LLOYD BRIDGES BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Lloyd Bridges was born on January 15th, 1913 in San Leandro, California with the birth name Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. to parents Harriet Evelyn and Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1931 and then went on to the University of Los Angeles to study political science. During his college years he met Dorothy Deam whom later became his one and only wife for a marriage lasting 50 years. His father had goals for him to enter a career as a lawyer, but it was while attending college that he became interested in acting.
Bridges became involved in acting first working on Broadway in 1939 in a production of, "Othello". He then joined Columbia Pictures stock company working on feature films and shorts playing small supporting roles.
During World War II, Bridges took a break from acting to join the US Coast Guard and directly upon completing serving his country, he returned right back to pursuing his acting career. When he admitted to the House on Un-American Activities Committee that he was once a member of the Actors' Lab, which was a group that had links to the Communist Party he was briefly blacklisted from Hollywood. Once the FBI cleared his name, he returned back to acting in the mid 50's and made his most substantial influence as a television actor.
He starred in, "Sea Hunt" (1958) which was a very successful syndicated television show. He portrayed the scuba diver character Mike Nelson and earned a large amount of public recognition. Directly following the success of this show he then worked on, "The Lloyd Bridges Show" (1962-1963). He was also a series regular in the western, "The Loner" (1965-1966).
He made appearances in a number of television shows throughout his career such as, "Paper Dolls" (1984) and "Capital News". Lloyd Bridges career never slowed down with roles in numerous mini-series such as, "Roots" (1977), "How the West Was Won" (1978), "The Blue and the Gray" (1982) and "Battlestar Galactica" (1978).
Bridges earned two Emmy Award nominations, the first in 1957 for, "The Alcoa Hour" and then 4 decades later for his role portraying, Izzy Madelbaum on an episode of, "Seinfeld" (1997). His final film role was in, "Jane Austen's Mafia" (1998) which was dedicated in his memory.
Lloyd Bridges passed away on March 10th, 1998 in Los Angeles, California from natural causes. Lloyd had four children, but lost his second born son, Garrett Myles Bridges to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3rd, 1948. He was survived by his three other children, Beau Bridges, Cindy and Jeff Bridges. His ashes were given to his family.
Filmography
1998 Jane Austen's Mafia!
1997 Seinfeld
1996 The Deliverance of Elaine
1996 Second Noah
1996 Peter and the Wolf
1995 Nothing Lasts Forever
1995 The Other Woman
1995 The Outer Limits
1994 Blown Away
1993-1994 Harts of the West
1994 Cinderella... Frozen in Time
1994 Secret Sins of the Father
1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993 Mr. Bluesman
1992 Devlin
1992 Honey I Blew Up the Kid
1991 In the Nick of Time
1991 Hot Shots!
1990 Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
1990 Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean
1990 Capital News
1990 Capital News
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano
1989 Cross of Fire
1989 Cousins
1989 Winter People
1988 She Was Marked for Murder
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1987 The Wild Pair
1987 I Am Joe's Heart
1986 The Thanksgiving Promise
1986 Weekend Warriors
1986 North and South, Book II
1986 Dress Gray
1985 Alice in Wonderland
1984 Paper Dolls
1984 George Washington
1983 Matt Houston
1983 Loving
1983 Grace Kelly
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel
1982 The Blue and the Gray
1982 Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice
1981 The Love Boat
1981 East of Eden
1980 Airplane!
1980 This Year's Blonde
1979 Bear Island
1979 Disaster on the Coastliner
1979 The Fifth Musketeer
1978 Battlestar Galactica
1978 The Critical List
1978 The Great Wallendas
1978 How the West Was Won
1978 World War II: G.I. Diary
1978 Shimmering Light
1977 Telethon
1977 The Force of Evil
1977 Tales of the Unexpected
1977 Roots
1975-1976 Joe Forrester
1975 Cop on the Beat
1974-1975 Police Story
1975 Stowaway to the Moon
1974 The Whirlwind
1974 Benjamin Franklin
1973 Death Race
1973 Running Wild
1973 Crime Club
1973 Trouble Comes to Town
1972 Haunts of the Very Rich
1972 Here's Lucy
1972 To Find a Man
1971 Deadly Dream
1971 A Tattered Web
1971 Do You Take This Stranger?
1970 San Francisco International Airport
1970 The Love War
1969 The Happy Ending
1969 Silent Night, Lonely Night
1969 The Silent Gun
1969 Lost Flight
1968 CBS Playhouse
1968 Attack on the Iron Coast
1968 Daring Game
1968 A Case of Libel
1966 Mission: Impossible
1966 I Around the World Under the Sea
1965-1966 The Loner
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964 The Eleventh Hour
1964 The Great Adventure
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1962-1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show
1961 Checkmate
1961 Alcoa Premiere
1961 The Dick Powell Theatre
1958-1961 Sea Hunt
1957-1961 Zane Grey Theater
1961 The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 The Goddess
1958 The Frank Sinatra Show
1957 Ride Out for Revenge
1956-1957 Playhouse 90
1955-1957 Climax!
1956-1957 Studio 57
1957 The United States Steel Hour
1956-1957 The Alcoa Hour
1956 The Rainmaker
1952-1956 Studio One in Hollywood
1956 Wetbacks
1956 Front Row Center
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars
1955 Crossroads
1955 Apache Woman
1955 Wichita
1954 The Big Deadly Game
1954 Pride of the Blue Grass
1953 The Limping Man
1953 City of Bad Men
1953 The Kid from Left Field
1953 Goodyear Playhouse
1953 The Tall Texan
1953 Last of the Comanches
1952 Plymouth Adventure
1952 Schlitz Playhouse
1952 Suspense
1952 High Noon
1952 Robert Montgomery Presents
1951 The Whistle at Eaton Falls
1951 Three Steps North
1951 Little Big Horn
1951 The Sound of Fury
1950 The White Tower
1950 Colt .45
1950 Rocketship X-M
1949 Trapped
1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 Home of the Brave
1949 Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
1949 Red Canyon
1949 Hideout
1948 Moonrise
1948 16 Fathoms Deep
1948 Secret Service Investigator
1947 Unconquered
1947 The Trouble with Women
1947 Ramrod
1946 Canyon Passage
1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 Abilene Town
1945 A Walk in the Sun
1945 Strange Confession
1945 Secret Agent X-9
1944 Saddle Leather Law
1944 The Master Race
1944 Louisiana Hayride
1944 She's a Soldier Too
1944 Riding West
1944 Once Upon a Time
1943 Crime Doctor's Strangest Case
1943 The Heat's On
1943 A Rookie's Cookie
1943 Hail to the Rangers
1943 I Sahara
1943 Passport to Suez
1943 Destroyer
1943 One Dangerous Night
1943 His Wedding Scare
1943 City Without Men
1943 They Stooge to Conga
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 The Great Glover
1942 Underground Agent
1942 Pardon My Gun
1942 Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942 Stand By All Networks
1942 The Daring Young Man
1942 The Spirit of Stanford
1942 A Man's World
1942 Counter-Espionage
1942 The Talk of the Town
1942 Atlantic Convoy
1942 Flight Lieutenant
1942 Riders of the Northland
1942 Sweetheart of the Fleet
1942 The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 North of the Rockies
1942 Alias Boston Blackie
1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1942 Canal Zone
1942 Shut My Big Mouth
1942 Cadets on Parade
1942 Blondie Goes to College
1942 West of Tombstone
1941 Harvard, Here I Come!
1941 Honolulu Lu
1941 Sing for Your Supper
1941 The Royal Mounted Patrol
1941 Three Girls About Town
1941 Ywo Latins from Manhattan
1941 Harmon of Michigan
1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 Our Wife
1941 I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941 The Son of Davy Crockett
1941 The Medico of Painted Springs
1941 They Dare Not Love
1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1940 Northwest Passage (Book 1 - Rogers' Rangers)
1936 Dancing Feet
1936 Freshman Love
