Brad Carlton

Infobox soap character
name = Bradley Carlton
series = The Young and the Restless
portrayer = Don Diamont
first = August 1, 1985
last =
cause =
creator = William J. Bell



caption1 = Don Diamont as Brad Carlton (2007)
nickname = Brad
Bradski (by Jack Abbott)
alias = George Kaplan (birth name)
gender = Male
born = March 6th
death =
age = 45
occupation = former CEO&President of Newman Enterprises,
Former CEO of Jabot Cosmetics
Board Member at Newman Enterprises
former Executive at Newman Enterprises Granville Global
Former Executive at Jabot Cosmetics
Former CEO of Jabot Cosmetics (temporarily)
Former Abbott Gardener
Former Navy SEAL
title =
residence = 1185 Cottage Grove Rd
Genoa City, Wisconsin
parents = Arturo Kaplan
(father, deceased)
Rebecca Kaplan
(mother)
siblings = Stephanie Kaplan
(sister, deceased)
spouse = Lisa Mansfield
(annulled)
Traci Abbott Connolly
(divorced, first time, 1986-1989)
Cassandra Rawlins Carlton
(deceased, 1991)
Traci Abbott Connolly
(divorced, second time, 1991-1992)
Ashley Abbott
(divorced, 2000-2006)
Victoria Newman Hellstrom
(divorced, 2006-2007)
romances = Lauren Fenmore
(dated; lovers)
Jill Foster Abbott
(dated)
Nicole "Nikki" Reed Newman
(engaged)
Sharon Newman
(one-night stand)
Diane Jenkins
(dated)
Olivia Barber Winters
(one-night stand)
children = Colleen Carlton
(daughter, with Traci)
Abby Carlton
(daughter, with Ashley; via adoption)
Robert Carlton (son, with Ashley: stillborn)
grandchildren =
grandparents =
aunts/uncles = Isabel Montalcini
(maternal aunt)
cousins =
relatives =
color = #C3B091
color text =

Bradley "Brad" Carlton (né George Kaplan) is a fictional character on CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless". Actor Don Diamont has played the role since 1985 (he departed the show in 1996 and returned in 1998). Diamont was temporarily replaced by Russell Todd in 1993. The character has also appeared on "The Bold and the Beautiful" briefly in 1993.

Character history

Brad is currently Board Member of Newman Enterprises having recently vacated the position of COO at Jabot Cosmetics.

He was first introduced as the Abbotts' pool boy, but caught the eye of the youngest Abbott daughter, Traci (Beth Maitland). The two married, but while the marriage produced a daughter, Colleen (Tammin Sursok), it did not last long. During his marriage to Traci, Brad was held captive in a cage by his unstable ex-wife Lisa Mansfield (Lynne Harbaugh). After he divorced Traci, Brad went on to marry Cassandra Rawlins (Nina Arvesen) and inherited her money when she was suddenly killed in a hit and run soon before their divorce. Throughout his on and off relationship with Traci, he had feelings for her sister Ashley (Eileen Davidson). Finally they married, and he adopted her daughter, Abby (Darcy Rose Byrnes). Ashley was pregnant with his child but lost the baby in a car accident. They split up, and he married Victoria Newman in November 2006.

Known as a "playboy" and often referred to as a "gigolo", Brad has also had flings with Lauren Fenmore (Tracey E. Bregman), Jill Abbott (Jess Walton), Diane Jenkins (Alex Donnelley), and Olivia Winters (Tonya Lee Williams), and was briefly engaged to Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott). In one 1994 storyline, Brad had a heart attack during a passionate night with Lauren. Ex-wife Traci showed up to visit, and when she saw Lauren at the hospital, a vicious catfight ensued.

Brad's rivalries with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) have been key plot elements over the years. Brad's anger boiled over in 2005 when Jack refused to instate him as CEO of Jabot. Brad stormed out of the office and soon took a job at Newman Enterprises.

In 2006, Brad married Victor's daughter, Victoria, to her father's dismay. For the duration of their marriage, Brad continued to fight his feelings for Victoria's now ex-sister-in-law, Sharon (Sharon Case). 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 retcon storyline after almost twenty years of being on the show) that Carlton was not who he had initially claimed to be. Brad's real name is George Kaplan, and he assumed the identity of a friend who died in an accident in order to hide from the people who killed his family.

The 2006 story arc involved Brad/George's past catching up with him, as his mother, Rebecca Kaplan (Lorna Raver), 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 cataloguing stolen art. In the Sept 21, 2007 episode, Brad came out with his Judaism. [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070831youngandrestless.html]

Victoria became pregnant with his child but lost it shortly thereafter. Brad and Victoria subsequently divorced. Shortly thereafter, Victoria discovered that she is pregnant again, but the father turned out to be J. T. Hellstrom (Thad Luckinbill) with whom she is now married to. After the collapse of Clear Springs, Victoria got struck by falling debris, and 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 it failed. He eventually gave up, and one day in the hallway 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 has also had a somewhat difficult relationship with David Chow (co-CEO of Jabot). Because of his dislike for David Chow, who has admitted to a problem with compulsive gambling, Brad has 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, Victor Newman disappears to Mexico only to be declared dead by Mexican authorities after an apparent boating accident. As stipulated in Newman Sr.'s new will, the lion share of his estate is bequeathed to his son Adam who is now going by his birth name Victor Adam Newman Jr. Newman Jr. embarks on radical changes within the company assuming the position of Chairman of the Board and installing Brad Carlton as CEO of Newman Enterprises and right hand man in "expanding Newman globally" . Victor Jr. fires 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 appears that Brad Carlton has finally achieved the executive position he has coveted for so long.

On September 12th, 2008, Brad was arrested by the FBI at the Athletic Club for having connections with someone connected to the Mafia (David Chow).

External links

* [http://www.soapcentral.com/yr/whoswho/brad.php Brad at soapcentral.com]