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Working from the ground up in stock companies, Lloyd Bridges was a member of the progressive Actors Lab company in the mid 1930s. He made his Broadway debut toward the end of that decade in a production of Othello. Signed by Columbia in 1941, Bridges appeared in everything the studio assigned him...Read More
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Lloyd Bridges was that rare Hollywood star more famous for being himself than for any of the roles he played. With a sandpapery voice and eyebrows the size of tumbleweeds, the California-born actor squinted his way through a 60-year career that took him from '40s B movies to Blown Away, from Blondie Goes to College to Battlestar Galactica, from Sea Hunt to Seinfeld. With nearly 150 movie and TV parts to his credit, he was one of the most prolific performers around.
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Lloyd Bridges has a soft exterior and tends to relate very personally and sympathetically to other people. However, Lloyd sometimes lets his emotions overpower his reasoning and logic, and consequently he is sometimes biased in his opinions. Lloyd Bridges is impressionable and rather gentle, or at least that is the way he appears. His feelings are on the surface and Lloyd cannot hide his emotions.
Lloyd Bridges gives "one of his best screen performances" (Boxoffice) as a major hellbent on seeing a deadly mission through to its "blazing finale" (Films & Filming). Major Wilson (Bridges) is a loose cannon, and his latest mission is a perfect fit. He must take an old minesweeper filled with explosives and ram it into the Nazi's prized naval port. The problem is, he and his crew will have only five minutes to escape this floating torpedo before it blows. Even if they succeed in taking down the stronghold, will they live to see the tide of war turn?
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Lloyd Bridges appeared in over 150 films, from High Noon to Hot Shots. With his rugged good looks and versatility, he brought life to traitorous villains and stand-up heroes alike, then surprised practically everyone with his hilarious, self-parodying performance in Airplane. From his ordeal during the infamous "Red Purge" in Hollywood to his relentless charity work, BIOGRAPHY® profiles the prolific actor. Rarely seen home movies and extensive interviews with his family, including his famous sons Jeff and Beau, provide an intimate glimpse of his life offscreen, while clips from some of his many performances capture his most famous moments on the silver screen.
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From All Movie Guide: The son of actor Lloyd Bridges, Beau Bridges (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III) was actually named for his father; the nickname "Beau" was borrowed from Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone With the Wind. Beau received good billing for his secondary juvenile role in The Red Pony in 1949, although he was primarily seen in bit parts during the late '40s. This suited him fine; not all that interested in films, young Bridges had aspirations of being a basketball star. Despite being only 5'9", he played on the U.C.L.A. basketball team and at the University of Hawaii. But realizing that his height would always hold him back in professional sports, Bridges returned to acting via a small role on his father's TV series Sea Hunt.
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