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Alan Thicke

1947 - 2016

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Thicke is the 3,331st most popular actor (down from 3,323rd in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Canada (down from 261st in 2019) and the 71st most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Thicke ranks 3,331 out of 13,578. Before him are Ellen Corby, Oleg Vidov, Richard Roxburgh, Dorothy Lamour, Nicole Courcel, and Dennis Franz. After him are Nikolai Grinko, Harry Langdon, John Carroll Lynch, Peter Jacobson, Ken Ogata, and T.J. Miller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Alan Thicke ranks 386. Before him are Horst Blankenburg, Alain Bashung, Martin Ferrero, Björn Skifs, Adam Cheng, and Louis Michel. After him are Jean Echenoz, Navin Ramgoolam, Željko Franulović, Clare Torry, Joseph Daul, and Larry Kudlow. Among people deceased in 2016, Alan Thicke ranks 255. Before him are Pierre Barouh, Juan Mujica, Aurèle Nicolet, A. B. Bardhan, Luis María Echeberría, and Nicole Courcel. After him are Nate Thurmond, Michel Delpech, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Ernst Neizvestny, Pete Burns, and Signe Toly Anderson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alan Thicke ranks 287 out of 1,622. Before him are Diana Krall (1964), Sandra Oh (1971), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), David Baszucki (1963), Allan Dwan (1885), and Emily Carr (1871). After him are George Lawrence Price (1892), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Elias Koteas (1961), John Diefenbaker (1895), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), and Len Cariou (1939).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Alan Thicke ranks 71. Before him are Kenneth Welsh (1942), John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Wincott (1958), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), Oliver Platt (1960), and Sandra Oh (1971). After him are Elias Koteas (1961), Len Cariou (1939), Stana Katic (1978), Stephen McHattie (1946), Kim Coates (1958), and Gordon Thomson (1945).

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