Grant Goodeve Biography
Grant Goodeve is a television personality and actor from the United States. From 1977 until 1981, he was most recognized for his role as David Bradford, the eldest son on ABC television’s Eight Is Enough.
Grant Goodeve Age
Goodeve was born Grant Mackenzie Goodeve on July 6, 1952, in Middlebury, Connecticut, United States of America. He is 71 years old as of July 2023.
Grant Goodeve Height
He stands at a height of 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) tall.
Grant Goodeve Family
Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut, and moved to Los Angeles, California, where he was raised. His sister is the writer Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.
Grant Goodeve Wife
Grant has been married to his wife Deborah Lynn Ketcham since May 20, 1978. They have three children and six grandchildren.
Grant Goodeve Career
His first appearance was in a fifth-season episode of Emergency! He joined the cast of Eight Is Enough, taking over a part occupied by Mark Hamill in the series’ premiere episode. Goodeve appeared in episodes of The Love Boat, T. J. Hooker, Dynasty, and Fantasy Island as a guest star. He had a little part in the television pilot The Night Watchman. Goodeve hosted the syndicated show Solid Gold Hits in the summer of 1984. On the ABC soap drama One Life to Live, he portrayed Michael James “Woody” Woodward. He appeared in the made-for-television film Pigs vs. Freaks. He also appeared as a celebrity guest participant on Pyramid game programs in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
During the late 1980s, he revisited his Eight Is Enough role in two reunion films, and he also starred in several episodes of Murder, She Wrote. As the 1990s came to a conclusion, he appeared as Captain Jack Smith on The WB’s hit series 7th Heaven. Goodeve hosted the Word Pictures production Proving the Bible Through Archaeology in 2000. Goodeve and his family relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 1989. Soon after, he began recurring on the CBS series Northern Exposure as Rick Pedersen, an ill-fated bush pilot. In addition, he began contributing to KING-TV’s Evening Magazine and hosting the travel show Northwest Backroads in 1998. Grant had hosted it for the previous 16 years.
He hosted If Walls Could Talk and Homes of Our Heritage on Home & Garden Television from 2000 to 2004. He has provided voices for several video games, notably Wolf O’Donnell in Star Fox: Assault, the Engineer in Team Fortress 2, and various characters in F.E.A.R. He has contributed to Bob Rivers’ Twisted Christmas series of holiday CDs. Goodeve played George Bailey in Taproot Theatre Company’s performance of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play in 2006. He returned to the Taproot stage as Old Jake in the 2008 performance of The Christmas Foundling. Goodeve also appears in a safety film for Amtrak Cascades.
Grant Goodeve’s Net Worth
Grant has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.
Grant Goodeve Movies and TV Shows
2017 Twin Peaks
2002 7th Heaven C
Monkey Business
2000–2004 If Walls Could Talk
1999– Northwest Backroads
Brad ‘Giff’ Gifford
1990–1992 Northern Exposure
1986 Hotel
1985–1986 One Life to Live
1985 Rituals
1984–1988 Murder, She Wrote
1984 Solid Gold Hits
1984 Trapper John, M.D.
1984 Finder of Lost Loves
1984 Capitol
1983–1987 Dynasty
1983 T. J. Hooker
1983 The Night Watchman
1982 Darkroom
1981 Aloha Paradise
1979, 1984 Fantasy Island
1978–1983 The Love Boat
1977−1981 Eight Is Enough
1977, 1982 Insight