When 1970’s heartthrob Chad Everett and Shelby Grant took their oath of “…for better, for worse…to love and to cherish, till death do us part,” they really meant it.
In an enviable love story, Everett and Grant were fully committed to one another in their 45 years of marriage, and only parted when Grant unexpectedly died aneurysm in 2011.
Everett, born Raymon Lee Cramton, was a ruggedly handsome man who started his career as a journeyman with Warner Bros.
After he appeared in some commercials, an agent–Henry Willson who worked with Rock Hudson–renamed him Chad Everett. Everett said the change was welcome, because his real name was confusing, “Raymon, no ‘d,’ Cramton, no ‘p.’ ”
The gorgeous blue-eyed Everett first appeared in an episode of the 1960’s detective TV series, Surfside 6 and is credited with other TV roles in The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Melrose Place, Cold Case, Supernatural and most recently, Castle. He also appeared in the movies The Singing Nun, Return of the Gunfighter, Airplane II: The Sequel, Mulholland Drive and Psycho.
But it was his role as the surgeon in perfectly fitted scrubs, that turned him into a Hollywood hunk.
Everett got his lucky break when he was cast in the leading role of Dr. Joe Gannon in the medical drama, Medical Center, which ran from 1969 to 1976.
Also known as Calling Dr. Gannon, the award-winning drama was the top medical show on TV, until it was dethroned by George Clooney and E.R...CONTINUE READING