Pictures: Greatest television dads

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Eddard Stark

In "Game of Thrones," Lord Eddard Stark can mightily wield a sword and rules the North with an iron fist. He expects obedience from his children just as he would his subjects, and he protects them with a father's love (Well, he did until he got killed off by one of his kids).
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