Jeremy Miller is endlessly grateful for his TV household.
Throughout a current interview with Scott Austalosh on the “Youngstown Studios” podcast, Miller, 48, recalled how his “Rising Pains” co-stars Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron saved him from ending up homeless after the 2008 monetary disaster.
“My catering firm went beneath, and I used to be actually struggling,” Miller remembered. “I imply, actually struggling, getting ready to homelessness.”
“Issues bought actually dangerous, and Alan and Kirk had been the one two who stepped as much as assist me,” the actor defined. “Alan arrange interviews with all of his restaurateur associates in Santa Barbara and some different locations, and bought me linked to completely different locations the place I may make the most of my chef expertise and earn some cash to assist handle my household.”
Miller added, “All it took was a telephone name to say, ‘Hey, Al, I’m actually struggling. Are you aware anyone who may…’ and that’s all I needed to say. He was on the telephone for the following two days, making connections and doing every thing he may to try to assist me. That was simply the sort of man he was.”
Miller starred on “Rising Pains” as Ben Seaver. Thicke performed Ben’s dad, Dr. Jason Seaver, and Cameron performed Ben’s older brother, Mike. The forged additionally included Joanna Kerns, Tracey Gold and Ashley Johnson.
Leonardo DiCaprio later joined the present as a homeless teen who’s taken in by the Seaver household.
After the ABC sitcom led to 1992, Miller’s profession transitioned to principally voice roles earlier than he grew to become a personal chef.
On the podcast, Miller referred to as Thicke — who died in 2016 at age 69 — “one of the crucial wonderful males.”
“And he was at all times so vigorous,” Miller shared of his late co-star. “That was why dropping him was such a shock. All of us, we actually thought he was gonna be the following Dick Clark — 102 and nonetheless going. He was so vigorous and so filled with power.”
“He was simply such a sort, beneficiant and wonderful man,” Miller continued. “Him and I’d speak in all probability as soon as a month, as soon as each two months. He would name simply to check out me, be certain every thing was good.”
“He actually did fill that father function,” Miller mentioned of Thicke. “He was my different dad. As shut as I’m to my actual father, I used to be virtually as near Alan. He did step into that function in a outstanding approach.”
