Bob Selleck: Who was Tom Selleck’s father?

Bob Selleck was an American and the father of Tom Selleck. Bob Selleck’s son is known for his breakout role playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. For this role he has received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1985. Beginning in 2005, he has also portrayed troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.

Bob Selleck: Bio Summary

Who is Tom Selleck’s father?

Bob Selleck was born on December 21, 1921, in Lapeer, Lapeer County, Michigan, United States of America. He was the son of George Samuel Selleck and Nellie Louise Fife.  Bob attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, and later served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He stood at a height of 6′ 4″ (1.93 m).

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Bob Selleck was an executive and real estate investor

Tom Selleck’s father was a skilled carpenter who became an executive and real estate investor. When the Magnum, P.I actor was in middle school, his father’s dissatisfaction with carpentry led him to move his family to Sherman Oaks, California, where he looked for success in real estate. He built the Selleck Company for Real Estate Development and Consultation.

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He went on to become a well-known San Fernando Valley real estate developer and subsequently became a banking executive. He served as the director of corporate communications for Coldwell Banker Commercial Group. Bob Selleck participated in Los Angeles’ civic activities as a director of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, commissioner and president of the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, and president of the Los Angeles Board of Recreation and Parks Commission.

The firm based in Westlake Village, has been credited with reviving the former General Motors plant in Van Nuys, and also the development of a shopping complex on that site has had a major effect on the economic revitalization of the area.

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Per the LA Times’s report, Selleck has received various awards and commendations, including the Fernando Award, which is given to the Valley resident who best exemplifies the spirit of volunteerism. Bob Selleck and his wife, Martha, were presented with the Golden Hands Award by the Boys and Girls Club of the San Fernando Valley and the First Premier Parents Award from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

According to Bob Selleck’s IMDB profile, he was also an actor, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980) where he appeared with his son. He appeared in two episodes as Grandpa Everett.

Bob Selleck was married to Martha Jagger in 1941 in Detroit, Michigan. The couple went on to have four children-  Robert Selleck, Daniel Selleck, Martha Selleck, and Tom Selleck. Described as a disciplinarian, Bob was strict but loving while raising his children. Per reports, at the age of 21, his children collected a gold watch from him for abstaining from cigarettes and alcohol.

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What happened to Tom Selleck’s father? How did he die?

Bob Selleck’s father passed away on 21 March 2001 at the age of 79 at the University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. According to reports, He died due to surgical complications. He was survived by his wife, three sons- Tom Selleck, Robert D. Selleck II, and Daniel Fife Selleck; daughter, Martha Selleck Ketchum; 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.