The German hospital where he was born in the throes of World War II was destroyed by bombs the next day.
When he arrived in the United States at the age of 18, he lived with a cousin in Galveston, Texas.
His first job in L.A. was as a restaurant valet, parking cards for A-listers including Marilyn Monroe and Warren Beatty.
James Cameron tapped him to play John Jacob Astor in Titanic because he was a fan of Braeden’s 1970 flick Colussus: The Forbin Project.
In all the years he’s worked with Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki), they’ve only had one fight — and he can’t remember what it was about.
