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Date of Birth

15 January 1913, San Leandro, California, USA

Date of Death

10 March 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA (natural causes)

Birth Name

Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr.

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Mini Biography

The star of many land and underwater adventures grew up in various Northern California towns. His father, who was in the hotel business, 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 '50s, but he resumed work after an FBI clearance. Making the transition to TV, Bridges became a small screen star of giant proportions by starring in "Sea Hunt" (1958), the country's most successful syndicated show. Trouper Bridges worked right to the end, winning even more new fans with his spoofy portrayals in the "Airplane!" and "Hot Shots!" movies.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Weaver

Spouse

Dorothy Dean Bridges

(15 October 1938 - 10 March 1998) (his death) 4 children

Trivia

B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. [1936]

Father of Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges.

Father of Cindy Bridges.

Grandfather of Casey Bridges, Jordan Bridges, Dylan Bridges and Emily Bridges

Was considered for the role of Captain Kirk on "Star Trek" (1966).

Grandfather of Isabelle, Jessica Lily, and Haley Roselouise Bridges.

In 1914, was awarded the winner's cup in a fat-baby contest by its judge, former-President William H. Taft, who thought Lloyd was as fat as he was.

His final film, Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998), was dedicated to his memory.

His father, Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr., was born 1 May 1887 and died on his 75th birthday, the first of May, 1962. His mother Harriet Evelyn Brown (b. 15 Jan 1893) turned 20 the day Lloyd was born.

His second-born son, Garrett Myles Bridges, was born on June 14, 1948; but died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) on August 3, 1948.

Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "They Fought in the Creature Features" (McFarland & Co., 1995).

Graduated from Petaluma High School in 1931.

Personal 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.

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