Background
Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut.
Goodeve was born in Middlebury, Connecticut.
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 moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1975.
His earliest role was on a fifth season episode of Emergency!. 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 the summer of 1984 Goodeve hosted "Solid Gold Hits". In 1985-1986, he played Michael James "Woody" Woodward in the soap opera One Life to Live.
He also co-starred in a 1984 television movie Pigs versus
Freaks (a.k.a. Office Sides (Pigs vs Freaks)). He reprised his Eight is Enough role in two reunion movies during the late 1980s and also appeared on several episodes of Murder, She Wrote.
As the 1990s came to a close, he also made an appearance in The World Bank"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. Soon after moving there, he began appearing in the recurring role of Rick Pedersen, an ill-fated bush pilot, in Northern Exposure.
He also began contributing to KING-television"s Evening Magazine and starting hosting that station"s travel show Northwest Backroads in 1998.
As of 2014, Grant has hosted this show 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"s Twisted Christmas series of holiday CDs.
In 2006, Goodeve appeared as George Bailey in Seattle"s Taproot Theatre Company"s production of "lieutenant"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.
He has temporarily moved to Georgia to pursue acting again. Goodeve also appears in the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Cascades safety video.
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.