Thomas Braden was born on February 22, 1917 in Greene, Iowa, USA as Thomas Wardell Braden. He was a writer, known for Eight Is Enough (1977), Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987) and An Eight Is Enough Wedding (1989). He was married to Joan Vermillion Ridley. He died on April 3, 2009 in Denver, Colorado, USA.