Chad Everett

Both a leading and a supporting actor in movies and on television, name a role - lawyer, airline pilot, rig foreman, doctor, gunslinger, real-life person, good guy, bad guy - and Chad Everett has probably played it. He was born Raymon Lee Cramton on June 11, 1937 in South Bend, Indiana. In high school, he did stage plays and wanted to become an actor. After he graduated from Wayne University, Chad came to Hollywood and signed a contract with Warner Brothers.

Attended and graduated from Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan (1955).

Was a client from the early to mid-1960s of noted talent agent Henry Willson, noted for his penchant for making stars--and changing names--of young, good-looking male actors, such as Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter and Troy Donahue. Willson was the one who renamed Everett and signed him to Warner Bros.

His first major role came in the drama film Claudelle Inglish (1961).

He first became known playing a deputy in the short-lived television series, The Dakotas (1962) but acted in a number of supporting roles, such as Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) and Made in Paris (1966), and played the title role in Johnny Tiger (1966) and Return of the Gunfighter (1967). He was probably best-known for his seven-year run as "Dr.

At one time in 1966, he and Richard Chamberlain were the only actors left under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Eventually, Everett became the very last contract player at the studio.

Once butted heads with feminist Lily Tomlin when both appeared as guests on The Dick Cavett Show (1968). Tomlin walked off the set after Everett referred to his wife as "his property".

Joe Gannon" in the television series, Medical Center (1969), which earned him two Golden Globe nominations.

The March 9, 1977, issue of Variety, in the Film Production column, announced the movie "Porter Rockwell" would begin filming in Mexico City on March 28. With a script by Robert L. Friend, the movie would star Chad Everett in the roll of Porter Rockwell. It was not made, and later that year Everett explored making the movie in 1978 near Ogden, UT, with the title "The Destroying Angel". No evidence it was ever filmed or released.

After "Medical Center" was canceled, Chad starred in the mini-series, Centennial (1978), and played the title role in Hagen (1980).

In the early '80s, Chad was in television films, including The Intruder Within (1981), and did a number of guest appearances on The Love Boat (1977) and Murder, She Wrote (1984).

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 13, 1986.

He supplied the voice of Ultraman Chuck in the English version of the animated movie Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1987) and voiced several characters in the animated series The New Yogi Bear Show (1988).

Chad's recent work has included roles in the remake of Psycho (1998) and in Mulholland Drive (2001).

Today, he is still seen on television in Manhattan, AZ (2000).

He was battling lung cancer while filming Castle: The Blue Butterfly (2012). It ended up being his final screen appearance; he died six months after the episode aired.