Alan Thicke
Alan Willis Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffery; March 1, 1947) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, and game and talk show host. He is known for his role as Jason Seaver, the father on the ABC television series Growing Pains. He is the father of actor Brennan Thicke and singer Robin Thicke. In 2013, Thicke was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
Early life
Thicke was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley "Joan" Isobel Marie (née Greer), a nurse, and William Jeffery, a stockbroker. His mother remarried to Brian Thicke, a physician.
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.
Career
Game shows
Thicke hosted a Canadian game show on CFCF-TV in Montreal called First Impressions in the late 1970s and the Saturday morning celebrity game show Animal Crack-Ups in the late 1980s. In 1997, he hosted a television version of the board game Pictionary. In the early 2000s, he hosted the All New 3's a Crowd on the Game Show Network.
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ALBUMS
- All-Time Top 100 TV Themes released: 2005
- TV Land Presents Favorite TV Theme Songs (feat. Fred Steiner) released: 2002
- Best of TV Quiz and Game Show Themes released: 2000
- Classic TV Game Show Themes released: 1998
- Les Meilleurs Génériques des séries T.V. américaines 80's released: 1997
- Television's Greatest Hits, Volume 6: Remote Control released: 1996
- Television's Greatest Hits, Volume 3: 70's & 80's released: 1987
- TV Themes, Volume 3 released:
- TV Themes, Volume 1 released:
- Tube Tunes, Volume Three: The 80's released:
All-Time Top 100 TV Themes
Released 2005- Six Feet Under
- Sex And The City
- Ally McBeal
- Will & Grace
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Frasier
- Friends
- Late Show With David Letterman
- Mad About You
- Melrose Place
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Law & Order
- Northern Exposure
- The Simpsons
- Thirtysomething
- Full House
- 21 Jump Street
- L.A. Law
- Pee-Wee's Playhouse
- Perfect Strangers
- Growing Pains
- Moonlighting
- Who's the Boss (Brand New Life)
- Miami Vice
- Night Court
- The A-Team
- St. Elsewhere
- Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)
- Knight Rider
- Cagney & Lacey
- The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not) (feat. Joey Scarbury)
- Hill Street Blues
- Dynasty
- Magnum, P.I.
- The Facts of Life
- Diff'rent Strokes
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Taxi
- Dallas
- Fantasy Island
- Love Boat (feat. Jack Jones)
- Soap
- Eight Is Enough
- Three's Company
- Wonder Woman
- Charlie's Angels
- The Muppet Show
- There's a New Girl in Town (Theme From "Alice")
- What's Happening!!
- Making Our Dreams Come True (Theme From Laverne & Shirley)
TV Land Presents Favorite TV Theme Songs (feat. Fred Steiner)
Released 2002- I Love Lucy Theme
- Dragnet
- The Twilight Zone
- Bonanza
- The Andy Griffith Theme
- The Ballad of Jed Clampett
- The Addams Family (Main Theme)
- Munsters Theme
- The Ballad of Gilligan's Island
- Green Acres
- Jeannie
- Batman Theme
- (Theme From) The Monkees
- Star Trek (Main Title & Closing Theme)
- Mannix
- Hawaii Five-O
- Theme from "The Brady Bunch"
- Come On Get Happy
- Those Were the Days
- And Then There's Maude
- Good Times
- Movin' On Up
- The Rockford Files
- Theme from "S.W.A.T."
- Happy Days
- Making Our Dreams Come True
- Chico and the Man
- Welcome Back
- What's Happening!!
- Barney Miller
- Charlie's Angels
- Love Boat Theme
- Angela (Theme from "Taxi")
- It Takes Diff'rent Strokes
- Theme from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
- Theme from "Magnum, P.I."
- Theme from "Hill Street Blues"
- Theme from "Dynasty"
- Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)
- Thank You for Being a Friend
Best of TV Quiz and Game Show Themes
Released 2000- The Match Game (A Swingin' Safari)
- Password
- To Tell the Truth
- Beat the Clock (Subway Polka)
- The Price is Right
- What's My Line?
- The Hollywood Squares (Bob and Merrill's Theme)
- The Joker's Wild (The Savers)
- Monopoly (Vocal)
- Let's Make a Deal
- Wheel of Fortune (Big Wheels)
- Tattletales
- Blockbusters
- Break the Bank
- The Gong Show
- The Diamond Head Game
- The $10,000 Pyramid (Tuning Up)
- High Rollers
- Split Second
- Rock and Roll Jeopardy!
Classic TV Game Show Themes
Released 1998- Wheel of Fortune (Changing Keys)
- Jeopardy!
- What's My Line? (Rollercoaster)
- Password
- To Tell The Truth
- Tic Tac Dough
- The Joker's Wild
- GE College Bowl
- The Wizard of Odds
- The Dating Game
- The Newlywed Game
- The $25,000 Pyramid
- The Price Is Right
- Match Game
- Family Feud
- Card Sharks
- Jackpot
- Go
- Chain Reaction
Les Meilleurs Génériques des séries T.V. américaines 80's
Released 1997- Les Têtes brûlées (Baa Baa Black Sheep)
- La croisière s'amuse (The Love Boat)
- Super Jaimie (The Bionic Woman)
- L'Incroyable Hulk (The Incredible Hulk)
- Hill Street Blues (Capitaine Furillo) (Hill Street Blues)
- Star Trek the Next Generation
- Code Quantum (Quantum Leap)
- Arnold & Willy (Diff'rent Strokes)
- Cosby Show (The Bill Cosby Show)
- Les Routes du paradis (Highway to Heaven)
- Magnum (Magnum, P.I.)
- Dallas
- Deux flics à Miami (Miami Vice)
- Fame
- Mac Gyver
- 21, Jump Street
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Melrose Place
- New York Police Blues (NYPD Blue)
- Falcon Crest
- Supercopter (Airwolf)
- K2000 (The Knight Rider)
- Equalizer (The Equalizer)
- Clair de lune (Moonlighting)
- Agence tous risques (The A Team)
- Simon et Simon (Simon & Simon)
- Vegas
- La Loi de Los Angeles (L.A. Law)
- Le Juge et le Pilote (Hardcastle and MC Cormick)
- New York District (Law & Order)
- Rick Hunter (Hunter)
- Larry & Balki (Perfect Strangers)
- Chips
- Madame est servie (Who's the Boss)
- Papa bricole (Home Improvement)
- Shérif fais-moi peur (The Dukes of Hazzard)
- Roseanne
- L'Homme qui tombe à pic (The Fall Guy)
- Jack Killian, l'homme au micro (Midnight Caller)
- Max Headroom
- Racines (Roots)
- ALF
- Seinfeld
- Les Simpson (The Simpsons)
- Twin Peaks
Television's Greatest Hits, Volume 6: Remote Control
Released 1996- Fish
- Night Court
- What's Happening?
- Diff'rent Strokes (It Takes Diff'rent Strokes)
- Mr. Belvedere (According to Our New Arrivals) (feat. Leon Redbone)
- Growing Pains (As Long as We Got Each Other) (feat. B.J. Thomas and Jennifer Warnes)
- Charles in Charge
- Silver Spoons (Together)
- Webster (Then Came You)
- Too Close for Comfort
- Who's the Boss (Brand New Life)
- Perfect Strangers (Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now) (feat. David Pomeranz)
- Alice (There's a New Girl in Town) (feat. Linda Lavin)
- It's a Living
- Angie (Different Worlds) (feat. Maureen McGovern)
- 227 (There's No Place Like Home) (feat. Marla Gibbs)
- The Golden Girls (Thank You for Being a Friend) (feat. Cynthia Fee)
- ALF
- Mork & Mindy
- Police Squad
- Family Ties (Without Us) (feat. Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams)
- Moonlighting (feat. Al Jarreau)
- Soap
- Benson
- The Benny Hill Show (Yakety Sax)
- The Young Ones
- The People's Court
- Family Feud
- The Price Is Right
- Siskel and Ebert
- Monday Night Football (Superstar, a.k.a Heavy Action)
- Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Come With Me Now)
- Fame (feat. Erica Gimpel)
- Paper Chase (feat. Seals & Croft)
- Fantasy Island
- Falcon Crest
- The Colbys
- Highway to Heaven (Heaven)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
- B.J. and the Bear (feat. Greg Evigan)
- Movin' On
- The Fall Guy (The Unknown Stuntman) (feat. Lee Majors)
- James at 15 (It's All Up to You)
- Eight Is Enough
- Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Trapper John M.D.
- CHiPs
- Vega$
- Matt Houston
- Cagney & Lacey
- T.J. Hooker
- Hardcastle and McCormick (Drive)
- Hunter
- MacGyver
- Knight Rider
- Airwolf
- The Incredible Hulk
- V: The Series
- The New Twilight Zone
- Doctor Who
- Mystery!
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Roots
- Vietnam: A Television History
- Cosmos (Heaven and Hell)
Television's Greatest Hits, Volume 3: 70's & 80's
Released 1987- Sesame Street
- The Muppet Show
- The Alvin Show
- Speed Racer
- The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo
- Inspector Gadget
- The Smurfs
- Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
- Scooby-Doo
- Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids
- The Archies (Everything's Archie)
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Dudley Do-Right
- Fractured Fairy Tales
- Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)
- The Bob Newhart Show (Home to Emily)
- The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)
- Welcome Back, Kotter (Welcome Back)
- Room 222
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Taxi (Angela)
- Barney Miller
- Three's Company
- Happy Days
- Laverne and Shirley (Making Our Dreams Come True)
- The Facts of Life
- Good Times
- One Day at a Time
- Gimme a Break
- Maude (And Then There's Maude)
- The Jeffersons (Movin' on Up)
- All in the Family (Those Were the Days)
- Sanford and Son (The Streetbeater)
- Dallas
- Dynasty
- Knots Landing
- L.A. Law
- St. Elsewhere
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
- M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)
- The Waltons
- Little House on the Prairie
- Hart to Hart
- Charlie's Angels
- Wonder Woman
- Love Boat
- American Bandstand (Bandstand Boogie)
- Solid Gold
- Entertainment Tonight
- Miami Vice
- S.W.A.T.
- Baretta (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Barnaby Jones
- Starsky & Hutch (Gotcha)
- The Rookies
- Kojak
- The A-Team
- The Name of the Game
- Quincy, M.E.
- Hill Street Blues
- Simon & Simon
- Magnum, P.I.
- The Rockford Files
- NBC's Saturday Night Live
TV Themes, Volume 3
- Knots Landing
- Who's the Boss?
- Full House
- Cheers
- One Day at a Time
- My Two Dads
- Webster
- WKRP in Cincinatti
- The Incredible Hulk
- Hogan's Heroes
- Designing Women
- Batman (1960s)
- All in the Family
- Airwolf
- Jeopardy
- Baretta
- Garfield and Friends
- Dungeons and Dragons (cartoon)
- Danger Mouse
- Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Animaniacs
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Transformers (ending theme)
- C.O.P.S.
- Hockey Night in Canada
- ABC Monday Night Football
- Days of Our Lives
- Entertainment Tonight
- I Dream of Jeannie
- Kojak
- Living Single
- Married..... With Children (Love and Marriage)
- The Monkees
- Roseanne
- Mama's Family
- Little House on the Prairie
- The Partridge Family
- A Different World
- People's Court
- Wheel of Fortune (Big Wheels)
- Blossom
- Blue Thunder
- Degrassi Junior High
- Hill Street Blues
- Law & Order
- MADtv
- Mork & Mindy
- Columbo
- In Living Color
- Benson
- Kung Fu
- Remington Steele
- The West Wing
- Baywatch
- Beverly Hillbillies
- Fantasy Island
- Matlock
- Murder, She Wrote
- Starsky and Hutch
- The Addams Family
- The Equalizer
- The Hogan Family
- The Outer Limits
- The Sim
TV Themes, Volume 1
- Dallas
- The Brady Bunch
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Bonanza
- Muppet Babies
- Smurfs
- Care Bears
- Starblazers
- He-Man & The Masters of the Universe
- She-Ra, Princess of Power
- G.I. Joe
- The Teddy Ruxpin Show
- Transformers (First Season)
- Transformers (Movie version)
- Ewoks
- Pee-Wee's Playhouse
- My Pet Monster (Cartoon)
- Super Mario Brothers Super Show
- The Legend of Zelda
- Ducktales
- Punky Brewster
- ALF
- Diff'rent Strokes
- The Facts of Life
- Silver Spoons (First Season)
- Gimme a Break
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- The A-Team
- The Littlest Hobo
- Battlestar Galactica
- Buck Rogers
- Magnum, P.I.
- Knight Rider
- Hunter
- Macgyver
- Miami Vice
- 227
- Empty Nest
- Growing Pains
- Charles in Charge
- Family Ties
- Golden Girls
- The Benny Hill Show
- Small Wonder
- Head of the Class
- Mr. Belvedere
- The Greatest American Hero
- Three's Company
- The Cosby Show
- Night Court
- Saved by the Bell
- America's Most Wanted
- Unsolved Mysteries
- The X-Files
- Dallas (Final Season version)
Tube Tunes, Volume Three: The 80's
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- Theme From "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
- The Facts of Life
- Theme From "Dynasty"
- Theme From "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)
- Theme From "Hill Street Blues" (feat. Larry Carlton)
- Without Us
- Silver Spoons
- Theme From "Cheers" (Where Everybody Knows Your Name)
- Miami Vice Theme
- Brand New Life
- Charles in Charge
- The Equalizer Busy Equalizing
- As Long as We Got Each Other
- Love Boat Theme
- You Can Count on Me
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