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Daniel "Danny" Ernest Tanner is a fictional character on the TV series Full House, played by Bob Saget. He is the patriarch of the family, and the father of D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.
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Daniel "Danny" Ernest Tanner is a fictional character on the TV series Full House, played by Bob Saget. He is the patriarch of the family, and the father of D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.
Danny's character was supposed to be named "Reid Westfall", and on the original pilot was played by John Posey.
Character
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Family
Daniel Ernest Tanner was born on December 15, 1957 to Claire Tanner (played by Doris Roberts). Danny's father, John (1916-1987), was never revealed in the series because they were divorced. Danny has a sister, Wendy Tanner, and his brother Thomas. Wendy briefly dated Joey in Season 5. Danny's parents divorced when he was around 10 years (according to him in the episode Terror in Tanner Town from Season 4.
Danny attended Golden Bay High where he met his future wife, Pam. In the episode Luck Be a Lady of the second season, it is revealed that Danny and Pam ran out together after their prom, getting married at age 18. They had their first daughter, Donna Jo Margaret the following year. Five years later, they had their second daughter, Stephanie Judith. Michelle Elizabeth was born four years later.
Shortly after the birth of Michelle, Pam was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. This prompted the premise of the series, which features Pam's brother - Jesse - and Danny's best friend - Joey - to move in with Danny to help him raise his family.
Career
In the first season, Danny is shown to be a sportscaster for Channel 8 news. In Season 2, he got his own morning show, Wake Up San Francisco, which he hosted together with Rebecca Donaldson. Rebecca would later fall in love with Jesse and get married.
In later seasons, Rebecca is made producer of the show which makes Danny somewhat jealous of her.
Relationships
In the episode 13 Candles, it is revealed that Danny's first kiss was with Colleen Fenegan, in 8th grade.
Danny met his future wife, Pam in tenth grade during geometry class. They eloped when they were 18 years old, which upset both their families. Together they had three daughters: D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle. Shortly after giving birth to Michelle, she was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. They remained married 13 years.
During the run of the show, Danny has had several girlfriends. In the third season episode Triple Date, he dated a woman named Denise. Cindy was his girlfriend during the fourth season, appearing for three episodes. On the sixth season, Danny started dating Vicky Larson, who was filling in the show for Rebecca. They got engaged on the sixth season finale, but she decided to take a job in New York which prompted their break-up in the seventh season. He also dated Gia Mahan's (Stephanie's best friend in season 8) mother.
