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Neil Patrick Harris Pays Tribute to TV Dad James Sikking After His Death


Neil Patrick Harris paid tribute to his 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' TV dad James Sikking after the actor's death at age 90

Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival“Jim Sikking played my dad in Doogie Howser, MD, and was one of the kindest, wisest, funniest, and most generous people I’ve ever known,” the How I Met Your Mother actor, 51, wrote via Instagram on Monday, July 15. Jim Sikking.Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images“In a remarkable career, Sikking’s wonderfully exciting face gave us drama, comedy, tragedy and hilarious farce,” Snyder told the outlet. An actor whose first credited role was in the TV series Assignment: Underwater in 1961, Sikking eventually gained widespread fame as Lt. Howard Hunter in the 1980s police procedural Hill Street Blues.

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