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Lloyd Bridges(1913-1998)

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Lloyd Bridges, 1965.
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Blown Away (1994)
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The star of many land and underwater adventures, Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who owned a movie theater and also worked in the hotel business. He grew up in various Northern California towns. His father wanted him to become a lawyer, but young Lloyd's interests turned to acting while at the University of California at Los Angeles. (Dorothy Dean Bridges, Bridges' wife of more than 50 years, was one of his UCLA classmates, and appeared opposite him in a romantic play called "March Hares.") He later worked on the Broadway stage, helped to found an off-Broadway theater, and acted, produced and directed at Green Mans ions, a theater in the Catskills. Bridges made his first films in 1936, and went under contract to Columbia in 1941. Allegations that Bridges had been involved with the Communist Party threatened to derail his career in the early 1950s, but he resumed work after testifying as a cooperative witness before the House Un-American Activities, admitting his past party membership and recanting. Making the transition to television, Bridges became a small screen star of giant proportions by starring in Sea Hunt (1958), the country's most successful syndicated series. Trouper Bridges worked right to the end, winning even more new fans with his spoofy portrayals in the movies Airplane! (1980) and Hot Shots! (1991), and their respective sequels. Lloyd Bridges died at age 85 of natural causes on March 10, 1998.
BornJanuary 15, 1913
DiedMarch 10, 1998(85)
BornJanuary 15, 1913
DiedMarch 10, 1998(85)
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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

Photos138

Lloyd Bridges in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges, Lloyd Bridges, and Jean Cummings
Lloyd Bridges, Lance Fuller, and Joan Taylor in Apache Woman (1955)
Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)
Noah Beery Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Morris Ankrum, John Emery, Osa Massen, and Hugh O'Brian in Rocketship X-M (1950)
Lloyd Bridges in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Lloyd Bridges and Jerry Haleva in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Lloyd Bridges in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Lloyd Bridges and David Wohl in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Lloyd Bridges in Mafia! (1998)
Tom Hanks and Lloyd Bridges in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Lloyd Bridges in A Walk in the Sun (1945)

Known for

Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Hot Shots! Part Deux
6.6
  • Tug Benson
  • 1993
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Airplane II: The Sequel
6.1
  • Steve McCroskey
  • 1982
Airplane! (1980)
Airplane!
7.7
  • Steve McCroskey
  • 1980
Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots! (1991)
Hot Shots!
6.7
  • Adm. Benson
  • 1991

Credits

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Actor

  • Thomas Haden Church, Debra Messing, Nadia Dajani, and Greg Germann in Ned and Stacey (1995)
    Ned and Stacey
  • Meeting Daddy (2000)
    Meeting Daddy
  • Mafia! (1998)
    Mafia!
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in Seinfeld (1989)
    Seinfeld
  • The Deliverance of Elaine (1996)
    The Deliverance of Elaine
  • James Marsden, Erika Page White, Gemini Barnett, Betsy Brantley, Ashley Gorrell, Zelda Harris, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Jeffrey Licon, Deirdre O'Connell, Jeremy Torgerson, and Jon Torgerson in Second Noah (1996)
    Second Noah
  • Peter and the Wolf (1995)
    Peter and the Wolf
  • Brooke Shields, Vanessa Williams, and Gail O'Grady in Nothing Lasts Forever (1995)
    Nothing Lasts Forever
  • The Outer Limits (1995)
    The Outer Limits
  • The Other Woman (1995)
    The Other Woman
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges in Blown Away (1994)
    Blown Away
  • Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges in Harts of the West (1993)
    Harts of the West
  • Secret Sins of the Father (1994)
    Secret Sins of the Father
  • Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
    Hot Shots! Part Deux
  • Mr. Bluesman (1993)
    Mr. Bluesman

Director

  • Target (1958)
    Target
  • Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)
    Sea Hunt

Soundtrack

  • Natalie Gregory in Alice in Wonderland (1985)
    Alice in Wonderland
  • The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)
    The Lloyd Bridges Show
    • (uncredited)
  • Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)
    Sea Hunt
    • (uncredited)

Videos17

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Winter People Official Teaser Trailer
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Winter People Official Teaser Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:14
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 2:15
Trailer
Sahara
Trailer 1:41
Sahara
The Goddess
Trailer 1:39
The Goddess
High Noon
Trailer 2:13
High Noon
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Trailer 0:59
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hot Shots!
Trailer 1:30
Hot Shots!
Blown Away
Trailer 1:38
Blown Away
Rocketship X-M
Trailer 2:32
Rocketship X-M

Personal details

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    • January 15, 1913
    • San Leandro, California, USA
    • March 10, 1998
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(natural causes)
    • Dorothy Dean BridgesOctober 15, 1938 - March 10, 1998 (his death, 4 children)
    • Jeff Bridges
    • (Grandchild)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "Guys and Dolls"
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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    Father of Beau Bridges, Cindy Bridges and Jeff Bridges.
  • Quotes
    The devastation caused by war and the pollution of our environment knows no boundaries. Only an effective world government could provide sufficient law and have the power to control these destructive forces.
    • Gravelly raspy voice

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