Lloyd Bridges

Biography

Born 01/15/1913

A lanky, prolific actor with blond hair, a perennially furrowed brow and more than a touch of grit in his voice, a reliable tough hero, authority figure and villain for half a century, Lloyd Bridges spent an ever-increasing amount of time in in school plays while studying political science at UCLA....
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Highlights

  • In 1998, Completed "Jane Austen's Mafia" and "Meeting Daddy" (the latter co-starring Beau Bridges) before his death
  • In 1993, Played recurring role of Jake Tyrrell on the CBS drama series, "Harts of the West", starring his son Beau Bridges
  • In 1992, Checked into hospital to open a blocked coronary artery; a week after discharge, planned trip to Germany to begin work on a film

Family & Companions

  • Dorothy Bridges: wife (met at UCLA; married in 1939 at the Little Church Around the Corner in NYC; exchanged vows again on 50th wedding anniversary)
  • Lloyd Vernet Bridges: father (was in hotel business in California; at one time owned a cinema)

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