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Eric Braeden Biography (1941-)

Born Hans Gudegast, April 3, 1941, in Kiel, Germany; son of Wilhelm (mayor ofBredenbek, Germany) and Matilde; married, wife's name, Dale; children: Christian. Addresses: Agent--David Windsor, Irv Schechter Company, 9300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Birth Details

April 3, 1941

Kiel, Germany

Famous Works

• Credits; Television Appearances; Series
• (As Hans Gudegast) Captain Hauptman Hans Dietrich, The Rat Patrol, ABC, 1966-68.
• Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless, CBS, 1980--.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Miniseries
• Dimitri Stanislopolous, Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances, NBC, 1990.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Movies
• Frederico Caprio, Honeymoon with a Stranger, ABC, 1969.
• Dr. Roan Morgan, The Mask of Sheba, NBC, 1970.
• Stoeffer, Death Race, ABC, 1973.
• Kosinsky, Death Scream, ABC, 1975.
• Ross Ford, Happily Ever After, CBS, 1978.
• David Morrison, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives, NBC,1993.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Pilots
• Anton Granicek, The Judge and Jake Wyler, NBC, 1972.
• Emhardt, Intertect, ABC, 1973.
• Arlen Findletter, The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1973.
• Kapitan Drangel, The New Original Wonder Woman, ABC, 1975.
• Ernest Graeber, Code Name: Diamond Head, NBC, 1977.
• Stephens, The Power Within, ABC, 1979.
• Leonard Nero, The Aliens Are Coming, NBC, 1980.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show, CBS, 1977.
• Francis Britten, How the West Was Won, ABC, 1978.
• Nick Kincaid, Airwolf, CBS, 1986.
• Gerhardt Brunner, Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986.
• Frank Bradley, The Nanny, CBS, 1993.
• Also appeared in Charlie's Angels, ABC; CHiPs, NBC; Combat,ABC; DiagnosisMurder, CBS, 1994; The Eddie Capra Mysteries, NBC; The Gallant Men, ABC; A Man Called Sloane, NBC; Project UFO, NBC; and Vega$, ABC.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Specials
• Guiding Light: The Primetime Special, CBS, 1992.
• CBS Soap Break, CBS, 1996.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Awards Presentations
• The 14th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1987.
• The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1989.
• The Soap Opera Awards, 1990.
• Ninth Annual Genesis Awards, 1995.
• Host, The 23rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1996.
• Credits; Film Appearances
• (As Hans Gudegast) Klaus, Operation Eichmann, Allied Artists, 1961.
• (As Hans Gudegast) Radio operator, Morituri (also known as The Saboteur:Code Name Morituri and The Saboteur), Twentieth Century- Fox, 1965.
• (As Hans Gudegast) Max Eckhart, Dayton's Devils, Cue, 1968.
• (As Hans Gudegast) Von Klemme, One Hundred Rifles, Twentieth Century-Fox,1969.
• Dr. Charles Forbin, Colossus: The Forbin Project (also known as The Forbin Project and Colossus 1980), Universal, 1969.
• Dr. Otto Hasslein, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971.
• Peter Brinker, Lady Ice, National General, 1973.
• Roland, The Ultimate Thrill (also known as The Ultimate Chase), General Cinema, 1974.
• Bruno Von Stickle, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Buena Vista, 1977.
• Doctor, The Ambulance, Triumph Releasing, 1993.
• John Jacob Astor, Titanic, Twentieth Century Fox/Paramount, 1997.
• Also appeared in The Adultress, 1976.
• Credits; Stage Appearances
• (As Hans Gudegast) Kurt Schonforn, The Great Indoors, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1966.