Before starring on "The Young and the Restless," Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) co-starred in which wartime action series?

The 1966 - 1968 TV action series, "The Rat Patrol" aired in December 1966 and starred Eric Braeden as Captain Hans Deitrich. He played a dedicated and honorable German officer; he was the Patrol's main nemesis. So by the end of the series, it is clear that Dietrich, although a cunning opponent, never stoops to the cruel methods used by other Nazi officers.

Eric Braeden was born and named Hans-Jörg Gudegast in April 1941. After several acting projects, Gudegast eventually became a star of the 1973 to current daytime soap opera, "The Young and the Restless." Under the pseudonym Eric Braeden in 1980, he began his starring role as Victor Newman on Y&R. As Victor, he is a successful and clever billionaire business tycoon. In the city where he lives, he has been able to start his own company Newman Enterprises.

In 1998, Braeden won a Daytime Emmy for his work on Y&R. With February 2017, it resulted in Braeden celebrating his 37th anniversary on the daytime show that has ultimately made him a television icon.