Alan Thicke

Alan Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey; March 1, 1947 – December 13, 2016) was a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is the father of singer Robin Thicke. In 2013, Thicke was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame. Thicke was best known for playing Dr. Jason Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains on ABC.

Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, the son of Shirley “Joan” Isobel Marie (née Greer), a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker.[1][2] They divorced in 1953. His mother remarried Brian Thicke, a physician, and they moved to Elliot Lake.[3] Alan Thicke graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965[4] and was elected homecoming king.[5] He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario joining the Delta Upsilon fraternity