Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden in The Ambulance

Eric Braeden's death in The Ambulance

Eric Braeden (1941 - )

a.k.a. Hans Gudegast

Film Deaths

• Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1970) [Dr. Otto Hasslein]: Shot to death by Roddy McDowall after Eric shoots Kim Hunter.

• The Ultimate Thrill (The Ultimate Chase) (1974) [Roland]: Killed in a helicopter crash while chasing Barry Brown.

• The Ambulance (1990) [The Doctor]: Killed in an explosion when he drives the ambulance over an embankment while trying to run down Eric Roberts.

• Titanic (1997) [John Jacob Astor IV]:  Drowned in the sinking of the Titanic; he is in the Grand Staircase when it floods (in reality, Astor was outside of Titanic when he died; his body was recovered).

TV Deaths

• Mission: Impossible: Echo of Yesterday (1967) [Col. Markus von Frank]: Shot in the chest by Wilfrid Hyde-White.

• Hawaii Five-O: The Second Shot (1970) [Klaus Marburg]: Shot dead on the beach by Jack Lord just as he is about to shoot John Marley. (Thanks to Brian)

• Gunsmoke: Jaekel (1971) [Carl Jaekel]: Shot down in a mineshaft by James Arness as he's threatening to kill Julie Gregg and Ken Curtis. (Thanks to Brian)

• Gunsmoke: Gold Train The Bullet (1971) [Jack Sinclair]: Shot in a shoot-out with James Arness.

• A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993 TV) [David Morrison]: Stabbed to death by his daughter (Paula Marshall).