What Happened to Eric Braeden on Young and Restless
| Eric Braeden | |
|---|---|
 Braeden in 2013 | |
| Born | Hans-Jörg Gudegast (1941-04-03) Apr 3, 1941 Bredenbek, Gratis State of Prussia, Germany |
| Occupation | Thespian |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Spouse(s) | Dale Russell (grand. 1966) |
| Children | Christian Gudegast |
| Website | ericbraeden |
Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941)[1] is a German-born film and television receiver actor, known for his roles every bit Victor Newman on the CBS lather opera The Immature and the Restless, as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s Goggle box series The Rat Patrol, Dr. Charles Forbin in Colossus: The Forbin Project, and every bit John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 pic Titanic. He won a Daytime Emmy Accolade in 1998 for Lead Histrion in a Drama Serial for the role of Victor Newman.[1] [2]
Early life [edit]
Braeden was born Hans-Jörg Gudegast in Bredenbek, Deutschland (near Kiel),[i] a city in northern Deutschland where his male parent was in one case mayor. He emigrated to the United States in 1959, and attended the Academy of Montana, Missoula.
Career [edit]
Braeden accumulated many Television set and movie credits during his first two decades in America, and guest-starred in 120 roles. His earliest credits were all nether his birth name, Hans Gudegast.
During the 1960s he appeared in several episodes of Television set's longest-running Globe State of war II drama (1962–1967) Combat!, ever playing a High german soldier. In 1965, he appeared in a film called Morituri starring Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner, and guest-starred in The Man From U.North.C.L.E. every bit T.H.R.UsH. agent Mr. Oakes in "The Discotheque Thing"; season two, episode five.
Braeden in The Rat Patrol
In 1966, he guest-starred equally Luftwaffe Major Bentz in episode 28, "Day of Reckoning", of flavour two of the TV serial Twelve O'Clock High (a series which was very loosely based on the classic 1949 war film with the same proper name) and besides appeared in an episode of the 1966 espionage drama serial Blue Low-cal. His main character for the next two years was his regular starring role playing German Hauptmann (Helm) Hans Dietrich on the TV series The Rat Patrol (1966–1968),
He starred in the 1969 western 100 Rifles with Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds and Jim Brown (noted for the beginning big-screen interracial love scene betwixt Welch and Dark-brown), one time once more playing a villainous German war machine officeholder contrary Fernando Lamas. This was his last credit under his nascency name.
His starring part in the pic Colossus: The Forbin Projection (1970), was when he get-go took the stage name of Eric Braeden. Lew Wasserman of Universal Pictures told him that no one would be allowed to star in an American motion-picture show if he or she had a German language name. After much thought, he took the name Braeden from his hometown of Bredenbek.[3]
Other pic appearances in the 1970s included the role of Dr. Otto Hasslein in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), and that of the arrogant just formidable race machine driver, Bruno von Stickle in Walt Disney'southward 1977 Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Throughout the 1970s, he too invitee-starred in a variety of goggle box shows including The Half dozen 1000000 Dollar Homo, Wonder Woman, and The Mary Tyler Moore Evidence, and besides appeared in several episodes of the long-running CBS western serial Gunsmoke.
In improver to many episodic roles, Braeden also appeared as Colonel John Jacob Astor 4 in the 1997 blockbuster pic Titanic. In Eric Braeden'southward autobiography, titled I'll Be Damned, published by Harper Collins in 2017,[4] Braeden revealed that he was a survivor of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff sinking. The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a High german armed military send send which was sunk on January 30, 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13, in the Baltic Sea, while evacuating German civilian and war machine refugees. It is estimated that 9,400 people died. It was the largest loss of life in a single transport sinking in history. Braeden told Cindy Elavsky that filming the scene in Titanic, in which his character drowned, "was one of the scariest moments in this business for me."[5]
Victor Newman [edit]
In 1980, he was offered the office of cocky-fabricated concern magnate Victor Newman on the daytime soap opera The Immature and the Restless. Initially, the role was for a 26-calendar week run. His character imprisoned his wife's lover, and became so popular the character became a dearest-to-hate villain, and his contract was extended.
Braeden won a Daytime Emmy for his work in 1998. [6] In February 2017 he historic his 37th ceremony with the show.[7] In 2020, the show marked Braeden'southward 40th anniversary every bit Victor onscreen.[8]
In Oct 2009, Braeden and The Young and the Restless came to an impasse regarding contract negotiations, and press reports indicated he might get out the show. However, CBS later announced that Braeden had inked a new iii-year deal and would remain with the show, like-minded to a reduction in bacon, which was the original issue.[nine]
Personal life [edit]
In 1958 Braeden, under his birth proper noun Hans-Jörg Gudegast, won the German National Squad Championship in Track and Field (discus, shot-put and javelin with the Rendsburger TSV). Braeden later went on to win the 1973 National Challenge Cup as a fullback with the Jewish American soccer club Maccabi Los Angeles, scoring the winning goal in the semifinal game and a penalisation kick in the championship game against Chicago Croatian.[10] In the 1970s/80s he could often be seen boxing at the Hoover Street and Broadway gyms in 50.A. He is a lawn tennis player and has participated in many celebrity events.[11]
His son, Christian, is a director who created the film Den of Thieves, starring Gerard Butler.[11]
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Championship | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Operation Eichmann | Klaus | |
| 1962–1964 | Gainsay! | Corporal Hans Gruber / Sergeant Ecktmann | half-dozen episodes |
| 1965 | Morituri | Radio Officer | Uncredited[ citation needed ] |
| The Human from U.Northward.C.L.E. | Mr. Oakes | Episode: "The Discotheque Affair" | |
| 12 O'Clock Loftier | Major Gerhard Bentz / Captain Zoller | 2 episodes | |
| 1966–1967 | Mission: Impossible | Andrei Fetyakov / Marcus Von Frank | ii episodes |
| 1966–1968 | The Rat Patrol | Captain Hans Dietrich | 58 episodes |
| 1966 | The Virginian | Augustin | Episodes: "No Drums, No Trumpets" |
| 1968 | Dayton'south Devils | Max Eikhart | |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles | Lieutenant Franz Von Klemme | |
| 1969–1973 | Hawaii Five-O | Djebara / Klaus Marburg / Dr. Paul Farrar | 3 episodes |
| 1970 | The Mask of Sheba | Dr. Morgan | Television set moving picture |
| Colossus: The Forbin Project | Dr. Charles A. Forbin | ||
| The Immature Rebels | Major Zanker | Episode: "The Hostages" | |
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Dr. Otto Hasslein | |
| Mannix | Viktor Gruniev | Episode: "Woman in the Shadows" | |
| Bearcats! | Colonel Reinert | Episode: "Dos Gringos" | |
| 1971–1974 | Gunsmoke | Jack Sinclair / Talley / Carl Jaekel | 5 episode |
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Anton Granicek | TV movie |
| 1973 | McCloud | Ravik | Episode: "The Million Dollar Circular Upward" |
| Lady Ice | Peter Brinker | ||
| The Six One thousand thousand Dollar Human | Findletter | Television receiver picture | |
| Death Race | Stoeffer | TV flick | |
| The Adulteress | Hank Baron | ||
| 1973-1975 | Barnaby Jones | Hans / Jennings / Raven / Steven Kingston | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Banacek | Paul Bolitho | Episode: "The Vanishing Chalice" |
| The Ultimate Thrill | Roland Parlay | ||
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Bernhardt Stieglitz | Episode: "The Werewolf" | |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Kosinsky | TV movie |
| 1976 | Cannon | Carl Bruckner | |
| 1975–1978 | Wonder Adult female | Donalsen / Helm Drangel | two episodes |
| 1977 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Karl Heller | Episode: "The Critic" |
| Kojak | Kenneth Krug | Episode: "When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead" | |
| Code Name: Diamond Head | Ernest Graeber | Boob tube moving-picture show | |
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Bruno Von Stickle | ||
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Leo | Episode: "Murder! Murder!" |
| Piranha | Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) | Uncredited[ citation needed ] | |
| 1979 | CHiPs | Senator Bob Larwin | Episode: "MAIT Team" |
| 1980 | The Aliens Are Coming | Leonard Nero | Television set picture show |
| 1980–Present | The Young and the Restless | Victor Newman | |
| 1981 | Charlie'due south Angels | John Reardon | Episode: "Assault Angels" |
| 1986 | Airwolf | Nick Kincaid | Episode: "Birds of Paradise" |
| 1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Colonel Gerhardt Brunner | Episode: "One White Rose for Death" |
| 1990 | The Ambulance | The Doctor | |
| Lucky Chances | Dimitri Stanislopolous | 3 episodes | |
| 1993 | Perry Stonemason: Wicked Wives | David Morrison | |
| 1994 | The Nanny | Frank Bradley Sr. | Episode: "Sunday in the Park with Fran" |
| 1995 | Diagnosis: Murder | Himself | Episode: "Death in the Daytime" |
| 1997 | Titanic | John Jacob Astor IV | |
| 1998 | Come across the Deedles | Elton Deedle | |
| 1999 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Victor Newman | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | The Homo Who Came Back | Reese Paxton | |
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | Robin Scherbatsky Sr. | Episode: "Happily Ever Subsequently" |
| 2018 | Den of Thieves | "Ziggy" Zerhusen |
Awards and nominations [edit]
See too [edit]
- Victor Newman and Nikki Reed
- Supercouple
- Distinguished German-American of the Year
References [edit]
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- ^ Braeden, Eric (2017). I'll Exist Damned: How My Immature and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama. HarperCollins. ISBN9780062476111.
- ^ Elavsky, Cindy (2012-03-16). "Celebrity Extra". Downriver Sunday Times . Retrieved 2012-03-23 .
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- ^ Zeller, Johnathan (June 29, 2015). "Los Angeles' Forgotten Jewish Soccer Dynasty". VICE Sports. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved June thirty, 2015.
- ^ a b "Victor, Victorious". Soap Opera Weekly. 2007-02-xiii. p. 32.
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External links [edit]
- Eric Braeden at IMDb
- Eric Braeden at AllMovie
- Eric Braeden at The Interviews: An Oral History of Boob tube
- Interview with Eric Braeden. Accessed February eleven, 2017
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Braeden
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