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Neil Patrick Harris Remembers His TV Dad James Sikking: “One Of The Kindest, Wisest, Funniest, & Most Generous People”


Neil Patrick Harris is paying tribute to Emmy-nominated actor James B. Sikking, his former Doogie Howser, MD co-star, who died July 13.

“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,” Harris wrote in a post on Instagram. He also was a regular on Brooklyn South and appeared on such shows as Rawhide, Bonanza, Starsky & Hutch, The Rockford Files, Turnabout, General Hospital and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He also played FBI director Denton Boyles in Alan J. Pakula’s 1993 legal thriller The Pelican Brief, among others.

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