Lloyd Bridges

1913–1998 · American actor

Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of four children, including the actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in films such as Sahara (1943), A Walk in the Sun (1945), Little Big Horn (1951) and High Noon (1952). On television, he starred in Sea Hunt (1958–1961). By the end of his career, he had re-invented himself and demonstrated a comedic talent in such parody films as Airplane! (1980), Hot Shots! (1991), and Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998). Among other honors, Bridges was a two-time Emmy Award nominee. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994.

Lloyd Bridges, in order

1936 Freshman Love: acted · directed by William C. McGann
1941 Honolulu Lu: acted · directed by Charles Barton
1941 Sing for Your Supper: acted · directed by Charles Barton
1941 They Dare Not Love: acted · directed by Charles Vidor and James Whale
1941 You Belong to Me: acted · directed by Wesley Ruggles
1942 Atlantic Convoy: acted · directed by Lew Landers
1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn: acted · directed by John Farrow
1942 Flight Lieutenant: acted · directed by Sidney Salkow
1942 The Talk of the Town: acted · directed by George Stevens
1943 City Without Men: acted · directed by Sidney Salkow
1943 Destroyer: acted · directed by William A. Seiter
1943 Passport to Suez: acted · directed by André de Toth
1943 Sahara: acted · directed by Zoltan Korda
1943 The Heat's On: acted · directed by Gregory Ratoff
1944 She's a Soldier Too: acted · directed by William Castle
1945 A Walk in the Sun: acted · directed by Lewis Milestone
1945 Secret Agent X-9: acted · directed by Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor
1945 Strange Confession: acted · directed by John Hoffman
1946 Abilene Town: acted · directed by Edwin L. Marin
1946 Canyon Passage: acted · directed by Jacques Tourneur
1946 Miss Susie Slagle's: acted · directed by John Berry
1947 Ramrod: acted · directed by André de Toth
1947 The Trouble with Women: acted · directed by Sidney Lanfield
1947 Thunderbolt!: acted · directed by John Sturges and William Wyler
1947 Unconquered: acted · directed by Cecil B. DeMille · critics 86%, audiences 67% · streaming on Philo
1948 Moonrise: acted · directed by Frank Borzage
1949 Hideout: acted · directed by Philip Ford
1949 Home of the Brave: acted · directed by Mark Robson
1949 Trapped: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
1950 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass: acted · directed by George Sherman
1950 Colt .45: acted · directed by Edwin L. Marin
1950 Red Canyon: acted · directed by George Sherman
1950 Rocketship X-M: acted · directed by Kurt Neumann
1950 The Sound of Fury: acted · directed by Cy Endfield
1950 The White Tower: acted · directed by Ted Tetzlaff
1951 Little Big Horn: acted · directed by Charles Marquis Warren
1951 The Whistle at Eaton Falls: acted · directed by Robert Siodmak
1951 Three Steps North: acted · directed by W. Lee Wilder
1952 High Noon: acted · directed by Fred Zinnemann · critics 94%, audiences 89% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome
1952 Plymouth Adventure: acted · directed by Clarence Brown
1953 City of Bad Men: acted · directed by Harmon Jones
1953 Last of the Comanches: acted · directed by André de Toth · audiences 55%
1953 The Limping Man: acted · directed by Cy Endfield
1953 The Tall Texan: acted · directed by Elmo Williams
1954 Pride of the Blue Grass: acted · directed by William Beaudine
1954 Third Party Risk: acted · directed by Daniel Birt
1955 Apache Woman: acted · directed by Roger Corman
1955 Wichita: acted · directed by Jacques Tourneur
1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series): acted · directed by Kirk Browning and Robert Mulligan
1956 The Rainmaker: acted · directed by Joseph Anthony
1957 Ride Out for Revenge: acted · directed by Bernard Girard
1958 Sea Hunt (TV series): acted
1958 The Goddess: acted · directed by John Cromwell
1962 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series): acted · directed by John Cassavetes
1965 The Loner (TV series): acted
1966 Around the World Under the Sea: acted · directed by Andrew Marton
1967 Attack on the Iron Coast: acted · directed by Paul Wendkos
1968 Daring Game: acted · directed by László Benedek
1969 Lost Flight: acted · directed by Leonard Horn
1969 The Happy Ending: acted · directed by Richard Brooks · critics 38%, audiences 37% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
1970 San Francisco International Airport (TV series): acted
1970 The Love War (TV movie): acted · directed by George McCowan
1971 The Deadly Dream: acted · directed by Alf Kjellin
1972 Haunts of the Very Rich (TV movie): acted · directed by Paul Wendkos
1972 Strangers in 7A (TV movie): acted · directed by Paul Wendkos
1972 To Find a Man: acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
1973 Death Race: acted · directed by David Lowell Rich
1974 Benjamin Franklin (TV movie): acted · directed by Glenn Jordan
1975 Joe Forrester (TV series): acted
1975 Stowaway to the Moon (TV movie): acted · directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
1977 Shimmering Light (TV movie): acted · directed by Don Chaffey
1978 Battlestar Galactica (TV series): acted · directed by Alan J. Levi and Donald P. Bellisario
1979 Bear Island: acted · directed by Don Sharp
1979 Disaster on the Coastliner (TV movie): acted · directed by Richard C. Sarafian
1979 The Fifth Musketeer: acted · directed by Ken Annakin
1980 Airplane!: acted · directed by David Zucker and Jerry Zucker · critics 97%, audiences 89% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
1980 This Year's Blonde: acted · directed by John Erman
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel: acted · directed by Ken Finkleman
1983 Grace Kelly: acted · directed by Anthony Page
1984 George Washington (TV series): acted · directed by Buzz Kulik
1984 Paper Dolls (TV series): acted · directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and Leo Penn
1986 The Thanksgiving Promise: acted · directed by Beau Bridges
1986 Weekend Warriors: acted · directed by Bert Convy
1987 The Wild Pair: acted · directed by Beau Bridges
1988 Tucker: The Man and His Dream: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
1989 Cousins: acted · directed by Joel Schumacher
1989 Winter People: acted · directed by Ted Kotcheff
1990 Capital News (TV series): acted · directed by Mark Tinker
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano: acted · directed by John Patrick Shanley · critics 65%, audiences 54% · streaming on Roku Channel, Tubi
1991 Hot Shots!: acted · directed by Jim Abrahams
1991 In the Nick of Time (TV movie): acted · directed by George T. Miller
1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid: acted · directed by Randal Kleiser
1993 Hot Shots! Part Deux: acted · directed by Jim Abrahams
1994 Blown Away: acted · directed by Stephen Hopkins · critics 41%, audiences 41% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
1995 The Outer Limits (TV series): acted
1998 Mafia!: acted · directed by Jim Abrahams
Peter and the Wolf (TV series): acted