Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (1913 - 1998)

Born 15 Jan 1913 in San Leandro, Alameda, California, United States

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Died 10 Mar 1998 at age 85 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Lloyd Bridges Jr. is Notable.

His father was involved in the California hotel business and had once owned a movie theater.

In 1931 he graduated from Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California, and then attended the University of California in Los Angeles, California where he studied political science. While there, his interests turned to acting and he appeared in a college production called "March Hare" with his future wife, Dorothy Simpson, They married in 1938 and remained together for 60 years until his death.

In 1936 he appeared in his first movie in an uncredited role; in 1937 he made his Broadway debut in Othello, a production starring Walter Huston.^[1]

In 1941 he joined the stock company at Columbia Pictures, where he played small roles in features and short subjects, as well as some classics

He found his greatest success in television being remembered for his role as 'Mike Nelson' on the television adventure series "Sea Hunt" that ran from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in syndication for many years afterwards.

In 1962 to 1963 he starred in the eponymous CBS anthology series "The Lloyd Bridges Show" which included appearances by his sons, future actors Beau and Jeff Bridges.

He had a wide variety of acting jobs & by the end of his career, he had reinvented himself and demonstrated a gifted comedic talent in parody films, During his career, he appeared in over 150 feature films and short subjects that spanned over 6 decades.

He died of natural causes at the age of 85.

Sources

• Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #8454 for Lloyd BRIDGES

1. ↑ Lloyd Bridges

See also:

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLNC-K3M : 27 November 2014), Lloyd Bridges, 15 Jan 1913; citing Alameda, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJ3-RMK : accessed 27 August 2018), Lloyd Bridges in household of Belle Bridges, Petaluma, Sonoma, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 10B, line 82, family 303, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 222; FHL microfilm 2,339,957.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.