts of Life
. He also wrote a number of TV game show themes, including The Wizard of Odds
(for which he also sang the vocal introduction), The Joker's Wild
, Celebrity Sweepstakes
, The Diamond Head Game
, Blank Check
, Stumpers!, Whew!
, and the original theme to Wheel of Fortune
. Thicke has also been a popular songwriter. As an example, he co-wrote "Sara", a solo hit for Bill Champlin
and included on the latter's Runaway
album (1981).
trilogy of made for TV movies. In 2004, Thicke hosted the Miss Universe Canada
pageant. In April 2006, he hosted Celebrity Cooking Showdown
on NBC
, in which celebrities were teamed with famous chefs in a cooking competition.
In August 2006 and 2007, Thicke made a few appearances as talk show host Rich Ginger on The Bold and the Beautiful
. Thicke also had a cameo appearance
in the 2007 movie Alpha Dog
as the father of the lead character's girlfriend.
In 2008, Thicke appeared in a major supporting role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland
's jPod
.
That year, he had a cameo appearance in the How I Met Your Mother
episode "Sandcastles in the Sand
" as the dad in Robin Scherbatsky
's second "Robin Sparkles" music video.
He guest starred as himself in the episode "The Rough Patch
". He appeared on a website made specifically for the show, canadiansexacts.org, featured in the episode "Old King Clancy
".
In February 2009, Thicke made a guest appearance
on adult swim
's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. In the same month, he made a guest appearance on the web series
Star-ving
.
Thicke had a role in the 2009 film The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
. On July 10, 2009, Thicke appeared on the 1000th episode of Attack Of The Show, and sang a song with Kevin Pereira
and Olivia Munn
, at the end kissing Munn.
He appeared in the season 6 finale of Just Shoot Me, "The Boys in the Band". He made a guest appearance on a few episodes of Canada's Worst Handyman 5
. In 2010 Thicke appeared in his godson's television program, Tosh.0
. In October 2010, he was on the celebrity version of Don't Forget the Lyrics, where he played for the Alan Thicke Center for diabetes research.
actress Gloria Loring
, from 1970 to 1983, bore him two sons, Brennan
and Robin
. His second marriage was to the Miss World 1990
pageant winner, Gina Tolleson
, from 1994 to 1999, and produced a third son, Carter William. He has been married to Tanya Callau since 2005. He is an avid ice hockey
and softball fan.
His son Robin
is a platinum album
-selling musician, and his son Brennan
was a voice actor
for cartoon
s when he was younger.
TV Movies
TV Series
department stores until its demise in 1994. In 1991 Thicke appeared in a television commercial for 'Fruit of the Loom' underwear. In 1997 he appeared in a television infomercial
for the 'Bright Smile' tooth whitening system. He appeared in 2007 in a TV ad for the 'Tahiti Village' a Las Vegas time-share resort that went out of business in 2009. In 2009 Thicke began appearing in TV ads endorsing 'CCS Medical', a distributor of home-delivered diabetes supplies.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, and game
Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
and talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
host. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch
Patriarch
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
television series Growing Pains
Growing Pains
Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based...
.
Early life
Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, OntarioOntario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker. His mother later married Brian Thicke, a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
. He graduated from Elliot Lake secondary school in 1965, and was elected the homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
king. He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Game shows
Thicke hosted a CanadianTelevision in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
game show on CFCF-TV
CFCF-TV
CFCF-DT is a CTV-owned and operated station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
called First Impressions in the late 1970s and the prime time celebrity game show Animal Crack-Ups
Animal Crack-Ups
Animal Crack-Ups was an ABC game show which aired in primetime from August 8 to September 12, 1987, after which it aired on Saturday mornings from September 12, 1987 to December 30, 1989 and again from June 2 to September 1, 1990....
in the late 1980s. In 1997, he hosted a television version of the board game Pictionary. In the early 2000s, he hosted the All New 3's a Crowd
Three's a Crowd (game show)
Three's a Crowd was an American game show originally packaged by Chuck Barris Productions. The first version aired in syndication from September 17, 1979 to February 1, 1980...
on the Game Show Network.
Talk shows
Norman LearNorman Lear
Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and producer who produced such 1970s sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude...
hired Thicke to produce and head the writing staff of Fernwood 2-Night, a tongue-in-cheek talk show based on characters from Lear's earlier show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is an American soap opera parody that aired in daily syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and starred Louise Lasser...
.
Thicke was also the host of his own popular talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
during the early 1980s, called The Alan Thicke Show
The Alan Thicke Show
The Alan Thicke Show was a Canadian talk show hosted by Alan Thicke. It aired on CTV between 1980 and 1983. The show aired in different versions also re-titled as Prime Cuts and as Fast Company....
. The show at one point spawned a prime time
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
spin-off titled Prime Cuts, which consisted of edited highlights from the talk show.
Based on the success of his talk show, Thicke was signed to do an American late night talk show Thicke of the Night
Thicke of the Night
Thicke of the Night is an American late night talk show produced by MGM Television, distributed in syndication by Metromedia and broadcast in first-run syndication during the 1983-1984 TV season....
.
Theme song composer
Thicke had a successful career as a TV theme song composer. He often collaborated with his wife Gloria Loring on these projects, which included the themes to the popular sitcoms Diff'rent StrokesDiff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986...
and The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life (TV series)
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 to May 7, 1988. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the series' premise focused on Edna Garrett as she becomes a housemother at the fictional Eastland School, a prestigious...
. He also wrote a number of TV game show themes, including The Wizard of Odds
The Wizard of Odds
The Wizard of Odds is an American game show hosted by Alex Trebek that aired on NBC from July 16, 1973 to June 28, 1974 in which people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds, primarily games revolving around statistical questions...
(for which he also sang the vocal introduction), The Joker's Wild
The Joker's Wild
The Joker's Wild is an American television game show that aired at different times during the 1970s through the 1990s. Contestants answered questions based on categories that were determined randomly by a mechanism resembling a slot machine....
, Celebrity Sweepstakes
Celebrity Sweepstakes
Celebrity Sweepstakes is an American television game show that aired on NBC's daytime schedule from April 1, 1974 to October 1, 1976. The show also had two separate weekly syndicated runs from September 9, 1974 to September 1975 and September 20, 1976 to September 1977.Jim McKrell hosted the show....
, The Diamond Head Game
The Diamond Head Game
The Diamond Head Game is an American game show that aired from January 6 to July 4, 1975 in five-day-a-week syndication. Borrowing its name from a long dormant volcano on the island of Oahu, the series was hosted by Bob Eubanks and assistant Jane Nelson, and is the only game show that was taped...
, Blank Check
Blank Check (game show)
Blank Check is an American game show that aired on NBC from January 6 to July 4, 1975. It was promoted as "television's first ESP game". Art James was host, with Johnny Jacobs as announcer....
, Stumpers!, Whew!
Whew!
Whew! is an American game show that aired on CBS from April 23, 1979, until May 30, 1980. It was hosted by Tom Kennedy and announced by Rod Roddy.The game was created by Jay Wolpert...
, and the original theme to Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, which premiered in 1975. Contestants compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a large wheel. The title refers to the show's giant carnival wheel that...
. Thicke has also been a popular songwriter. As an example, he co-wrote "Sara", a solo hit for Bill Champlin
Bill Champlin
William Bradford "Bill" Champlin is an American singer, guitarist, keyboard player, arranger, producer, and songwriter. His performance work is principally associated with the bands Chicago and the Sons of Champlin...
and included on the latter's Runaway
Runaway (Bill Champlin album)
Runaway is an album by Bill Champlin, released on Elektra Records in 1981. It is notable as containing "Tonight Tonight", Champlin's major hit as a solo artist, as well as "Sara", which also achieved a degree of chart success.-History:...
album (1981).
Television and film appearances
Apart from Growing Pains, Thicke also appeared on the American television series Hope & Gloria, which lasted 35 episodes. He played a lead role in the Not Quite HumanNot Quite Human
Not Quite Human is the name of a series of young adult novels by Seth McEvoy about a widower scientist, Dr. Jonas Carson, whose lifetime work was to create an android. Dr. Carson names the android Chip. In order to conceal his project from those who would use Chip or Dr. Carson's skills for...
trilogy of made for TV movies. In 2004, Thicke hosted the Miss Universe Canada
Miss Universe Canada
-External links:*...
pageant. In April 2006, he hosted Celebrity Cooking Showdown
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
Celebrity Cooking Showdown is a program that aired on NBC from April 17-19 and April 22, 2006. It was hosted by Alan Thicke.- Format :The competition was divided into three "preliminary rounds", where each celebrity was paired with a famous chef...
on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, in which celebrities were teamed with famous chefs in a cooking competition.
In August 2006 and 2007, Thicke made a few appearances as talk show host Rich Ginger on The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
. Thicke also had a cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
in the 2007 movie Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog is a 2007 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Nicholas...
as the father of the lead character's girlfriend.
In 2008, Thicke appeared in a major supporting role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as McJob and...
's jPod
JPod
JPod is a novel by Douglas Coupland published by Random House of Canada in 2006. Set in 2005, the book explores the strange and unconventional everyday life of the main character, Ethan Jarlewski, and his team of video game programmers whose last names all begin with the letter 'J'.JPod was...
.
That year, he had a cameo appearance in the How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
episode "Sandcastles in the Sand
Sandcastles In The Sand
"Sandcastles in the Sand" is the 16th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 60th overall. It originally aired on April 21, 2008.- Plot :...
" as the dad in Robin Scherbatsky
Robin Scherbatsky
Robin Charles Scherbatsky, Jr. is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Canadian actress Cobie Smulders.- Early life :...
's second "Robin Sparkles" music video.
He guest starred as himself in the episode "The Rough Patch
The Rough Patch
"The Rough Patch" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy How I Met Your Mother and 95th episode overall. It originally aired on November 9, 2009.- Plot :...
". He appeared on a website made specifically for the show, canadiansexacts.org, featured in the episode "Old King Clancy
Old King Clancy
"Old King Clancy" is the 18th episode in the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 82nd overall. It originally aired on March 23, 2009.- Plot :...
".
In February 2009, Thicke made a guest appearance
Guest appearance
In show business , a guest appearance is a participation of an outsider performer , usually called guest artist , in an event , i.e., the participation of a performer which does not belong to the regular crew In performance...
on adult swim
Adult Swim
Adult Swim is an adult-oriented Cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 9:00 pm until 6:00 am ET/PT in the United States, and broadcasts in countries such as Australia and New Zealand...
's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. In the same month, he made a guest appearance on the web series
Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
Star-ving
Star-ving
Star-ving is a web series of episodes running eight to ten minutes, based very loosely on the life of David Faustino from Married... with Children. His co-star is Corin Nemec, who played the title character in Parker Lewis Can't Lose. The start date for the episodes was January 16, 2009...
.
Thicke had a role in the 2009 film The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is a 2009 comedy film directed by Neal Brennan, starring Jeremy Piven and Ed Helms. The film was released on August 14, 2009.- Plot :...
. On July 10, 2009, Thicke appeared on the 1000th episode of Attack Of The Show, and sang a song with Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira is co-host of G4's Attack of the Show! .-Biography:While in high school, Pereira hosted Pointless Audio under the pseudonym Captain Immy...
and Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn
Lisa Olivia Munn is an American comedic actress, model, television personality and author. She began her career being credited as Lisa Munn. Since 2006, she has been using the name Olivia Munn personally and professionally....
, at the end kissing Munn.
He appeared in the season 6 finale of Just Shoot Me, "The Boys in the Band". He made a guest appearance on a few episodes of Canada's Worst Handyman 5
Canada's Worst Handyman 5
Canada's Worst Handyman 5 is the fifth season of Canada's Worst Handyman, a Canadian series which attempts to improve the handyman skills of five contestants, nominated by their peers. It airs on Discovery Channel Canada....
. In 2010 Thicke appeared in his godson's television program, Tosh.0
Tosh.0
Tosh.0 is an American television series hosted by comedian Daniel Tosh, who provides sarcastic commentary on online video clips, society, celebrities, and other parts of popular culture.-History:...
. In October 2010, he was on the celebrity version of Don't Forget the Lyrics, where he played for the Alan Thicke Center for diabetes research.
Personal life
Thicke has been married three times. His first marriage to Days of our LivesDays of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
actress Gloria Loring
Gloria Loring
Gloria Loring is an American singer and actress.- Career :Loring began her music career at age 14, singing with a folk group known as "Those Four". Gloria Loring released her first album in 1968. It was titled "Gloria Loring, Today" on MGM Records...
, from 1970 to 1983, bore him two sons, Brennan
Brennan Thicke
Brennan Thicke is the son of former Growing Pains co-star Alan Thicke and singer-actress Gloria Loring. He is also the older brother of singer Robin Thicke. He is married to Kathleen "Dolly" Thicke founder of Dolly Couture and has a son, Tyler Brennan Thicke born 15, May 2008...
and Robin
Robin Thicke
Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...
. His second marriage was to the Miss World 1990
Miss World 1990
Miss World 1990, the 40th Miss World pageant was held on 8 November 1990 in the London Palladium, London, United Kingdom. The winner was Gina Tolleson, representing the United States.-Placements:-Special awards:-Continental Queens:...
pageant winner, Gina Tolleson
Gina Tolleson
Gina Marie Tolleson is a model and the second Miss World titleholder from the United States.-Miss World:...
, from 1994 to 1999, and produced a third son, Carter William. He has been married to Tanya Callau since 2005. He is an avid ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
and softball fan.
His son Robin
Robin Thicke
Robin Charles Thicke is an Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. Thicke's albums, which he previously released under the moniker Thicke, are noted for their feature of a predominantly R&B sound. Robin Thicke has penned hits for popular artists such as...
is a platinum album
RIAA certification
In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...
-selling musician, and his son Brennan
Brennan Thicke
Brennan Thicke is the son of former Growing Pains co-star Alan Thicke and singer-actress Gloria Loring. He is also the older brother of singer Robin Thicke. He is married to Kathleen "Dolly" Thicke founder of Dolly Couture and has a son, Tyler Brennan Thicke born 15, May 2008...
was a voice actor
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
for cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
s when he was younger.
Filmography
Films| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Point! The Point! - Musical play :In 1975, Esquire Jauchem, Artistic Director of the Boston Repertory Theater, approached Harry Nilsson about creating a stage musical of "The Point!" Although Nilsson said he had been asked many times and had always turned down the request, this time he granted his permission... |
Narrator/Father (third telecast in the 80's and 90's) |
| 1983 | Copper Mountain Copper Mountain (film) Copper Mountain is a 1983 comedy film about two friends who travel to a Colorado ski resort. One of them, played by Alan Thicke, looks to hit the slopes and the other, played by Jim Carrey, spends his time trying to pick up women. The film was written by Damian Lee and David Mitchell, who also... |
Jackson Reach |
| 1984 | Calendar Girl Murders Calendar Girl Murders Calendar Girl Murders is a 1984 television movie directed by William A. Graham and starred Tom Skerritt and Sharon Stone, who played the part of photographer Cassie Bascomb.-Plot:... |
Alan Conti |
| 1991 | And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird is a 1991 science-fiction family film written and directed by Tony Cookson; foreign language releases were titled RoboDad.-Plot:... |
Matthew Carson/Newman (voice) |
| 1993 | Betrayal of the Dove | Jack West |
| 1995 | Open Season | Xanex |
| 1998 | Anarchy TV Anarchy TV Anarchy TV is a 1998 low budget, independent comedy film. It was directed by Jonathan Blank, and features Alan Thicke, Jessica Hecht, Jonathan Penner, Tamayo Otsuki, and Ahmet, Dweezil, Diva and Moon Unit Zappa... |
Reverend Wright |
| 2000 | Bear with Me | |
| 2001 | Xin shi zi jie tou | Steve |
| 2003 | Hollywood North Hollywood North (film) Hollywood North is a 2003 feature film, starring Matthew Modine and Jennifer Tilly. It is a mockumentary detailing the struggles of two Canadian movie producers in Toronto circa 1979.The title is a reference to the colloquialism "Hollywood North".... |
Peter Casey |
| 2003 | Carolina Carolina (film) Carolina is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Marleen Gorris, starring Julia Stiles, Shirley MacLaine, Alessandro Nivola, Mika Boorem, Randy Quaid, and Jennifer Coolidge. Lisa Sheridan has a cameo role in the film, and Barbara Eden has the uncredited part of Daphne. It is set in Los Angeles,... |
Chuck McBride - Perfect Date Host |
| 2004 | Raising Helen Raising Helen Raising Helen is a 2004 American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. It stars Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer and his sister Abigail Breslin and Helen Mirren... |
Hockey Cantor |
| 2004 | Childstar Childstar Childstar is a 2004 comedy film directed and written by Don McKellar. It was screened at several film festivals between September 2004 and July 2005.-Plot:... |
J.R. |
| 2006 | The Surfer King | Pipeman |
| 2006 | Alpha Dog Alpha Dog Alpha Dog is a 2007 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Cassavetes, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on January 12, 2007. The film is based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Nicholas... |
Douglas Holden |
| 2009 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is a 2009 comedy film directed by Neal Brennan, starring Jeremy Piven and Ed Helms. The film was released on August 14, 2009.- Plot :... |
Stu Harding |
| 2009 | RoboDoc RoboDoc RoboDoc is a 2008 movie that is distributed by National Lampoon. The comedy was written by two medical doctor brothers Doug and Scott Gordon M.D. and directed by Stephen Maddocks and co-produced by Donald Tynes. Sleazy lawyers and heartless insurance companies are spoofed in this medical comedy... |
Dr. Roskin |
| 2010 | Making a Scene | The Producer |
TV Movies
| Year | TV Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star | Steve Carr |
| 1987 | Hitting Home | Conrad Vaughan |
| 1987 | Not Quite Human Not Quite Human (film) Not Quite Human is a 1987 television movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, and Robyn Lively. The story is based on the Not Quite Human book series by Seth McEvoy. It is the first of three films in a series; its sequels are Not Quite Human II and Still... |
Dr. Jonas Carson |
| 1988 | 14 Going on 30 14 Going on 30 14 Going on 30 is a 1988 made-for-TV movie broadcast by American Broadcasting Company and Buena Vista Television, and later distributed by Walt Disney Home Video. It stars Steven Eckholdt as Danny, a fourteen year old boy who is infatuated with his teacher Peggy Noble... |
The real Forndexter |
| 1988 | Dance 'til Dawn Dance 'til Dawn Dance 'til Dawn is a 1988 made for television teen movie directed by Paul Schneider.-Plot:Shelley Sheridan and her jock-boyfriend Kevin McCrea are Herbert Hoover High's most popular students. When she refuses to sleep with him, they break up shortly before their senior prom and are forced to find... |
Jack Lefcourt |
| 1989 | Not Quite Human II Not Quite Human II Not Quite Human II is a 1989 television program written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, and Robyn Lively. As the second of three films in a series based on the Not Quite Human novels by Seth McEvoy, it follows the social development of an android that is designed... |
Dr. Jonas Carson |
| 1990 | Jury Duty: The Comedy | Phil Beckman |
| 1992 | The Trial of Red Riding Hood | The Wolf |
| 1992 | Still Not Quite Human Still Not Quite Human Still Not Quite Human is a 1992 television movie written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood and Alan Thicke. It is the third and final film in a series based on the Not Quite Human novels by Seth McEvoy... |
Dr. Jonas Carson |
| 1993 | Rubdown | Raymond Holliman |
| 1994 | Lamb Chop and the Haunted Studio | Alan |
| 1995 | Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah | Alan |
| 1996 | Windsor Protocol Windsor Protocol Windsor Protocol is a 1996 British-Canadian television thriller film directed by George Mihalka and starring Kyle MacLachlan, Macha Grenon, Chris Wiggins, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, John Colicos and Eugene Clark. It is based on the novel by Jack Higgins.... |
Senator Joplin Hardy |
| 1996 | Shari's Passover Surprise | Alan |
| 1996 | The Secret She Carried | Reed Epperson (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Shadow of the Bear | William Andrich |
| 1997 | Any Place But Home | August Danforth |
| 1998 | Thunder Point | Joplin Hardy |
| 1998 | Casper Meets Wendy Casper Meets Wendy Casper Meets Wendy is a direct-to-video and second spin-off to the 1995 film Casper. It was released by 20th Century Fox in 1998. The film is a sequel to Casper: A Spirited Beginning... |
Baseball Announcer |
| 1999 | Two of Hearts | Hank Powers |
| 2000 | Ice Angel Ice Angel Ice Angel is a 2000 fantasy film from Fox Family. It is also known as "On Thin Ice: Going For The Gold."-Plot:The film tells the story of a male hockey player who dies in a game and comes back to life as a female figure skater due to an accident made by an angel that caused the hockey player to... |
Coach Parker |
| 2000 | The Growing Pains Movie The Growing Pains Movie The Growing Pains Movie is a made-for-television movie that premiered on ABC November 5, 2000, as a two-hour episode of ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series. It was the first of two reunion movies based on the sitcom Growing Pains.... |
Jason Seaver |
| 2004 | Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers is a 2004 American television film, first airing on ABC Family October 16, 2004... |
Jason Seaver |
| 2008 | Mother Goose Parade |
TV Series
| Year | TV Series | Role |
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| 1969 | It's Our Stuff It's Our Stuff It's Our Stuff is a Canadian music variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.-Premise:This series featured numerous new artists performing works of comedy, dance and music. Alan Thicke was a series regular. Doug Riley and Rick Wilkins provided musical arrangements, while music... |
Regular |
| Time for Living Time for Living Time for Living was a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television in 1969.-Premise:This variety series included music and comedy that was intended for young adults. Host Ray St. Germain was joined by the comedy troupe The Society . Show writer Alan Thicke was a member of The... |
Regular | |
| 1974 | Jack: A Flash Fantasy | Jack of Diamonds |
| 1978 | America 2-Night America 2-Night America 2-Night is the continuation of the talk-show parody series Fernwood 2 Night. It ran from April to July 1978. As in Fernwood, Barth Gimble was the host and Jerry Hubbard was his co-host... |
Doug |
| 1984 | Masquerade Masquerade (TV series) Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.-Synopsis:Considered an amalgam of Mission: Impossible and The Love Boat, the tongue-in-cheek series starred Rod Taylor as Mr... |
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| 1985 | Scene of the Crime | |
| 1985–1992 | Growing Pains Growing Pains Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985 to April 25, 1992.-Synopsis:The show's premise is based... |
Jason Seaver |
| 1987 | The Love Boat The Love Boat The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain... |
Alan Price/Robert McBride/Senator Bob Townsend |
| 1990 | The Hitchhiker | Mickey Black |
| 1992 | Travelquest | Host |
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,... |
Harrison M. Kane |
| 1994 | Burke's Law Burke's Law Burke's Law is a detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud... |
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| 1995 | Minor Adjustments Minor Adjustments Minor Adjustments is an American television sitcom that appeared on the NBC network in the United States during the 1995–96 season. The show was then transferred to UPN to be rebroadcast during the 1996-1997 season.-Synopsis:... |
Roger |
| 1995–1996 | Hope & Gloria | Dennis Dupree |
| 1996–1997 | Married... with Children Married... with Children Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created... |
Bruce / Henry |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits The Outer Limits (1995 TV series) The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002... |
Donald Rivers |
| 1999 | Arliss Arliss -Criticism:This show, which ran for seven seasons, is a prime example of how HBO differs from traditional networks due to its nature as a network its viewers specifically pay to be able to watch. Arliss was cited by so many viewers as the sole reason that they paid for the network that its... |
Doctor |
| 2000 | Beggars and Choosers Beggars and Choosers (TV series) Beggars and Choosers is a comedy-drama series broadcast by Showtime. Developed by Peter Lefcourt and Brandon Tartikoff, the series was a comedic, behind-the-scenes look at network television... |
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| 2000–2002 | Son of the Beach Son of the Beach Son of the Beach is an American sitcom that aired from 2000 to 2002 on the FX network. The series was a spoof of Baywatch, with much of the comedy based on sexual jokes, innuendo and the like. The studly David Hasselhoff character is instead an average, pot-bellied, out-of-shape bald man but... |
Captain 'Buck' Enteneille/Captain Buck Enteneille |
| 2001 | 7th Heaven 7th Heaven 7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007... |
Ed Palmer |
| 2003 | EGG, the Arts Show EGG, the Arts Show EGG, the arts show was an American nonfiction television program that aired on PBS from 2000 to 2003. EGG documented both the famous and the unusual aspects and projects of classical and modern arts; its narrator was Elaine Stritch.... |
Alan Scott |
| 2004 | My Wife and Kids My Wife and Kids My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television , it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules... |
Magician |
| 2005 | Yes, Dear Yes, Dear Yes, Dear is a television sitcom that aired from October 2, 2000, to February 15, 2006, on CBS. It starred Anthony Clark, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mike O'Malley and Liza Snyder.... |
Joel |
| 2005 | Half & Half Half & Half Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood, and are finally developing a close relationship... |
Gavin Storm |
| 2006 | Joey Joey - Animals :* Joey , an infant marsupial* Joey, a Blue-fronted Amazon parrot who was one of the Blue Peter pets-People with the given name Joey:* Joey Benjamin , English cricketer* Joey Bishop , entertainer... |
Himself |
| 2006–2009 | The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... |
Rich Ginger |
| 2007 | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, commonly called Ned's Declassified for short, is an American live-action situation comedy on Nickelodeon that debuted in the channel's Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. The series' actual pilot episode aired on September 7, 2003... |
Hal E. Burton |
| 2008 | About a Girl About A Girl (TV series) About a Girl is a Canadian comedy series which premiered on October 5, 2007 on The N in the U.S. and Global in Canada. It was the first scripted comedy for The N. The series ended with 13 episodes in its only season.-Plot:... |
Dude's Dad |
| 2008 | JPod JPod (TV series) jPod is a comedic television series based on Douglas Coupland’s novel of the same name. It premiered on CBC Television on January 8, 2008. Starting with the fifth episode, the show began airing Fridays at 9:00.... |
Jim Jarlewski |
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting... |
Himself |
| 2010 | Canada's Worst Handyman 5 Canada's Worst Handyman 5 Canada's Worst Handyman 5 is the fifth season of Canada's Worst Handyman, a Canadian series which attempts to improve the handyman skills of five contestants, nominated by their peers. It airs on Discovery Channel Canada.... |
Himself |
| 2010 | I'm in the Band I'm in the Band I'm in the Band, is a live-action sitcom airing on Disney XD in the United States and on Family Channel in Canada. The pilot episode was taped on July 14, 2009, with a "sneak preview" airing on November 27, 2009; the show subsequently joined Disney XD's regular schedule on February 20, 2010, with... |
Simon Craig |
| 2011 | This Hour Has 22 Minutes This Hour Has 22 Minutes This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials... |
Himself |
Television commercials
In the 1990s, Thicke was the spokesman for the Canadian division of WoolcoWoolco
Woolco was an American-based discount retail chain. It was founded in 1962 in the city of Columbus, Ohio, by the F.W. Woolworth Company. It was a full-line discount department store unlike the five-and-dime Woolworth stores which operated at the time. At its peak, Woolco had hundreds of stores in...
department stores until its demise in 1994. In 1991 Thicke appeared in a television commercial for 'Fruit of the Loom' underwear. In 1997 he appeared in a television infomercial
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
for the 'Bright Smile' tooth whitening system. He appeared in 2007 in a TV ad for the 'Tahiti Village' a Las Vegas time-share resort that went out of business in 2009. In 2009 Thicke began appearing in TV ads endorsing 'CCS Medical', a distributor of home-delivered diabetes supplies.