Treat Williams

The Everwood star, 66, returns for season three of the Hallmark Channel family drama Chesapeake Shores (Aug. 5). He plays

Mick, patriarch of the O’Brien family, whose children—Abby (Meghan Ory), Jess (Laci J. Mailey), Bree (Emilie Ullerup), Kevin (Brendan Penny) and Connor (Andrew Francis)—navigate life, romance and careers.

What’s new on Chesapeake Shores? The show continues to focus on the family trying to work well together. Mick and his brother [Gregory Harrison] resolve their issues. Also, Mick and son Connor go up against one another over a parcel of land.

Is peaceful Chesapeake Shores an antithesis to a lot of what’s on TV now? I think Chesapeake Shores is a place for people who want to breathe a little bit and get away from the barrage.

You’re doing something special to commemorate D-Day in June 2019. I have been invited—and am deeply honored—to fly one of the DC-3s from the United States to England, then over to France and drop paratroopers for the 75th anniversary of D-Day. It’s called Daks [Douglas DC-3/C-47 Skytrains, or Dakotas] Over Normandy. There’ll be three of us pilots switching off. My uncle, Treat Andrew, was killed in the war at 19. He was a tail gunner. My father was a paratrooper. I’m going to honor them by going on this wonderful mission.

You got your start in musicals. Would you ever do another one? I starred in, I think, one of the best ones ever made—Hair—so I’ve got that under my belt already. Would I do another one? Sure. I just co-starred with Jennifer Lopez and Vanessa Hudgens in a film called Second Act, which will be out Thanksgiving Day. Vanessa did Rizzo in the live Grease on TV. There was a lot of singing going on between her and me during shooting.