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Tim Allen
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Born: Jun 13, 1953
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Timothy Allen Dick was born on June 13, 1953, in Denver, Colorado,
USA. His father was Gerald Dick, a real-estate salesman who was
killed in a collision with a drunk driver while driving his family
home from a University of Colorado football game when Tim was 11
years-old. His mother was Martha Dick (AKA Marty Dick), a
community-service worker who remarried her high-school sweetheart,
an Episcopalian deacon, two years after Tim's father's death. Tim
also has a total of eight siblings. When Tim was young his family
moved to Birmingham, Michigan, USA (a suburb of Detroit). In high
school, his favorite subject was shop, of course, and after high
school he attended Western Michigan University and graduated with a
degree in Television Production in 1975. In 1978, he was arrested
on drug charges and spent two years in jail. Upon his release, he
had a new outlook on life and on a dare from a friend started his
comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to
do several cable specials, including, _Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen
(1988)_ (qv) and _Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1991) (TV)_ (qv). In
1991 he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC
called _"Home Improvement" (1991)_ (qv). While continuing to film
his television show throughout most of the 90's, he starred in a
string of blockbuster movies including _Santa Clause, The (1994)_
(qv), _T...[MORE]
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