Grant Goodeve

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Grant Goodeve
Born (1952-07-06) July 6, 1952 (age 71)
Occupation(s)Actor, television host
Years active1976–present
Known forDavid Bradford in Eight Is Enough and The Engineer in Team Fortress 2
Spouse
Deborah Lynn Ketcham
(m. 1978)
Children3

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 .

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Early life, family and education

Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut, [1] and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1975. [2] His sister is the writer Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.

Career

His 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

Goodeve is active in his Presbyterian church in Seattle, engaging part-time in an itinerant music ministry in the region. [7]

Filmography

TV series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Emergency! LarryAbove and Beyond... Nearly (Season 5: Episode 18)
1976 Gibbsville DannySaturday Night (Season 1: Episode 2)
1977−1981 Eight Is Enough David BradfordSeries regular
1977, 1982 Insight BillI Want to Die
Leave Me Alone, God
1978–1983 The Love Boat Variousvarious roles
1979, 1984 Fantasy Island Bill Rawlings/Hunter RichterGoose 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 LambertWho's There? (Season 1: Episode 15)
1983 T. J. Hooker Officer Bill Roper [8] Blue Murder (Season 3: Episode 10)
1983The Night WatchmanOfficer Phil TriolaTV Pilot
1983–1987 Dynasty Chris Deegan 7 episodes
1984 Solid Gold Hits Host
1984 Trapper John, M.D. David HuberA Little Knife Music (Season 5: Episode 14)
1984 Finder of Lost Loves Stuart ScrantonA Gift (Season 1: Episode 10)
1984 Capitol Jordy Clegg #2
1984–1988 Murder, She Wrote Ben Skyler/Jack Kowalski/Larry Gaynes3 episodes
1985 Rituals Dr. Coleman
1985–1986 One Life to Live James Woodward
1986 Hotel Kevin BromleyEnemies Within (Season 4: Episode 3)
1990–1992 Northern Exposure Rick Pederson/Rick10 episodes
1992 McGee and Me! Brad 'Giff' GiffordIn the Nick of Time
1999–Northwest BackroadsHost
2002 7th Heaven Captain Jack SmithMonkey Business 1 (Season 7: Episode 1)
Monkey Business Deux (Season 7: Episode 2)
2000–2004If Walls Could TalkHost
2017 Twin Peaks Walter Lawford2 episodes

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976Law of the LandSoldierTV movie
1977All the King's HorsesJack Benson
1979A Last Cry for HelpJeff BurgessTV movie
1979 Hot Rod Sonny MunnTV movie
1982High PowderSgt. GarveyTV movie
1984 Pigs vs. Freaks Neal BrockmeyerTV movie
1987 Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion David BradfordTV movie
1988Take TwoBarry Griffith/Frank Bentley
1988 License to Drive Natalie's DMV Examinerfeature film
1989 An Eight Is Enough Wedding David BradfordTV movie
1990 She'll Take Romance DougTV movie
1996 Pandora's Clock Don MosesTV movie
2000 Something to Sing About RussTV 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
2021Christmas in the PinesDuke HendersonTV movie

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Star Fox: Assault Wolf O'Donnell voice: English version
2005 F.E.A.R. Harlan Wade/Additional Voicesvoice
2007 Team Fortress 2 Engineervoice
2009 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Harlan Wadevoice
2011 F.E.A.R. 3 Harlan Wadevoice
2016 Paladins Team Fortress 2 Barikvoice

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Grant Goodeve at IMDb
  2. 1 2 1996 Interview with The Lighthouse electronic Magazine at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
  3. Above and Beyond... Nearly (1976), the IMDb entry for an episode of Emergency!
  4. "Past Characters on One Life to Live". SoapCentral.com.
  5. Biography Archived 2006-06-25 at the Wayback Machine from the KING-TV website
  6. Video on YouTube
  7. Concert supports three ministries with a common cause Archived 2006-09-09 at the Wayback Machine , from the website of the University Presbyterian Church
  8. ""T.J. Hooker" Blue Murder (TV Episode 1983) - IMDb". IMDb .