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.
70 movies · 53 shows
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
2026·6.8
The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
2026·7.3
Game Changers
2018·7.4
The Clapper
2018·4.9
Love's Last Resort
2017·5.8
It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway
2017·5.0
Stop the Wedding
2016·5.8
Wish Upon a Christmas
2015·5.0
Being Canadian
2015·5.6
A Cookie Cutter Christmas
2014·6.1
I Am Divine
2014·7.3
Let It Snow
2013·6.5
Bank$tas
2013·4.5
Notes from Dad
2013·5.7
Sperm Donor
2012·0.0
Hemingway
2012·5.0
That's My Boy
2012·5.8
RoboDoc
2009·3.8
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009·5.4
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget
2008·7.0
The Surfer King
2007·3.9
Alpha Dog
2006·6.7
Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers
2004·6.0
Childstar
2004·5.2
Raising Helen
2004·6.1
Hollywood North
2004·5.1
Carolina
2003·5.8
Teddy Bears' Picnic
2001·4.0
SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Wayne Gretzky
2000·0.0
The Growing Pains Movie
2000·7.1
Ice Angel
2000·5.4
Two of Hearts
1999·10.0
The Windsor Protocol
1998·4.8
Casper Meets Wendy
1998·5.9
Anarchy TV
1998·5.0
Shadow of the Bear
1997·7.5
Any Place But Home
1997·9.0
The Secret She Carried
1996·9.0
Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise
1996·7.0
Demolition High
1996·4.4
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah
1995·8.0
Open Season
1995·4.8
Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio
1994·0.0
Rubdown
1993·4.0
Betrayal of the Dove
1993·5.0
Stepmonster
1993·4.5
The Trial of Red Riding Hood
1992·7.0
Still Not Quite Human
1992·4.9
And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird!
1991·5.4
Voices That Care
1991·7.0
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1990·0.0
Disorder in the Court: A 60th Anniversary Tribute to the Stooges
1990·0.0
Night of 100 Stars III
1990·4.0
Jury Duty: The Comedy
1990·2.5
Not Quite Human II
1989·5.9
The Opening of SkyDome: A Celebration
1989·0.0
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1988·0.0
Dance 'Til Dawn
1988·6.0
Hitting Home
1988·4.0
14 Going on 30
1988·5.6
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1987·7.0
Not Quite Human
1987·5.5
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·6.0
When Your Parent Drinks Too Much
1987·0.0
When Mom and Dad Break Up
1987·0.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star
1986·7.2
The Canadian Conspiracy
1986·5.5
Calendar Girl Murders
1984·4.7
Copper Mountain
1983·3.0
The Point
1971·6.8