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.

Early life, family and education Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1975. His sister is the writer Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.

Career His earliest role was on a fifth-season episode of Emergency!Above and Beyond... Nearly (1976), the IMDb entry for an episode of Emergency! After a February 1977 screen test, 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. 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. In 1984 he co-starred in the television film 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. 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.

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.Biography from the KING-TV website As of 2014, Goodeve 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.. 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.

Personal life Goodeve is active in his Presbyterian church in Seattle, engaging part-time in an itinerant music ministry in the region.Concert supports three ministries with a common cause , from the website of the University Presbyterian Church

Filmography

TV series 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 DieLeave 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 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 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 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 The Wonder of It All (1996)

References

External links

[ Grant Goodeve] at Allmusic