Grant Goodeve

Grant Goodeve
Goodeve on The Night Watchman in 1983
Born	(1952-07-06) July 6, 1952 (age 64) Middlebury, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/TV host
Years active	1976–present

Grant Goodeve (born July 6, 1952) is an American actor and television host. He is best known for playing the role of David Bradford, the oldest son, on Eight Is Enough, from 1977 to 1981. He sang the theme song for the show as well. More recent work includes Home & Garden Television and voice roles, such as the Engineer in the multiplayer video game Team Fortress 2 and Wolf O'Donnell in Star Fox: Assault. He is also the voice actor for Barik in the multiplayer video game Paladins when you muse the (Team Fortress 2) Voice Pack

Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1975. His earliest role was on a fifth season episode of Emergency!. After a February 1977 screen test, he signed up as a cast member of Eight Is Enough, taking over a role played in the show's 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 Grant did a TV pilot The Night Watchman. In the summer of 1984 Goodeve hosted "Solid Gold Hits". In 1985-86, he played Michael James "Woody" Woodward in the soap opera One Life to Live. He also co-starred in a 1984 TV movie Pigs vs. Freaks (a.k.a. Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks)).