Chad Everett played the dashing young Dr. Joe Gannon on the TV almost-melodrama Medical Center (1969-1976). Since then he has remained a dependable if low-key presence in movies and TV. He starred in the short-lived series Hagen (1980) and the 1978 miniseries Centennial, and has made many guest appearances on shows like The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Melrose Place, and Cold Case.
Everett married the actress Shelby Grant in 1966; Grant once guest-starred as 'Princess Sandra' in the TV series Batman and also appeared on Medical Center... Everett graduated from Wayne State University in Michigan; according to a 1999 press release from the school, his degree was in mass communication.
Career Highlights: The Singing Nun, The Rousters, A Woman Accused
First Major Screen Credit: Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)
Biography
Born in Indiana, Chad Everett attended high school in Dearborn, Michigan, where he played quarterback on the school football team. During his junior year at Wayne State University, Everett landed an acting role with a Michigan repertory company, accompanying the troupe on a State Department-sponsored tour of India. He headed to Hollywood in 1960, got nowhere fast, relocated to New York, did some modelling and TV commercials, then was signed to a $250-per week contract with Warner Bros. He made his film debut in Warners' Claudelle Inglish (1961), and was co-starred in the studio's 1963 TV western series The Dakotas. Everett then signed with MGM, where he was featured in such films as Made in Paris (1964) and The Singing Nun (1965). In 1969, MGM's TV division cast Everett in his signature role as Dr. Joe Gannon in Medical Center, a popular weekly which ran until 1976. After Medical Center, Everett continued appearing in theatrical and made-for-TV movies, and also starred in three weekly series: Hagen (1980, as Paul Hagen), The Rousters (1983, as Wyatt Earp III) and McKenna (1994, as Jack McKenna). Chad Everett has written, directed and performed in several TV commercials and industrial films, and is the author of a self-published book of romantic poetry, written for and dedicated to his wife, actress Shelby Grant. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Chad Everett (born June 11, 1936) is an Americanactor who has appeared in over 40 films and television series but is probably best known for his role as Dr. Joe Gannon in the 1970s television drama Medical Center.
Everett was born Raymon Lee Cramton in South Bend, Indiana, to Virdeen Ruth (née Hopper) and Harry Clyde "Ted" Cramton.[1] He was raised in Dearborn, Michigan, where he became interested in the theatre as a Fordson High School student.[2] After attending Wayne State University,[3] he headed to Hollywood and signed a contract with Warner Brothers studio. According to Robert Hofler's 2005 biography, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, agent Willson renamed and represented Everett. Everett claims he changed his name because he tired of explaining his real name, "Raymon-no-D, Cramton-no-P."
Everett was chosen by the family of John Wayne to be the voice of the animatronic figure of Wayne in Disney MGM Studios' "Great Movie Ride."
Personal life
He's married to the actress Shelby Grant (who starred in -among others- Our Man Flint) in 1966 and they have three daughters together.[4][5]
Everett battled alcoholism for many years before seeking treatment from Alcoholics Anonymous.[citation needed] A Republican, he had a much publicized argument with noted feministLily Tomlin during the filming of the March 31, 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show. Tomlin became so enraged when Everett referred to his wife as "my property" that she stormed off the set and refused to return.
Reporter Ronnie Simonsen's admiration of Everett is an important part of How's Your News?, a documentary (about a group of mentally disabled news reporters touring the United States) in which Simonsen meets Everett near the end of the film.[6]
