--- name: "Eric Braeden" canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-braeden" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 April 1941" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-19T16:47:55.279454+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Eric Braeden Actor. Born 3 April 1941 in Bredenbek, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 April 1941, Bredenbek, Germany - **Active:** 1971–1997 - **Also known as:** Hans-Jörg Gudegast - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1990s 84 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Braeden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q614851, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000967/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8544 ## Biography Eric Braeden, born Hans-Jörg Gudegast on 3 April 1941 in Bredenbek, Germany, is a German-American actor. He emigrated to the United States as a teenager and studied at the University of Montana. Early in his career he appeared under his birth name in guest roles before adopting the stage name Eric Braeden. He played Dr. Otto Hasslein in the 1971 film *Escape from the Planet of the Apes*. Braeden is best known for his role as Victor Newman on the daytime soap opera *The Young and the Restless*, which he has portrayed since 1980. Other credits include John Jacob Astor in *Titanic* (1997) and numerous television guest appearances. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1998 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Titanic* (1997), Fi1m 84, as John Jacob Astor — [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md) - *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), Fi1m 77, as Dr. Otto Hasslein — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) ## Complete filmography (77) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Den of Thieves* (2018), as Ziggy Zerhusen - *The Man Who Came Back* (2008), as Reese Paxton · Executive Producer - *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Robin Scherbatsky Sr. - *Hope & Faith* (2003), series, as Lance Taylor - *The Titanic Chronicles* (1999), as (voice) - *Meet the Deedles* (1998), as Elton Deedle - *Titanic* (1997), as John Jacob Astor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md) - *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor - *Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives* (1993), as David Morrison - *The Nanny* (1993), series, as Frank Bradley - *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Eric Braeden - *Lucky Chances* (1990), series, as Dimitri Stanislopolous - *The Ambulance* (1990), as The Doctor - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Col. Gerhardt Brunner - *The Aliens Are Coming* (1980), as Leonard Nero - *The Power Within* (1979), as Stephens - *Vega$* (1978), series, as Arthur Rollins - *The Eddie Capra Mysteries* (1978), series, Actor - *Happily Ever After* (1978), as Ross Ford - *Piranha* (1978), as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited) - *CHiPs* (1977), series, Actor - *Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo* (1977), as Bruno Von Stickle - *Code Name: Diamond Head* (1977), as Ernest Graeber - *How the West Was Won* (1977), series, as Francis Britten - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as John Reardon - *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Donalsen, Captain Drangel - *Death Scream* (1975), as Kosinsky - *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Forbes - *Switch* (1975), series, as Mike Jenkins, Franz Hausner - *Barbary Coast* (1975), series, as Bristol - *Bronk* (1975), series, Actor - *The Ultimate Thrill* (1974), as Roland Parlay - *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, as Bernhardt Stieglitz - *The Daytime Emmy Awards* (1974), series, Actor - *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Victor Cheraskin - *Death Race* (1973), as Stoeffer - *Kojak* (1973), series, as Kenneth Krug — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) - *The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War* (1973), as Arlen Findletter - *The Magician* (1973), series, as Nelson Paradine - *Lady Ice* (1973), as Peter Brinker - *Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John* (1973), as Col. Gunter Kroll - *The Young and the Restless* (1973), series, as Victor Newman - *Intertect* (1973), as Emhardt - *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Steven Kingston - *The Adulteress* (1973), as Hank Baron - *The Judge and Jake Wyler* (1972), as Anton Granicek - *Banacek* (1972), series, as Paul Bolitho - *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor - *Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law* (1971), series, as Mike Benson - *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor - *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), as Dr. Otto Hasslein — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *The Young Rebels* (1970), series, Actor - *Colossus: The Forbin Project* (1970), as Dr Charles Forbin - *The Mask of Sheba* (1970), as Dr. Roan Morgan - *McCloud* (1970), series, as Ravik - *Honeymoon with a Stranger* (1969), as Frederico Caprio - *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Pastor Goodleigh - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Dr. Paul Farrar, Klaus Marburg, Djebara - *100 Rifles* (1969), as Lt. Franz Von Klemme - *Dayton's Devils* (1968), as Max Eikhart - *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor - *Garrison's Gorillas* (1967), series, Actor - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Col. Markus von Frank, Andrei Fetyakov — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *Jericho* (1966), series, Actor - *The Rat Patrol* (1966), series, as Capt. Hans Dietrich - *Blue Light* (1966), series, Actor - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Nicholas Blok, Becker - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Eric Horst, Janos Takacs - *Morituri* (1965), as Radio Officer (uncredited) - *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, as Maj. Gerhard Bentz - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Gerd Hoffman - *The Gallant Men* (1962), series, Actor - *Combat!* (1962), series, as Drunken German soldier (uncredited), Hans Gruber, German Vehicle Commander, Ecktmann - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Augustin - *Operation Eichmann* (1961), as Klaus - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as German Soldier (uncredited) - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Carl Jaekel, Jack Sinclair, William E. Talley ## Gallery - ![Eric Braeden](https://film.one/media/person/410387/gallery-5792dcc925c7.jpg) Eric Braeden — Frantogian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Eric_Braeden_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Press photo of Eric Braeden and Meg Bennett in The Young and the Restless. (1985)](https://film.one/media/person/410387/gallery-e5857f538a6c.jpg) Press photo of Eric Braeden and Meg Bennett in The Young and the Restless. (1985) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Eric_Braeden_Meg_Bennett_%22The_Young_and_the_Restless%22_%281985_press_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cast photo from the television series The Rat Patrol. Top from left: Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden. Bottom from left: Lawrence Casey, Justin Tarr.](https://film.one/media/person/410387/gallery-39e827648170.jpg) Cast photo from the television series The Rat Patrol. Top from left: Gary Raymond, Eric Braeden. Bottom from left: Lawrence Casey, Justin Tarr. — ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rat_Patrol_cast_1967.jpg/1280px-Rat_Patrol_cast_1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Eric Braeden](https://film.one/media/person/410387/gallery-af88ab31e427.jpg) Eric Braeden — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/eric-braeden