Grant Goodeve (born July 6, 1952) is an American actor and television host. He is best known for his role as David Bradford, the eldest son on ABC television's Eight Is Enough from 1977 to 1981; he sang the theme song for the show, as well. More recent work includes stints on the Home & Garden Television cable channel, and voice roles such as the Engineer in the multiplayer video game Team Fortress 2, and Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault.
Grant Goodeve | |
|---|---|
 Goodeve on T. J. Hooker in 1983 | |
| Born | July 6, 1952 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, television host |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Known for | David Bradford in Eight Is Enough |
| Spouse |
Deborah Lynn Ketcham
(m. 1978) |
| Children | 3 |
Early life, family and education
editGoodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut,[1] and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1975.[2] His sister is the writer Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.
Career
editHis earliest role was on a fifth-season episode of Emergency![3] After a February 1977 screen test,[2] he signed on as a cast member of Eight Is Enough, taking over a role played in the series' pilot episode by Mark Hamill.
When Eight Is Enough ended in 1981, Goodeve appeared in guest roles in series such as The Love Boat, T. J. Hooker, Dynasty, and Fantasy Island, among others.[1] In 1983, he played a role in the television pilot The Night Watchman. In the summer of 1984, Goodeve hosted the syndicated program Solid Gold Hits. In 1985–86, he played Michael James "Woody" Woodward on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.[4] In 1984 he co-starred in the made-for-TV movie Pigs vs. Freaks (a.k.a. Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks)). He also made a number of appearances as a celebrity guest contestant on the Pyramid game shows in the late 1970s and 1980s.
He reprised his Eight Is Enough role in two reunion movies during the late 1980s, and also appeared in several episodes of Murder, She Wrote.[1] As the 1990s came to a close, he made an appearance on The WB's hit series 7th Heaven as Captain Jack Smith. In 2000, Goodeve appeared as the host of Word Pictures' production Proving the Bible through Archeology.[1]
Goodeve moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1989 with his wife and three children. Soon after, he began appearing in the recurring role of Rick Pedersen, an ill-fated bush pilot, on the CBS series Northern Exposure. He also began contributing to KING-TV's Evening Magazine, and began hosting that station's travel show Northwest Backroads in 1998.[5] As of 2014, Grant had hosted it for 16 years.
From 2000 to 2004, he hosted If Walls Could Talk and Homes of Our Heritage on Home & Garden Television. He has worked as a voice actor for several video games, including the role of Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault, the Engineer in Team Fortress 2, and various voices for F.E.A.R..[1] He also lent his singing voice to Bob Rivers' Twisted Christmas series of holiday CDs.
In 2006, Goodeve appeared as George Bailey in Seattle's Taproot Theatre Company's production of It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. He returned to the Taproot stage in 2008's production of The Christmas Foundling as Old Jake.
Goodeve also appears in an Amtrak Cascades safety video.[6]
Personal life
editGoodeve is active in his Presbyterian church in Seattle, engaging part-time in an itinerant music ministry in the region.[7]
Filmography
editTV series
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Emergency! | Larry | Above and Beyond... Nearly (Season 5: Episode 18) |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | Danny | Saturday Night (Season 1: Episode 2) |
| 1977−1981 | Eight Is Enough | David Bradford | Series regular |
| 1977, 1982 | Insight | Bill | I Want to Die Leave Me Alone, God |
| 1978–1983 | The Love Boat | Various | various roles |
| 1979, 1984 | Fantasy Island | Bill Rawlings/Hunter Richter | Goose for the Gander/The Stuntman (Season 3: Episode 2) Sing Melancholy Baby/The Last Dogfight (Season 7: Episode 16) |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise | Alex and Annie/Blue Honeymoon/Another Thing (Season 1: Episode 1) | |
| 1982 | Darkroom | Steve Lambert | Who's There? (Season 1: Episode 15) |
| 1983 | T. J. Hooker | Officer Bill Roper[8] | Blue Murder (Season 3: Episode 10) |
| 1983 | The Night Watchman | Officer Phil Triola | TV Pilot |
| 1983–1987 | Dynasty | Chris Deegan | 7 episodes |
| 1984 | Solid Gold Hits | Host | |
| 1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | David Huber | A Little Knife Music (Season 5: Episode 14) |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Stuart Scranton | A Gift (Season 1: Episode 10) |
| 1984 | Capitol | Jordy Clegg #2 | |
| 1984–1988 | Murder, She Wrote | Ben Skyler/Jack Kowalski/Larry Gaynes | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | Rituals | Dr. Coleman | |
| 1985–1986 | One Life to Live | James Woodward | |
| 1986 | Hotel | Kevin Bromley | Enemies Within (Season 4: Episode 3) |
| 1990–1992 | Northern Exposure | Rick Pederson/Rick | 10 episodes |
| 1992 | McGee and Me! | Brad 'Giff' Gifford | In the Nick of Time |
| 1999– | Northwest Backroads | Host | |
| 2002 | 7th Heaven | Captain Jack Smith | Monkey Business 1 (Season 7: Episode 1) Monkey Business Deux (Season 7: Episode 2) |
| 2000–2004 | If Walls Could Talk | Host | |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks | Walter Lawford | 2 episodes |
Films
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Law of the Land | Soldier | TV movie |
| 1977 | All the King's Horses | Jack Benson | |
| 1979 | A Last Cry for Help | Jeff Burgess | TV movie |
| 1979 | Hot Rod | Sonny Munn | TV movie |
| 1982 | High Powder | Sgt. Garvey | TV movie |
| 1984 | Pigs vs. Freaks | Neal Brockmeyer | TV movie |
| 1987 | Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion | David Bradford | TV movie |
| 1988 | Take Two | Barry Griffith/Frank Bentley | |
| 1988 | License to Drive | Natalie's DMV Examiner | feature film |
| 1989 | An Eight Is Enough Wedding | David Bradford | TV movie |
| 1990 | She'll Take Romance | Doug | TV movie |
| 1996 | Pandora's Clock | Don Moses | TV movie |
| 2000 | Something to Sing About | Russ | TV movie |
| 2008 | Proud American | Naval Doctor | |
| 2009 | Crimes of the Past | Agent Kruch | |
| 2017 | The Case for Christ | Mr. Cook | |
| 2018 | County Line | Sheriff Preston | |
| 2021 | Christmas in the Pines | Duke Henderson | TV movie |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Star Fox: Assault | Wolf O'Donnell | voice: English version |
| 2005 | F.E.A.R. | Harlan Wade/Additional Voices | voice |
| 2007 | Team Fortress 2 | Engineer | voice |
| 2009 | F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin | Harlan Wade | voice |
| 2011 | F.E.A.R. 3 | Harlan Wade | voice |
| 2016 | Paladins | Team Fortress 2 Barik | voice |
Discography
edit- The Wonder of It All (1996)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Grant Goodeve at IMDb
- ^ a b 1996 Interview with The Lighthouse electronic Magazine at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
- ^ Above and Beyond... Nearly (1976), the IMDb entry for an episode of Emergency!
- ^ "Past Characters on One Life to Live". SoapCentral.com.
- ^ Biography Archived 2006-06-25 at the Wayback Machine from the KING-TV website
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Concert supports three ministries with a common cause Archived 2006-09-09 at the Wayback Machine, from the website of the University Presbyterian Church
- ^ ""T.J. Hooker" Blue Murder (TV Episode 1983) - IMDb". IMDb.