Eric Braeden was born on Hans-Jorg Gudegast; April 3,1941 and is a German-born film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS 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, as Dr Otto Hasslein in Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and as John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 film Titanic.
11 Facts About Eric Braeden
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Eric Braeden won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman.
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Eric Braeden emigrated to the United States in 1959, and attended the University of Montana, Missoula.
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Eric Braeden starred in the 1969 western 100 Rifles with Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds and Jim Brown, playing a villainous German military officer opposite Fernando Lamas.
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Eric Braeden's starring role in the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project, was when he first took the stage name of Eric Braeden.
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Eric Braeden's character imprisoned his wife's lover, and became so popular the character became a love-to-hate villain, and his contract was extended.
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However, CBS later announced that Eric Braeden had inked a new three-year deal and would remain with the show, agreeing to a reduction in salary, which was the original issue.
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Eric Braeden is a tennis player and has participated in many celebrity events.
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Eric Braeden married his college sweetheart Dale Russell in 1966.
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Eric Braeden's son, Christian, is a director who created the film Den of Thieves, starring Gerard Butler.
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Eric Braeden discovered his cancer diagnosis while recovering from knee-replacement surgery and while undergoing prostate-related treatment.