Alan Thicke was born on March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada as Alan Willis Jeffrey. He is known for his work on Growing Pains (1985), Raising Helen (2004) and That's My Boy (2012). He was married to Tanya Callau, Gina Marie Tolleson and Gloria Loring.
Thicke graduated in 1965 from Elliot Lake High School, and was elected Homecoming King, he attended the University of Western Ontario, worked as a disc jockey while in college and was the manager for Canadian teen-singer René Simard. He died on December 13, 2016 in Burbank, California, USA.