Raymon Lee Cramton (June 11, 1937 â€" July 24, 2012), known
professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in
more than 40 films and television series. He was known for his role as
Dr. Joe Gannon in the television drama Medical Center, which aired on
CBS from 1969 to 1976.He was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1937, to
Virdeen Ruth (née Hopper) and Harry Clyde "Ted" Cramton. His father
was a racecar driver as well as a racing mechanic and an auto parts
salesman. Some confusion existed regarding the year of his birth.
According to The Washington Post, "many reference sources list Mr.
Everett's date of birth as 1936, but legal records indicate he was
born one year later. He routinely gave his age as consistent with a
birth date in 1937." His name was later changed to Chad Everett by his
agent Henry Willson.Everett said he did not mind the change because he
was tired of explaining his real name, "Raymon-no-D, Cramton-no-P."
He was raised in Dearborn, Michigan, where he attended Fordson High
School. While there, he played on the football team as a quarterback
and began acting in stage plays at age 14. During his junior year at
Wayne State University in Detroit, he joined a State
Department-sponsored acting troupe that toured India. "I went into
acting because I'm easily bored", Everett once said. "Acting seemed to
give vent to a lot of different feelings." He graduated from WSU with
a degree in drama.Everett's first notable role came in an episode of
the ABC/Warner Bros. 1960-1962 detective series Surfside 6. His first
major role came a year later in the film Claudelle Inglish, and he
subsequently played a deputy in the short-lived 1963 ABC Western
television series The Dakotas, which featured Jack Elam as a fellow
lawman. After appearing in a number of movies and television series in
the later 1960s, he got his big break, landing the role of Dr. Joe
Gannon on the medical drama, Medical Center, with costar James Daly.
professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in
more than 40 films and television series. He was known for his role as
Dr. Joe Gannon in the television drama Medical Center, which aired on
CBS from 1969 to 1976.He was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1937, to
Virdeen Ruth (née Hopper) and Harry Clyde "Ted" Cramton. His father
was a racecar driver as well as a racing mechanic and an auto parts
salesman. Some confusion existed regarding the year of his birth.
According to The Washington Post, "many reference sources list Mr.
Everett's date of birth as 1936, but legal records indicate he was
born one year later. He routinely gave his age as consistent with a
birth date in 1937." His name was later changed to Chad Everett by his
agent Henry Willson.Everett said he did not mind the change because he
was tired of explaining his real name, "Raymon-no-D, Cramton-no-P."
He was raised in Dearborn, Michigan, where he attended Fordson High
School. While there, he played on the football team as a quarterback
and began acting in stage plays at age 14. During his junior year at
Wayne State University in Detroit, he joined a State
Department-sponsored acting troupe that toured India. "I went into
acting because I'm easily bored", Everett once said. "Acting seemed to
give vent to a lot of different feelings." He graduated from WSU with
a degree in drama.Everett's first notable role came in an episode of
the ABC/Warner Bros. 1960-1962 detective series Surfside 6. His first
major role came a year later in the film Claudelle Inglish, and he
subsequently played a deputy in the short-lived 1963 ABC Western
television series The Dakotas, which featured Jack Elam as a fellow
lawman. After appearing in a number of movies and television series in
the later 1960s, he got his big break, landing the role of Dr. Joe
Gannon on the medical drama, Medical Center, with costar James Daly.
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