Bob Saget, actor and comedian known for “Full House”, died at 65

Bob Saget, the actor and comedian best known for his role as Danny Tanner in the television series Full housedied at the age of 65.

According to TMZ, Saget died Sunday, Jan.9 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Florida. “, Reports the tabloid, adding that they had been told that Saget had been” declared dead at the scene, but the circumstances of his death are still not clear “. Variety adds that “detectives found no sign of criminal act or drug use in the case.”

Born in Philadelphia in 1956, Saget attended Temple University Film School, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1978. He pursued a career in comedy, touring across the country until in January 1987, when he was hired for CBS Union News. – entertainment show The morning program. The show was a failure, but Saget’s next effort would gain national attention.

In September 1987, ABC launched Full housea family sitcom about widowed father Danny Tanner and his adventures raising three daughters in San Francisco, with the help of his extended family. Although the series was never popular with critics, it was a hit with viewers around the world, consistently ranking among the top 20 shows on TV. The sitcom would last 192 episodes and eventually spawn a series of sequels, Fuller housein 2016.

Saget’s other TV credits included permanent accommodation America’s Funniest Home Videos from 1989 to 1997. He also appeared in the live sitcom Raising daddy from 2001-2002. Saget contributed his voice to the series how I Met Your Motherserving as the series narrator for its nine seasons. The actor’s long list of guest roles included stops on Quantum leap, Entourage, Louie, Legitimate and Shameless. In 2020, the comedian appeared on The masked singercompeting as a “Squiggly Monster”.

Saget also sometimes went behind the camera. His beginnings as a feature film director date back to 1998 Dirty work with Norm Macdonald.

A cause of death had not been determined at the time of writing. Saget was in the middle of a stand-up tour before his death and last performed on Saturday evening (January 8) at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Jacksonville, Florida.