Beloved Canadian actor Alan Thicke may have been almost 70 when he died, but America\u2019s favorite TV dad was as charming as ever.<\/p>\n
In one of his final roles, Thicke will play Jenny Mollen\u2018s dad in her new ABC.com web series I Like You Just The Way I Am<\/em> \u2014 and the actress and author reveals to PEOPLE that Thicke still had it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe episode is talking about how my dad is kind of my husband in, like, a sort of weird way, but not really. have this really romantic kiss at the end, even though he plays my dad,\u201d Mollen, who is married to Jason Biggs, tells PEOPLE. \u201cHe was this 69-year-old man and I\u2019m like, \u2018He has game! I totally get it. I totally get the appeal, I get why he has a young, hot wife. This guy has so much game and swagger.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n The actress also opens up about the \u201cclass act\u201d Thicke was on set after only being cast as her father just one day prior to shooting: \u201cHe\u2019s incredible. At the eleventh hour he comes in, I give him like pages and pages of a monologue and he just nails it and adds all this stuff. He was so charming. He was so handsome. He was such a pro,\u201d Mollen says, adding that she was \u201cdevastated\u201d when she heard the news of his death at 69 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n The late actor blew Mollen away with his acting \u2014 something she wasn\u2019t fully expecting since she still thought of him as Dr. Seaver from Growing Pains<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cHis comedic timing was insane. I couldn\u2019t believe it because, you know, these iconic actors from these shows we grew up on, they\u2019re beloved but you don\u2019t even think about what they\u2019re capable of as actors because you just know them as those people in a weird way \u2014 you feel like they\u2019re a part of your life,\u201d she admits. \u201cYou never judge them in that way and seeing him work it was like, \u2018Oh my God, he\u2019s really f\u2014\u2013 talented.\u2019 He\u2019s not just my dad from the TV show I grew up on.\u201d<\/p>\n She adds: \u201cYou forget. It\u2019s like \u2018Oh my God, yeah, you\u2019re incredible!\u2019 He was just a real revelation, having him there was so fun. So fun to watch him work. He was so talented. I\u2019m telling you, he seemed so healthy and great and handsome. It\u2019s really such a bummer.\u201d<\/p>\n Although part of Mollen\u2019s show will be available to stream starting Dec. 15 on ABC.com, the episode with Thicke will air at a later date.<\/p>\n Thicke is survived by his wife, Tanya, and his three sons \u2014 Robin, Carter and Brennan \u2014 after passing away from a heart attack on Dec. 13.<\/p>\n\n Beloved Canadian actor Alan Thicke may have been almost 70 when he died, but America\u2019s favorite TV dad was as charming as ever. In one of his final roles, Thicke will play Jenny Mollen\u2018s dad in her new ABC.com web series I Like You Just The Way I Am \u2014 and the actress and author reveals …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[611],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n