Alan Thicke

Actor, songwriter, game show host, and talk-show emcee Alan Thicke (born March 1, 1947) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains. Thicke was born Alan Willis Jeffery in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker. His mother later re-married to Brian Thicke, a physician. He graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965 as the homecoming king. He attended the University of Western Ontario, where he worked as a disc jockey. He is a member of the Delta Upsilon international fraternity. Alan is an avid hockey fan and player. Thicke Is currently married to model Tanya Callau. His son, Robin Thicke, is a platinum-selling musician. Thicke was 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 entitled 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. As of January 8, 2008 Thicke is appearing in a major supporting role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland’s “Growing Pains.” In a role perhaps capitalizing on his earlier successes portraying a typical sitcom father, this role diverges in the grandiose and modern problems the family faces, grow-ops and human trafficking for instance, yet retains an upbeat and humorous tone.