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Eric Braeden is a German-born American film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series The Rat Patrol, Dr. Charles Forbin in Colossus: The Forbin Project, and as John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 film Titanic. He won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman.
Birth Name
Hans Jörg Gudegast
Born
Thursday, 03 April 1941
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Den of Thieves | Ziggy Zerhusen | 2018 |
| And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self / Self - Author, I'll Be Damned | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self - Guest / Self | 2012 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Actors Reporter Interviews | Self | 2009 |
| The Man Who Came Back | Reese Paxton | 2008 |
| 3055 Jean Leon | 2007 | |
| In the Cutz | Guest | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Den of Thieves | Ziggy Zerhusen | 2018 |
| And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self / Self - Author, I'll Be Damned | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self - Guest / Self | 2012 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Actors Reporter Interviews | Self | 2009 |
| The Man Who Came Back | Reese Paxton | 2008 |
| 3055 Jean Leon | 2007 | |
| In the Cutz | Guest | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Robin Scherbatsky, Sr. | 2005 |
| Bruce W. Cook: Interviews | Self | 2004 |
| Hope & Faith | Lance Taylor | 2003 |
| The Wayne Brady Show | Guest | 2002 |
| Meet the Deedles | Elton Deedle | 1998 |
| Titanic | John Jacob Astor / John Astor | 1997 |
| Early Edition | Soap Opera Actor | 1996 |
| A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives | David Morrison | 1993 |
| The Nanny | Frank Bradley | 1993 |
| Diagnosis Murder | Eric Braeden | 1993 |
| One on One with John Tesh | Self | 1991 |
| Lucky Chances | Dimitri Stanislopolous | 1990 |
| The Ambulance | The Doctor | 1990 |
| Star's Table | Self | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Col. Gerhardt Brunner | 1984 |
| Airwolf | Nick Kincaid | 1984 |
| Mr. Mom | Victor | 1983 |
| Strike Force | Dr. Van Keuran | 1981 |
| Hagen | Miles | 1980 |
| The Aliens Are Coming | Leonard Nero | 1980 |
| A Man Called Sloane | Crane | 1979 |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Leo Sunderson | 1978 |
| Happily Ever After | Ross Ford | 1978 |
| Piranha | Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Arthur Rollins | 1978 |
| Project U.F.O. | Paul Gerard | 1978 |
| CHiPs | State Senator Bob Larwin | 1977 |
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Bruno Von Stickle | 1977 |
| Code Name: Diamond Head | Ernest Graeber | 1977 |
| Most Wanted | Cain | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | John Reardon | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Francis Britten | 1976 |
| Wonder Woman | Donalsen / Captain Drangel | 1975 |
| Death Scream | Kosinsky | 1975 |
| Barbary Coast | Bristol | 1975 |
| Bronk | Briscoe | 1975 |
| Switch | Mike Jenkins / Franz Hausner | 1975 |
| Caribe | Captain Slater | 1975 |
| The Ultimate Thrill | Roland Parlay | 1974 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Bernhardt Stieglitz | 1974 |
| Get Christie Love! | 1974 | |
| Get Christie Love! | Fred White | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Victor Cheraskin | 1974 |
| Death Race | Stoeffer | 1973 |
| Kojak | Kenneth Krug | 1973 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Arlen Findletter | 1973 |
| Lady Ice | Peter Brinker | 1973 |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Dr. Otto Hasslein | 1973 |
| The Magician | Nelson Paradine | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | 'Hans' / Jennings / Raven / Steven Kingston | 1973 |
| The Price Is Right | Himself | 1972 |
| Banacek | Paul Bolitho | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Anton Jurzyck | 1972 |
| Cade's County | Karl Verboeck | 1971 |
| Cannon | Carl Bruckner | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Mike Benson | 1971 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Dr. Otto Hasslein | 1971 |
| Bearcats! | Col. Gustav Reinert | 1971 |
| O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | Vincent | 1971 |
| The Young Rebels | Major Zanker | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Karl Heller | 1970 |
| Colossus: The Forbin Project | Dr Charles Forbin / Dr. Charles Forbin | 1970 |
| McCloud | Ravik | 1970 |
| Honeymoon with a Stranger | Frederico Caprio | 1969 |
| 100 Rifles | Von Klemme / Lt. Franz Von Klemme | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Pastor Goodleigh / Sten Holmquist | 1969 |
| Dayton's Devils | Max Eikhart | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Klaus Marburg / Dr. Paul Farrar / Djebara | 1968 |
| Mannix | Viktor Grunyev | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Frank Miller | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Andrei Fetyakov / Col. Markus von Frank | 1966 |
| Jericho | Major Rohde / Major Fredrick Richter | 1966 |
| The Rat Patrol | Capt. Hans Dietrich | 1966 |
| Blue Light | Major Ealing | 1966 |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | (as Hans Gudegast) | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Nicholas Blok / Becker | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Janos Takacs / Eric Horst / David Navan | 1965 |
| Morituri | Radio Officer | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mr. Oakes | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Maj. Gerhard Bentz / Captain Zoller | 1964 |
| Jeopardy! | Victor Newman | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Gerd Hoffman | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Manfred Scharff / Kurt Krug | 1963 |
| Temple Houston | (as Hans Gudegast) | 1963 |
| The Gallant Men | Radio Operator / German Officer | 1962 |
| Combat! | Hans Gruber / German Vehicle Commander / German Soldier / German Lieutenant / Ecktmann / Drunken German soldier | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Augustin | 1962 |
| Operation Eichmann | Klaus | 1961 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | German Soldier | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | Jack Sinclair / Carl Jaekel / William E. Talley | 1955 |
Producer Filmography
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