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Bob Saget Biography
Birth Name:
Robert Lane Saget
Birth Place:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Actor, comedian, director
Fast Facts
- Originally planned to pursue a career in medicine
- While studying at Temple University, won a student Academy Award for his documentary Through Adam's Eyes
- Was a fixture on the Los Angeles comedy-club circuit in the early 1980s, along with future cast mate Dave Coulier
- Best known for playing clean-cut dad Danny Tanner on the long-running sitcom Full House, as well as hosting America's Funniest Home Videos for eight years
- Directed the acclaimed TV movie For Hope (1996), inspired by his sister Gay, who died of the autoimmune disease scleroderma in 1994
- Wrote, directed and produced Farce of the Penguins (2007), an all-star spoof of the nature documentary March of the Penguins (2005)
- Made his Broadway debut in 2007, starring in the Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone
Relationships
- Aubrey -- Daughter
- Jennifer -- Daughter
- Lara -- Daughter
- Sherri Kramer -- Ex-wife
- Ben Saget -- Father
- Dolly Saget -- Mother
- Andrea -- Sister
- Gay -- Sister