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Lloyd Bridges: Biography

Lloyd Bridges
  • Birth Name: Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr.
  • Birth Place: San Leandro, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/15/1913, Capricorn
  • Date of Death: 03/10/1998
  • Profession: Actor
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Lloyd Bridges Fast Facts:
  • Won "America's Fattest Baby" trophy when he was born, given to him by then-President William Howard Taft.
  • Was pre-law at UCLA, studying Political Science, but chose to try acting before applying to law school.
  • Made his Broadway debut in Othello in 1937.
  • Blacklisted in the 1950s because of his involvement with The Actors' Lab, a radical theater group.
  • Breakthrough was in 1958 as diver Mike Nelson on the syndicated series Sea Hunt.
  • Had a career resurgence later in life playing dim-witted authority figures in parody movies like Airplane! (1980), Hot Shots! (1991) and Mafia! (1998).
  • Lloyd Bridges Relationships:
  • Beau Bridges - Son
  • Dorothy Dean - Wife
  • Garrett Myles Bridges - Son
  • Harriet Bridges - Mother
  • Jeff Bridges - Son
  • Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. - Father
  • Lucinda Louise Bridges Cunningham - Daughter
  • Lloyd Bridges Awards:
  • 1957 Emmy: Best Single Performance by an Actor - Nominee
  • 1957 Emmy: Best Single Performance by an Actor - Nominee
  • 1998 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • University of California, Los Angeles, CA (1936)
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