Eric Braeden in The Ambulance
Eric Braeden's death in The Ambulance
Eric Braeden (1941 - )
a.k.a. Hans Gudegast
Survivor of the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff
Film Deaths:[]
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) [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 later recovered).
Television Deaths[]
- Combat!: The Celebrity (1962)]] [German Soldier]: Killed in a firefight he and Walt Davis ambush a supply truck Vic Morrow's squad was guarding.
- Combat!: The Sniper (1963) [Hans Gruber]: Shot to death with a sub-machine gun by Vic Morrow in a glade outside of the French village.
- Combat!: Doughboy (1963) [German Vehicle Commander]: Killed when one of Vic Morrow's men drops a hand grenade down the machinegun turret of his armored halftrack vehicle.
- Combat!: The Hostages (1964) [Ecktmann]: Killed while riding in the back of an ambulance when Conlan Carter loses control of the vehicle an flips it over.
- 12 O'Clock High: R/X for a Sick Bird (1965) [Capt. Zoller]: As a Nazi spy impersonating a Polish air force officer, Eric is killed by military police with a sub-machine gun trying to escape through a window when J.D. Cannon's men close in on him.
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Discotheque Affair (1965) [Mr Oakes]: Falls through the window of Judi West's top floor apartment after Robert Vaughn blinds him by throwing paint thinner into his face and he loses his bearings.
- 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.
- Gunsmoke: Jaekel (1971) [Carl Jaekel]: Shot down in a mineshaft by James Arness as he's threatening to kill Julie Gregg and Ken Curtis.
- Gunsmoke: Gold Train: The Bullet: Part 3 (1971) [Jack Sinclair]: Shot in a shoot-out with James Arness.
- The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972; TV Movie) [Anton Granicek]: Crushed when Joan Van Ark drove a car at him while running.
- Hawaii Five-O: The Diamond That Nobody Stole (1973) [Djebara]: Shot by Frank Trott's marksman as part of an arrangement with Eric's mother-in-law Beulah Quo. (Thanks to Brian)
- The New Original Wonder Woman (1975) [Drangel]: Parachutes into a school of sharks after his fighter plane is shot down by Lyle Waggoner in an aerial dogfight.
- Airwolf: Birds of Paradise (1986) [Nick Kincaid]: Killed in an explosion along with BarBara Luna, when their helicopter is shot down by Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine in their advanced attack helicopter.
- A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993;TV) [David Morrison]: Stabbed to death by his daughter (Paula Marshall).
Gallery[]
Eric Braeden just before his death in Titanic