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John Braden (born April 30, 1931, died August 25, 2020) was an American actor and voice actor.

Braden appeared in TV shows like The Adams Chronicles, Great Performances, Remington Steele, Cagney & Lacey, Night Court, T.J. Hooker, Who's the Boss, It's a Living, The Golden Girls and Law & Order.

He provided the voice of Mayor Miles O'Donovan in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. He also provided his voice in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, another Rockstar Games title.

John Bracchitta, Junior's, given surname, was born at his parents' apartment in Sleepy Hollow, New York, on April 30, 1931. His father, John Bracchita, Senior, a Sicilian immigrant, was a Gardner/Landscaper by trade; his New York-born mother, the former Antoinette DeRiso, was a home-maker. John Sr. wanted his only son to take over the family landscape business; but his son's High School English teacher, who was also the drama advisor at Washington Irving High School, cast young John Jr. in the title role of "Charley's Aunt." John Jr. fell in love with the stage right then and there! Avoiding an agricultural school his father had enrolled him, following his High School graduation, John Jr., instead, enrolled at Carnegie Technical, in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. During the summer after his High School graduation, eighteen year old John Jr. was an apprentice actor at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Connecticut. While enrolled at Carnegie Institute of Technology, John Braachetta Jr. earned a Fulbright Scholarship to England's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. While at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he was cast in the first staged presentation of "Under Milk Wood" featuring Peter O'Toole. Afterwards, he continued study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Following his post-graduate work abroad, after returning to New York City, he was immediately drafted into the peacetime U.S.Army's ranks, (between the Korean War and the Viet Nam War); after basic training, he was relocated, stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii, as a Private First Class. His Army Company Superior Officer, a Major, evaluating his educational qualifications, recommended Bracchitta Junior pursue Officer Training, for a third year program-extension. Instead, while functioning in his daily military duties as a Private 1st Class, John pursued off-hours/off-base civilian theater work with the Honolulu Community Theater, (now, Diamond Head Theatre), where he was cast as "Stanley" in "A Streetcar Named Desire." During this two year drafted military occupational obligation, John Junior met this civilian (a Honolulu-theater-volunteer), who became his British-born wife, Maureen Scott, married in 1958. Upon discharge from the Honolulu Military base, the couple returned to New York City in late 1959, for John to pursue a professional acting career; his wife Maureen Scott made a career as a talent and casting agent in theater, film, television, and, in the advertising industry. During the Spring of 1960, John Jr. accepted an educational actor apprentice program, for young theater professional's, in the1960 Westport Country Playhouse's summer-season. After the Westport Country Playhouse summer season ended, returning to New York City, he acknowledged his agent's advise, to change his last name, something people could more easily pronounce - "Bracchitta" wouldn't do - a shorter and simpler name. He decided to keep his "B" - choosing the name of the Westport Country Playhouse' s production designer, "John Braden." Upon learning that the actor was using his legal name, the set designer called the actor's union; he was informed that as a union actor, legally, a theatrical actor's moniker name change is allowed. An actor changing his theatrical stage "performance" name-credit, prevented another actor from using an identical name; this rule did not apply to other theatrical personalities in other categories.

Actor

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005)

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

7.9

Video Game

Mayor O'Donovan (voice)

2005

 

Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Julianne Nicholson, and Chris Noth in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

TV Series

Dr. Braden

2005

1 episode

 

Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.1

TV Series

Mr. Lane

2005

1 episode

 

Timothy Gibbs, Wendy Hoopes, James McCaffrey, and Kathy Tong in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003)

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

9.1

Video Game

Alfred WodenSecurity GuardMale Sales Voice (voice)

2003

 

Our Town (2003)

Our Town

7.7

TV Movie

Professor Willard

2003

 

Tony Goldwyn, Maura Tierney, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)

Law & Order

7.8

TV Series

Linford

1991

1 episode

 

Robert Davi, Sam Waterston, and Ron Leibman in Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988)

Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami

6.4

TV Movie

Justice Department Man

1988

 

Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, and Betty White in The Golden Girls (1985)

The Golden Girls

8.2

TV Series

Sam Burns

1987

1 episode

 

Sylvester Stallone, David Mendenhall, and Rick Zumwalt in Over the Top (1987)

Over the Top

5.8

Colonel Davis

1987

 

It's a Living (1980)

It's a Living

7.0

TV Series

Francois Roti

1986

1 episode

 

Alyssa Milano, Tony Danza, Katherine Helmond, Danny Pintauro, and Judith Light in Who's the Boss? (1984)

Who's the Boss?

6.6

TV Series

Donald Stewart

1986

1 episode

 

T.J. Hooker (1982)

T.J. Hooker

6.1

TV Series

Dr. Walden

1986

1 episode

 

Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Charles Robinson, and Richard Moll in Night Court (1984)

Night Court

7.7

TV Series

Larry

1985

1 episode

 

Cagney & Lacey (1981)

Cagney & Lacey

6.9

TV Series

O'Herlihy

1985

1 episode

 

Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist in Remington Steele (1982)

Remington Steele

7.3

TV Series

Doctor

1984

1 episode

 

Nurse (1981)

Nurse

7.8

TV Series

Dr. Ransom

1981

1 episode

 

Great Performances (1971)

Great Performances

7.9

TV Series

Sid Davis

1976

1 episode

 

The Adams Chronicles (1976)

The Adams Chronicles

8.1

TV Mini Series

John Marshall

1976

1 episode

 

Jane Krakowski, Matthew Ashford, Domini Blythe, Colleen Dion, Terri Eoff, David Forsyth, Lee Godart, Louan Gideon, Marcia McCabe, Jeffrey Meek, Jacqueline Schultz, and Mary Stuart in Search for Tomorrow (1951)

Search for Tomorrow

7.0

TV Series

Allan Carson (1971)

1971

215 episodes

 

Sean Connery in The Anderson Tapes (1971)

The Anderson Tapes

6.4

Vanessi

1971

 

Bananas (1971)

Bananas

6.9

Prosecutor

1971

 

Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)

The Producers

7.5

Bar Patron (uncredited)

1967

 

Another World (1964)

Another World

7.0

TV Series

Rocky Olsen (1975-1977)

1964–1999

 

Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in The Defenders (1961)

The Defenders

7.9

TV Series

Jury Foreman

1964

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Zero Mostel in The Producers (1967)

The Producers

7.5

performer: "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon"

1967