Brad Carlton
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| Don Diamont as Brad Carlton (2007) | |||||||||||||||
| The Young and the Restless | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Don Diamont | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1985–1996, 1998–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | May 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | February 5, 2009 (alive) September 17, 2009 (ghost) |
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| Cause/reason | Drowned in a frozen lake | ||||||||||||||
| Created by | William J. Bell | ||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Brad Bradski, Bradsicle, Pool Boy, Golden Boy (by Jack Abbott) |
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| Aliases | George Kaplan (real name) | ||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Hyperthermia and drowning after falling in a frozen lake | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | The Carlton Manor 1185 Cottage Grove Road Genoa City, Wisconsin |
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Bradley "Brad" Carlton (born George Kaplan) was a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Actor Don Diamont played the role since May 1985 until he departed the show in 1996 and returned on July 28, 1998[1]. Diamont was temporarily replaced by Russell Todd in 1993. The character has also appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful briefly in 1993. In December 2008, it was announced that Diamont had been released from his contract.[2] His final air date was on February 5, 2009.[3]
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[edit] Introduction and overview
Brad Carlton was first introduced as the Abbotts' pool boy, who caught the eye of the youngest Abbott daughter, Traci. The two were married twice, with the second marriage producing a daughter, Colleen Carlton. During his second marriage to Traci, Brad was held captive in a cage by his unstable ex-wife, Lisa Mansfield. After he divorced Traci, Brad was tricked into marrying the wealthy widow, Cassandra Rawlins, after a ski trip to Aspen. Brad eventually returned to Genoa City with plans to divorce Cassandra, but en route to finalize her divorce plans, Cassandra was hit by a truck and killed. Brad inherited her fortune and her estate. Throughout his on-and-off relationship with Traci, he had feelings for her sister, Ashley Abbott. They eventually married, and he adopted her daughter who was given his last name, Abby Carlton. Ashley was pregnant with Brad's child, but she lost the baby in a car accident. They split up, and he later married Victoria Newman in November 2006.
Known as a "playboy",, Brad has also had flings with Lauren Fenmore, Jill Abbott, Diane Jenkins and Olivia Winters. He was also briefly engaged to Nikki Newman. In one 1994 storyline, Brad had a heart attack during a passionate night with Lauren. His ex-wife Traci showed up at the hospital, and when she saw Lauren, a vicious cat-fight ensued.
The consummate opportunist, Brad rose to prominence in Genoa City's business world somewhat quickly, with his relationship with the Abbott family giving him a foot in the door. He stepped on a lot of toes over the years, particularly Victor Newman and his one-time brother-in-law, Jack Abbott. Brad's anger boiled over in 2005 when Jack refused to instate him as CEO of Jabot. Brad stormed out of the office, and he soon took a job at Newman Enterprises to spite Jack.
[edit] 2006–09
In 2006, Brad married Victor's daughter, Victoria, much to her father's dismay. For the duration of their marriage, Brad continued to fight his feelings for Victoria's one-time sister-in-law, Sharon Newman. During this time, he also had an affair with Sharon. Upon Victor's initiation of a background check on Brad, it was discovered in a Retroactive continuity storyline after almost twenty years of being on the show that Brad was not who he had initially claimed to be. Brad's real name was George Kaplan, and he assumed the identity of a friend who died in an accident in order to hide from the people who had killed his family.
A 2006 story arc involved Brad's past catching up with him, as his mother, Rebecca Kaplan, had to help find an artifact that was stolen from its rightful owners by the Nazis who had put Rebecca to work in a concentration camp cataloging stolen art. On September 21, 2007, Brad revealed that he was a follower of Judaism.[1]
Victoria became pregnant with Brad's child, but she, too, miscarried shortly thereafter. Brad and Victoria subsequently divorced. Then, Victoria discovered that she was pregnant again, but the father turned out to be J.T. Hellstrom, with whom she was now married to. After the collapse of Clear Springs, Victoria got struck by falling debris, and she was in a coma for months. After waking up, Brad let the cat out of the bag about Victor firing Nick from Newman Enterprises. After the divorce, Brad still tried to be with Sharon, several times, but he failed. He eventually gave up, and one day in the hallway, he asked a passing co-worker to dinner.
Frustrated and angered at his inability to advance at Newman Enterprises, Brad joined Jabot Cosmetics in May 2008 as Chief Operating Officer. At Jabot, Brad has become somewhat of a confidant–spy for Chancellor Industries CEO, Jill Abbott. Brad also had a somewhat difficult relationship with David Chow, the co-CEO of Jabot. Because of his dislike for Chow, who admitted to a problem with compulsive gambling, Brad repeatedly invited David to card games, lent him large sums of money to pay off gambling debts and given him tips on horse races in a successful effort to take advantage of David's gambling addiction and to gain leverage over him.
Following the death of his wife Sabrina Costelana Newman, Victor disappeared to Mexico only to be declared dead by Mexican authorities after an apparent boating accident. As stipulated in Victor's new will, the lion share of his estate was bequeathed to his son, Adam Newman, who was going by his birth name of Victor Adam Newman, Jr. Adam embarked on radical changes within the company, assuming the position of Chairman of the Board and installing Brad as CEO of Newman Enterprises and right hand man in "expanding Newman globally" . Adam fired long-time Newman employees, Neil Winters and Victoria Newman, while making an enemy of the executor of the Newman estate, Michael Baldwin. Having schemed, back stabbed and betrayed to get ahead, it appeared that Brad finally achieved the executive position that he coveted for so long. Shortly after being hired by Adam to be CEO of Newman Enterprises, Victor returned and fired his son for the rage of power that he had during his absence. Victor also reinstated Neil Winters as CEO. Later that week, Neil asked Brad to step down as CEO of Newman saying that if he didn't, then he would sue Brad for hacking into Newman Enterprises personal files and taking them to Jabot Cosmetics. Brad agreed, and he stepped down as CEO.
When Sharon's marriage started to crumble again, Brad got another chance to approach her, especially after Phyllis had called him and tried to make him seduce Sharon so that she would stay away from Nick. Brad eventually revealed to Sharon that Phyllis sent him to her after her, and Sharon wasn't able to forgive Brad. He followed Sharon to Jack's cabin where he apologized and explained how much he still loved her, but she wasn't able to return the feelings. He left the cabin, and on the road home, he found Noah Newman drowning in a lake after falling through the ice. He managed to pull Noah out of the water and back onto the ice, but tragically fell in himself and was swept under the frozen lake by the current. He drowned and his dead body, frozen in the ice, was discovered by a young boy. Brad appeared to his daughter, Colleen, as she was herself dying after having fallen into a lake while trying to escape the clutches of the demented Patty Williams.
