One of his student films won a merit award at the Student Academy Awards. Saget received his college education at the 'Center for the Performing and Cinematic Arts', a college associated with the Temple University of Philadelphia. He was originally interested in a medical career but his English teacher Elaine Zimmerman convinced Saget to aspire to an acting or filmmaking career instead. He attended a Philadelphia high school during his senior year.
Saget spend part of his high school years in Los Angeles, where he befriended veteran comedian Larry Fine (1902-1975). Bob received his early religious education at Temple Israel, a synagogue of Norfolk which adhered to Conservative Judaism. The Saget family eventually moved to Norfolk, Virginia. His parents were supermarket executive Benjamin Saget and hospital administrator Rosalyn 'Dolly' Saget. In 1956, Saget was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia. Saget voiced the narrator in the hit sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother' (2005-2014), depicted as an older version of main character Ted Mosby. Saget served as the original host of the long-running clip show 'America's Funniest Home Videos' from 1989 to 1997.
He played the character again in the sequel series 'Fuller House' (2016-2020). His best known role was playing pater familias Danny Tanner on the hit sitcom 'Full House' (1987-1995). Bob Saget was an American actor, stand-up comedian, and television host from Philadelphia.
