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.

Filmography

• 2026The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel — Self - Host, Thicke of the Night (archive footage)
• 2018The Clapper — Alan Thicke
• 2017It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway — Patrick Spencer
• 2017Love's Last Resort — Henry / Paul Roberts
• Fuller House — Mike
• 2016Stop the Wedding — Sean Castleberry
• This Is Us — Alan Thicke
• Scream Queens — Tad Radwell
• The Stanley Dynamic
• 2015Wish Upon a Christmas — Mr. Pierce
• 2014A Cookie Cutter Christmas — Chef Krueger
• 2013Bank$tas — Peter Hoss
• 2013Let It Snow — Ted Beck
• 2013Notes from Dad — Pops
• 2012Hemingway — Paul Hemingway
• 2012Sperm Donor — Richard
• 2012That's My Boy — TV Version Donny's Dad
• 2009RoboDoc — Dr. Roskin
• 2009The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard — Stu Harding
• jPod — Jim Jarlewski
• 2007The Surfer King — Pipeman
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — Dr. Alan Thicke
• 'Til Death — Alan Thicke
• 2006Alpha Dog — Douglas Holden
• Celebrity Cooking Showdown — Host
• American Dad! — Alan Thicke (voice)
• Hi-Jinks
• How I Met Your Mother — Alan Thicke
• 2004Childstar — J.R.
• 2004Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers — Jason Seaver
• 2004Hollywood North — Peter Casey
• Joey — Alan Thicke
• Living in TV Land
• Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide — Hal E. Burton
• 2004Raising Helen — Hockey Cantor
• 2003Carolina — Chuck McBride - Perfect Date Host
• Half & Half — Gavin Storm
• My Wife and Kids
• 2001Teddy Bears' Picnic — Alan Thicke
• 2000Ice Angel — Coach Parker
• Son of the Beach
• 2000The Growing Pains Movie — Jason Seaver
• 1999Two of Hearts — Hank Powers
• 1998Anarchy TV — Reverend Wright
• 1998Casper Meets Wendy — Baseball Announcer
• 1998The Windsor Protocol — Hardy
• 1997Any Place But Home — August Danforth
• Just Shoot Me! — Alan Thicke
• 1997Shadow of the Bear — William Andrich
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• 7th Heaven — Ed Palmer
• Arli$$ — Doctor
• 1996Demolition High — Slater
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Lamb Chop's Chanukah and Passover Surprise — Alan
• 1996The Secret She Carried — Reed Epperson (uncredited)
• Hope and Gloria — Dennis Dupree
• 1995Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah — Alan / Weapons Man
• Minor Adjustments — Roger
• 1995Open Season — Xanex
• The Outer Limits — Donald Rivers
• Burke's Law — Bobby Gilmore
• 1993Betrayal of the Dove — Jack West
• 1993Rubdown — Raymond Holliman
• 1993Stepmonster — George Dougherty
• 1992Still Not Quite Human — Jonas Carson / Bonus
• 1992The Trial of Red Riding Hood — The Wolf
• Travelquest — Host
• 1991And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird! — Matthew Carson / Newman (voice)
• 1990Jury Duty: The Comedy — Phil Beckman
• 1989Not Quite Human II — Jonas Carson
• 198814 Going on 30 — Real Harold Forndexter
• 1988Dance 'Til Dawn — Jack Lefcourt
• 1988Hitting Home — Conrad Vaughan
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Married... with Children — Henry, Bruce
• 1987Not Quite Human — Jonas Carson
• 1987Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Host
• 1987When Your Parent Drinks Too Much — Host
• 1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star — Steve Carr
• Growing Pains — Jason Seaver
• Scene of the Crime — Craig Spears
• 1984Calendar Girl Murders — Alan Conti
• Murder, She Wrote — Harrison M. Kane
• 1983Copper Mountain — Jackson Reach
• Masquerade
• The Hitchhiker — Mickey Black
• Thicke of the Night — Host
• 1980Olivia Newton-John: Hollywood Nights — Writer
• The Alan Thicke Show
• America 2-Night — Doug, Writer
• Fernwood 2 Night — Writer
• 1977The Barry Manilow Special — Writer
• The Love Boat — Robert McBride, Alan Price
• 1977The Richard Pryor Special? — Writer
• The Bobby Vinton Show — Producer
• 1971The Point — Narrator / Father (voice)
• Miss Universe — Host

Appearances as themselves (30)

• 2026Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom — Self - Actor / Attendee at Lamar & Khloe's Wedding (archive footage)
• 2018Game Changers — Self
• 2015Being Canadian — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• 2014I Am Divine — Self (archive)
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget — Self
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• The Princes of Malibu — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• Miracle Pets — Self - Host
• Fear Factor — Self
• 2000SportsCentury Greatest Athletes: Wayne Gretzky — Self
• 1994Lamb Chop in the Haunted Studio — Self / Count Dracula
• Intimate Portrait — Self - Interviewee
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Self (uncredited)
• 1991Voices That Care — Self - Choir Member
• 1990Disorder in the Court: A 60th Anniversary Tribute to the Stooges — Self - Host
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1990Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self - Host
• 1989The Opening of SkyDome: A Celebration — Self
• 1988Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self - Host
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1987When Mom and Dad Break Up — Himself
• 1986The Canadian Conspiracy — Self
• Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade — Self - Host
• Miss USA — Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee