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Alan Thicke
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Actor Born: March 1, 1947 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada Biography:After abandoning plans to be either a minister or a doctor, Canadian-born singer/actor "Alan Thicke" turned to sports writing, then typed out comedy material for the CBC television network. He moved to Hollywood, where he became a writer and sometime performer on the syndicated "Norman Lear" series Fernwood 2-Night. He returned to Canada in 1980 to replace talk host Alan Hamel on a popular daytime chatfest. He was successful enough in this endeavor to be invited by onetime network executive "Fred Silverman" to star in "Silverman"'s first non-network effort, a nighttime variety show titled Thicke of the Night (1983). Despite an enormous publicity buildup, the show was a disaster, for which Thicke adopted a "mea culpa" stance. Also during this period, his marriage to singer/actress "Gloria Loring" broke up; thus Thicke felt himself a failure on all counts. He has credited his comeback to producer Ilene... Full Biography
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