Chad Everett

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Chad Everett (born June 11, 1937 in South Bend , Indiana - † July 24, 2012 in Los Angeles , California ; actually Raymon Lee Cramton ) was an American actor . In addition to his career in film Everett worked mainly in series for television , such as in the CBS medical drama Medical Center .

Life

Chad Everett was born in 1937 to the married couple Virdeen Ruth (née Hopper) and Harry Clyde "Ted" Cramton in South Bend, a medium-sized Indiana town. Everett grew up in the city of Dearborn in the neighboring northern state of Michigan . After taking acting classes in college, he studied at Wayne State University before moving to Los Angeles to try a career in Hollywood , not least because of his handsome looks.

Everett was married to actress Shelby Grant from 1966 until her death in 2011 . The couple had two children, Katherine Thorp and Shannon Everett. Chad Everett died of complications from lung cancer in 2012 at the age of 75.

Career

In 1961 he made his screen debut in the Gordon Douglas film Claudelle and Her Lovers , based on Erskine Caldwell's novel. Due to his charismatic appearance, he quickly found film roles in the 1960s that showed him as a likable young lover, daredevil and western hero. In the film, Paris is full of love of Boris Sagal , he played alongside Ann-Margret , whose title song "Made in Paris" - composed by Burt Bacharach - some had success at the box office. Mostly he played the second leading male role in comedies or westerns alongside stars like Glenn Ford , in Duel der Gringos from 1967 or Robert Taylor in Hot Colts in Hard Fists or in Michael Gordon's comedy film with David Niven in Everything That Is Forbidden .

In the 1970s, his career shifted almost completely to film roles on television such as his portrayal in the successful miniseries Victor Charlie calls Lima Sierra by director Douglas Heyes or in popular series such as his part in the medical center medical center for which he won a Golden Globe in 1971 . Nomination received. Until the end of his career he only appeared sporadically in films. One of his last film appearances was in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive , in which he has an intense acting scene with Naomi Watts at an audition.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

Series (selection)

  • 1969–76: Medical Center - Dr. Joe Gannon
  • 1991: Murder is her hobby - Clark Blanchard
  • 2009: Supernatural (Season 5, Episode 7, "To Hell With Evil") - Old Dean Winchester

Web links

Commons : Chad Everett  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical Data of Chad Everett in: Film Reference
  2. ↑ Portrait of Chad Everett - Chad Everett, Handsome Star of TV's 'Medical Center,' Dies at 75, by Mike Barnes, in The Hollywood Reporter, 7/24/2012
  3. ^ Obituary for Chad Everett in The Los Angeles Times
  4. ^ "The Nanny" Mom's the Word (TV episode 1998). Retrieved June 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Everett, Chad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cramton, Raymon Lee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH South Bend, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 2012
Place of death Los Angeles , California