Lloyd Bridges

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Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) 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 actors Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in classics such as A Walk In The Sun, High Noon, Little Big Horn, and Sahara. By the end of his career, he had re-invented himself and demonstrated a gifted comedic talent in such parody films as Airplane!, Hot Shots!, and Jane Austen's Mafia!. He acted in the role of "The President" in the comedy film Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! Part Deux. Among other honours, Bridges was a two-time Emmy Award
Emmy Award nominee. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994.

Contents

1 Early life 2 Career

2.1 Theatre 2.2 Columbia Pictures 2.3 Post-war career 2.4 Leading man 2.5 Blacklisting 2.6 Television 2.7 Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt (1958–61) 2.8 The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–63) 2.9 The Loners 2.10 Telemovies 2.11 Joe Forrester 2.12 Airplane! 2.13 1990s

3 Personal life 4 Death

4.1 Tributes

5 Filmography

5.1 Features 5.2 Short subjects

6 Television work 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

Early life[edit] Bridges was born in San Leandro, California, to Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. (1887–1962), who was involved in the California
California hotel business and once owned a movie theater, and his wife Harriet Evelyn (Brown) Bridges (1893–1950).[1] His parents were both natives of Kansas, and of English ancestry. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1930.[2] He then studied political science at UCLA, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Career[edit] Bridges had small uncredited roles in the films Freshman Love (1936) and Dancing Feet (1936). Theatre[edit] Bridges made his Broadway debut in 1937 in a short-lived production of Shakespeare's Othello, starring Walter Huston
Walter Huston and Brian Aherne; Bridges was in the Ensemble. He appeared on stage in Suzanna and the Elders (1940). In Hollywood he had an uncredited role in Northwest Passage (1940). Columbia Pictures[edit] In 1940, Bridges joined the stock company at Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures at $75 a week, where he played small roles in features and short subjects.[3][4] He could be seen in The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941), They Dare Not Love (1941), Doctor's Alibi (1941), Blue Clay (1941), Our Wife (1941), and I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941). In Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) Bridges is the pilot of the plane in the "heaven" scene. Bridges later reflected, "I didn't have enough maturity for a leading man. I looked too broad in the shoulders... too much like a kid. I never could get into (Columbia studio boss) Harry Cohn's office. All the best roles went to Glenn Ford
Glenn Ford and William Holden. They just put me in these awful B-pictures, like Two Latins from Manhattan. I even did a Three Stooges short. Sometimes I'd be in two or three movies a week. It was tough sledding."[5] Bridges was in Harmon of Michigan (1941), Two Latins from Manhattan (1941), Good Morning, Doctor
Good Morning, Doctor (1941), Three Girls About Town (1941), Giants A'Fire (1941) (a bigger role), Sing for Your Supper (1941), Honolulu Lu
Honolulu Lu (1941), Here I Come (1941), West of Tombstone (1942), Blondie Goes to College
Blondie Goes to College (1942), Cadets on Parade (1942), Shut My Big Mouth (1942), Canal Zone (1942), Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942), North of the Rockies (1942), Alias Boston Blackie (1942), A Yank in Dutch (1942), Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942), Submarine Raider (1942), Next in Line (1942), Flight Lieutenant (1942), Atlantic Convoy (1942), The Talk
Talk of the Town (1942), Counter-Espionage
Counter-Espionage (1942), A Man's World (1942), The Daring Young Man (1942), Fighting Spirit (1942), Stand By All Networks (1942), Pardon My Gun (1942), Underground Agent (1942), The Great Glover (1942, a short), and Commandos Strike at Dawn
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942). Bridges was in They Stooge to Conga
They Stooge to Conga (1943) with The Three Stooges, City Without Men
City Without Men (1943), His Wedding Scare (1943, a short), One Dangerous Night (1943), Destroyer (1943) with Glenn Ford, and Passport to Suez (1943). He had a good part in Sahara (1943) with Humphrey Bogart. He was in Illegal Rights (1943), A Rookie's Cookie (1943, a short), The Heat's On
The Heat's On (1943) with Mae West, The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943), Once Upon a Time (1944), Fugitive from Time (1944), She's a Soldier Too (1944), and Louisiana Hayride (1944) (billed fourth). He was loaned to RKO for The Master Race (1944) directed by Herbert Biberman, and was in The Poisoner (1944). He left Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures during World War II
World War II to enlist in the United States Coast Guard. Following his discharge, he returned to acting. In later years he was a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, 11th District (California) and did several public service announcements for the Coast Guard. Bridge's Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt character Mike Nelson was sometimes portrayed in Coast Guard Auxiliary uniform. Because of his support, he was made an honorary commodore in the Auxiliary. Bridges' sons, actors Beau and Jeff, also served in the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve.[6]

Commodore Lloyd Bridges, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary public service poster

Post-war career[edit] Bridges' first lead role was in the serial Secret Agent X-9 (1945) made for Universal. That studio kept him on for Strange Confession (1945), an Inner Sanctum mystery. Bridges had some support roles in independent films, A Walk in the Sun (1945), and Abilene Town
Abilene Town (1946). He was in Paramount's Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) and Walter Wanger's Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage (1947). Bridges was in Ramrod (1947), The Trouble with Women (1947), and Unconquered
Unconquered (1947). Leading man[edit] He returned to lead roles with Secret Service Investigator
Secret Service Investigator (1948) at Republic Pictures, and 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) for Monogram Pictures. Bridges had a support role in Moonrise (1948) then was the lead in Hideout (1949) for Republic. Bridges was in a Western at Universal directed by George Sherman, Red Canyon (1949), and a short at MGM, Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949). He had a good role in Home of the Brave (1949). At Universal he was Howard Duff's friend in Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949), again for Sherman.

In Rocketship X-M (1950)

Bridges had the star role in Trapped (1949) directed by Richard Fleischer for Eagle Lion and Rocketship X-M (1950) for Lippert Pictures. He had supporting roles in Colt .45 (1951), The White Tower (1951), and The Sound of Fury (1950) (directed by Cy Endfield. Blacklisting[edit] Bridges was blacklisted briefly in the 1950s after he admitted to the House Un-American Activities Committee
House Un-American Activities Committee that he had once been a member of the Actors' Laboratory Theatre, a group found to have had links to the Communist party. He returned to acting after recanting his membership and serving as a cooperative witness, achieving his greatest success in television. Bridges made his TV debut in 1951 with "Man's First Debt" in The Bigelow Theatre. He had starring roles in the films The Fighting Seventh (1951), Three Steps North
Three Steps North (1951), and Richer Than the Earth (1951). On TV he did "Rise Up and Walk" for Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1952) and "International Incident" for Studio One in Hollywood
Studio One in Hollywood (1952) (the latter directed by Franklin J. Schaffner). Bridges had an excellent part in High Noon
High Noon (1952). Bridges guest starred on Suspense ("Her Last Adventure") and Schlitz Playhouse ("This Plane for Hire"), and had support roles in Plymouth Adventure (1952) and The Sabre and the Arrow
The Sabre and the Arrow (1953). Bridges returned to leads in The Tall Texan (1953) for Lippert Pictures. Bridges was in "The Long Way Home" for Goodyear Playhouse (1953), and did The Kid from Left Field (1953) and City of Bad Men
City of Bad Men (1953) for Fox. He travelled to the UK to star in The Limping Man (1953) for Cy Endfield. Bridges returned to Broadway in Dead Pigeon (1953–54), which had a short run. He had the lead in a horse movie, Prince of the Blue Grass (1954) and returned to England to make Third Party Risk
Third Party Risk (1954) for Hammer Films. In Hollywood Bridges supported Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea in Wichita (1955) and had the lead in Roger Corman's low budget Apache Woman
Apache Woman (1955). Television[edit] On TV Bridges was "Broadway Trust" for Crossroads (1955), "The Dark Fleece" and "Edge of Terror" for Climax!
Climax! (1955) (the latter directed by John Frankenheimer, "The Ainsley Case" for Front Row Center (1956), "Across the Dust" and "Prairie Dog Court" for Chevron Hall of Stars (1956), and "The Silent Gun" and "American Primitive" for Studio One in Hollywood (1956). He had the lead in the low budget Wetbacks (1956) and a support role in The Rainmaker (1956). Bridges gained attention in 1956 for his emotional performance on live anthology program The Alcoa Hour, in an episode titled "Tragedy in a Temporary Town", written by Reginald Rose and directed by Sidney Lumet.[7] During the performance, Bridges inadvertently used profanity while ad-libbing.[8] Although the slip of the tongue generated hundreds of complaints, the episode won a Robert E. Sherwood Television Award, with Bridges' slip being defended even by some members of the clergy.[8][9][10] Bridges received an Emmy Award nomination for the role.[11] Bridges did "The Regulators" for Studio 57
Studio 57 (1956), "They Never Forget" for The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour (1957), "Ride the Wild Mare" for The Alcoa Hour (1957), "Man on the Outside" for Studio 57
Studio 57 (1957), "The Sound of Silence", "Figures in Clay" and "The Disappearance of Amanda Hale" for Climax!, "Heritage of Anger" (1956) and "Clash by Night" (1957) for Playhouse 90, the latter with Kim Stanley. Bridges also made several episodes of Zane Grey Theatre
Zane Grey Theatre including "Time of Decision" (1957) and "Wire" (1958). He supported Rory Calhoun
Rory Calhoun in Ride Out for Revenge
Ride Out for Revenge (1957) and did "A Time to Cry" on The Frank Sinatra Show (1958) and had one of his best ever cinema roles in The Goddess (1958) based on a script by Paddy Chayefsky based on the life of Marilyn Monroe; Bridges played a sportsman based on Joe di Maggio
Joe di Maggio opposite Kim Stanley. He directed "Piano to Thunder Springs" for Target (1958). Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt (1958–61)[edit] Bridges gained wide recognition as Mike Nelson, the main character in the television series Sea Hunt, created by Ivan Tors, which ran in syndication from 1958–1961. He also wrote a book with a co-author about skin-diving entitled "Mask and Flippers."

Guest stars for the 1961 premiere episode of The Dick Powell
Dick Powell Show, "Who Killed Julie Greer?". Standing, from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, Edgar Bergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left, Carolyn Jones and Dick Powell.

Bridges did "Lepke" (1959) for Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960), "Ransom" (1960) (directed by Budd Boetticher) and "Image of a Drawn Sword" (1961) for Zane Grey Theatre. He did a TV movie The Valley of Decision (1960), "Death of the Temple Bay" for The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1961), "Who Killed Julie Greer?" (1961) for The Dick Powell Theatre, "The Fortress" (1961) for Alcoa Premiere (with Fred Astaire,[12] and "The Two of Us" (1962) for Checkmate. He also did a special Marineland Carnival (1962).[13] The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–63)[edit] Bridges starred in the eponymous CBS
CBS anthology series The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963), produced by Aaron Spelling), which included appearances by his sons Beau and Jeff.[14] Bridges followed it with "A Hero for Our Times" for Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963), "Wild Bill Hickok - the Legend and the Man" for The Great Adventure (1964), "Cannibal Plants, They Eat You Alive" for The Eleventh Hour (1964) and "Exit from a Plane in Flight" for Theater of Stars (1965). The Loners[edit]

Bridges at the 61st Academy Awards
61st Academy Awards in 1989

Producer Gene Roddenberry, who worked with Bridges on Sea Hunt, reportedly offered Bridges the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek before the part went to William Shatner. In addition, he was a regular cast member in the Rod Serling
Rod Serling western series The Loner
The Loner (which lasted one season from 1965 to 1966; Bridges pulled out in disagreement over the violent content of the show). Bridges returned to features with Around the World Under the Sea (1966). He guest starred in "Fakeout" for Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible (1966), and did a TV movie A Case of Libel (1968). Bridges starred in some action films, Daring Game (1968) and Attack on the Iron Coast (1968), the latter for Ivan Tors. He did "The People Next Door" for CBS
CBS Playhouse (1968). Bridges starred in some TV movies, The Silent Gun (1969), and Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969). He had a support role in The Happy Ending (1969) directed by Richard Brooks. Bridges returned to Broadway as a replacement for the lead in Cactus Flower (1967). Telemovies[edit] Bridges was in heavy demand for TV movies such as The Love War
The Love War (1970), Lost Flight (1970), Do You Take This Stranger? (1971), A Tattered Web (1971), and The Deadly Dream (1971). He starred in a short lived series San Francisco International Airport (1970/71) and had a support role in a feature, To Find a Man (1972).[15] Bridges had a (then) rare comedy role on Here's Lucy
Here's Lucy with "Lucy's Big Break" (1972). He continued in TV movies: Haunts of the Very Rich (1972), Trouble Comes to Town (1973), Crime Club (1973), Running Wild (1973), Death Race (1973), The Whirlwind (1974, with son Beau), and Stowaway to the Moon (1975). Joe Forrester[edit] Bridges starred in a short-lived Police Story spin-off Joe Forrester (1975–76). Bridges played significant roles in several mini-series, including Roots, and How the West Was Won. He returned to TV movies: The Force of Evil (1978), Telethon
Telethon (1978), The Great Wallendas (1978) and The Critical List (1978).[16][17] Bridges had a notable guest part in "The Living Legend" for Battlestar Galactica (1978) and went to Australia to make Shimmering Light (1978) with Beau. He had a support part in The Fifth Musketeer
The Fifth Musketeer (1979) starring Beau and was in Disaster on the Coastliner (1979), Bear Island (1979) and This Year's Blonde (1980) (as Johnny Hyde) Airplane![edit] Bridges had his biggest film hit in a long time in Airplane!
Airplane! (1980) a spoof of disaster films. He appeared in a number of mini series such as East of Eden (1981), The Blue and the Gray (1982) and George Washington (1984). He guest starred on shows such as The Love Boat (1981), Loving (1983), and Matt Houston
Matt Houston (1983) and continued to make TV movies like Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice (1982), Grace Kelly (1983) and Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983). Bridges reprised his Airplane!
Airplane! role in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) Bridges starred in a short-lived series Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls (1984). For TV he was in Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1985), Dress Gray (1986), and North and South, Book II (1986). He was in Weekend Warriors (1986), The Thanksgiving Promise (1986) for Disney, and The Wild Pair (1987) starring and directed by Beau. Bridges appeared with Jeff in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1987) and was in She Was Marked for Murder (1988), for TV. Bridges had notable support roles in the features Winter People
Winter People (1989) and Cousins (1989). He was in the TV movie Cross of Fire
Cross of Fire (1989).[18] 1990s[edit] Bridges starred in a short-lived series, Capital News
Capital News (1990), for ABC.[19] He had a supporting role in Joe Versus the Volcano
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) and the lead in Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990). Bridges was in Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift (1990) then reprised his comedy career with a supporting role in Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! (1991). He starred in a TV movie In the Nick of Time (1992) and was in Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Devlin (1992), and Mr. Bluesman (1993) before reprising his old role in Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993). Bridges did Secret Sins of the Father (1994) with son Beau (who directed), and Cinderella... Frozen in Time (1994). His last regular TV series was Harts of the West
Harts of the West (1993–1994) for CBS, a comedy/western set on a dude ranch in Nevada. Son Beau Bridges co-starred, along with Harley Jane Kozak
Harley Jane Kozak as Beau's wife, Alison Hart, and Sean Murray as the oldest Hart son, Zane Grey Hart. Bridges supported son Jeff in a big budget action film Blown Away (1994). He did "Sandkings" (1995) for The Outer Limits (1995) with Beau, The Other Woman (1995), Nothing Lasts Forever (1995), and The Deliverance of Elaine (1996) and did voice work on Peter and the Wolf (1995). He had a semi-regular part on Second Noah
Second Noah (1996). He received a second Emmy Award
Emmy Award nomination four decades after the first when he was nominated in 1998 for his role as Izzy Mandelbaum on Seinfeld. Bridges served on the advisory board of the Los Angeles
Los Angeles Student Film Institute.[20][21] Bridges also guest starred on Ned and Stacey. Bridges' last roles were in Mafia!
Mafia! (1998) and Meeting Daddy (2000). Personal life[edit]

Bridges and his son Beau at the 44th Emmy Awards, August 30, 1992

Bridges met his wife, Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) in his fraternity; they married in 1938 in New York City.[22] They had four children: the actors Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges (born in 1941) and Jeff Bridges (born in 1949); a daughter, Lucinda Louise Bridges (born in October 1953);[23] and another son, Garrett Myles Bridges, who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3, 1948. The actor Jordan Bridges
Jordan Bridges is Beau's son and Lloyd's grandson. Dorothy and Lloyd exchanged vows again for their 50th wedding anniversary. A world federalist, Bridges once said, "The devastation caused by war and the pollution of our environment knows no boundaries. Only an effective world government could provide sufficient law and have the power to control these destructive forces."[24] He was also involved in several organizations, including the American Oceans Campaign and Heal the Bay, a Los Angeles-based group. Death[edit] On March 10, 1998, Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85. He was married to Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009), from 1938 until his death. Tributes[edit] An episode ("The Burning") in the final Seinfeld
Seinfeld season (1998) was dedicated to the memory of Lloyd Bridges. He had played the character of Izzy Mandelbaum in the episodes "The English Patient" in 1997 and "The Blood" later the same year. Bridges' last film, Jane Austen's Mafia!, which came out the year of his death, bears a dedication to him. In 2011 Bridges was posthumously named as one of six recipients – two of whom are his sons Beau and Jeff – of the Lone Sailor Award, which honors former Coast Guard servicemen who have gone on to forge successful careers as civilians.[25][26] Filmography[edit] Features[edit]

Freshman Love (1936) as College Boy (uncredited) Dancing Feet (1936) as Young Man (uncredited) Lost Horizon (1937) as Uniformed Soldier / Officer (uncredited) The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) as Johnny Baker They Dare Not Love
They Dare Not Love (1941) as Blonde Officer (uncredited) The Medico of Painted Springs
The Medico of Painted Springs (1941) as Cowhand (uncredited) The Son of Davy Crockett (1941) as Sammy (uncredited) I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941) as Rene (uncredited) Our Wife (1941) as Taxi Driver (uncredited) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) as Sloan - Co-pilot of Plane #22 (uncredited) Harmon of Michigan (1941) as Ozzie Two Latins from Manhattan
Two Latins from Manhattan (1941) as Tommy Curtis You Belong to Me (1941) as Ski Patrol (uncredited) Three Girls About Town (1941) as Reporter (uncredited) The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941) as Hap Andrews Sing for Your Supper (1941) as Doc (uncredited) Honolulu Lu
Honolulu Lu (1941) as Desk Clerk (uncredited) Harvard, Here I Come!
Harvard, Here I Come! (1941) as Larry (uncredited) West of Tombstone (1942) as Martin (uncredited) Blondie Goes to College
Blondie Goes to College (1942) as Ben Dixon Cadets on Parade (1942) as Reporter (uncredited) Shut My Big Mouth (1942) as Skinny Canal Zone (1942) as Recruit Baldwin (insurance man) Alias Boston Blackie (1942) as Bus Driver (uncredited) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942) as Guard (uncredited) North of the Rockies (1942) as Constable McDowell The Wife Takes a Flyer
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) as German Sergeant (uncredited) Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942) as Sailor Submarine Raider (1942) as Submarine Engine Seaman (voice, uncredited) Riders of the Northland (1942) as Alex Flight Lieutenant (1942) as Cadet William 'Bill' Robinson (uncredited) Atlantic Convoy (1942) as Bert The Talk
Talk of the Town (1942) as Donald Forrester (uncredited) Counter-Espionage
Counter-Espionage (1942) as Waiter (uncredited) A Man's World (1942) as Brown Daring Young Man (1942) as Hans Muller The Spirit of Stanford (1942) as Don Farrell (uncredited) Stand By All Networks (1942) as Slim Terry (uncredited) Pardon My Gun (1942) as Henchman (uncredited) Underground Agent (1942) as Chemist (uncredited) Commandos Strike at Dawn
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1943) as Young German Soldier (uncredited) City Without Men
City Without Men (1943) as Coast Guard Helmsman (uncredited) One Dangerous Night (1943) as Airline Gate Attendant (uncredited) Destroyer (1943) as 2nd Fireman (uncredited) Passport to Suez
Passport to Suez (1943) as Fritz Sahara (1943) as Fred Clarkson Hail to the Rangers (1943) as Dave Kerlin The Heat's On
The Heat's On (1943) as Andy Walker There's Something About a Soldier (1943) (uncredited) Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943) as Jimmy Trotter Once Upon a Time (1944) as Aviator Captain (uncredited) Riding West (1944) as Larry (uncredited) She's a Soldier Too (1944) as Charles Jones Louisiana Hayride (1944) as Montague Price The Master Race (1944) as Frank Saddle Leather Law (1944) as Paul Edwards Secret Agent X-9 (1945) as Phil Corrigan (Secret Agent X-9) Strange Confession
Strange Confession (1945) as Dave A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Sgt. Ward Abilene Town
Abilene Town (1946) as Henry Dreiser Miss Susie Slagle's
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) as Silas Holmes Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage (1946) as Johnny Steele Thunderbolt!
Thunderbolt! (1947) as Pilot (voice) Ramrod (1947) as Red Cates The Trouble with Women (1947) as Avery Wilson Unconquered
Unconquered (1947) as Lt. Hutchins Secret Service Investigator
Secret Service Investigator (1948) as Steve Mallory / Dan Redfern 16 Fathoms Deep (1948) as Ray Douglas Moonrise (1948) as Jerry Sykes Hideout (1949) as George Browning Red Canyon (1949) as Virgil Cordt Home of the Brave (1949) as Finch Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) as Joel Collins Trapped (1949) as Tris Stewart Rocketship X-M (1950) as Col. Floyd Graham Colt .45 (1950) as Paul Donovan The White Tower (1950) as Mr. Hein The Sound of Fury (1950) as Jerry Slocum Little Big Horn (1951) as Capt. Phillip Donlin Three Steps North
Three Steps North (1951) as Frank Keeler The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951) as Brad Adams High Noon
High Noon (1952) as Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell Plymouth Adventure
Plymouth Adventure (1952) as Coppin Last of the Comanches
Last of the Comanches (1953) as Jim Starbuck The Tall Texan (1953) as Ben Trask The Kid from Left Field (1953) as Pete Haines City of Bad Men
City of Bad Men (1953) as Gar Stanton The Limping Man (1953) as Frank Prior Pride of the Blue Grass (1954) as Jim Third Party Risk
Third Party Risk (1954) as Philip Graham Wichita (1955) as Gyp Clements Apache Woman
Apache Woman (1955) as Rex Moffett Wetbacks (1956) as Jim Benson The Rainmaker (1956) as Noah Curry Ride Out for Revenge
Ride Out for Revenge (1957) as Capt. George The Goddess (1958) as Dutch Seymour A Pair of Boots (1962) as Otis / Adam Shepherd / Sen. Guthrie / Jonathan Tatum / Various characters Around the World Under the Sea
Around the World Under the Sea (1966) as Dr. Doug Standish Daring Game (1968) as Vic Powers Attack on the Iron Coast
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968) as Major Jamie Wilson The Happy Ending
The Happy Ending (1969) as Sam The Love War
The Love War (1970) (TV) as Kyle Lost Flight (1969) as Captain Steve Bannerman Scuba (1972) (documentary) (narrator) To Find a Man (1972) as Frank McCarthy Haunts of the Very Rich
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) as Dave Woodrough Running Wild (1973) as Jeff Methune Death Race (1973) as Hans Pimler The Fifth Musketeer
The Fifth Musketeer (1979) as Aramis Bear Island (1979) as Smithy Airplane!
Airplane! (1980) as Steve McCroskey Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) as Steve McCroskey Weekend Warriors (1986) as Col. Archer The Thanksgiving Promise (1986) as Stewart Larson The Wild Pair (1987) (with son Beau Bridges) as Col. Heser Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) as Sen. Homer Ferguson (uncredited) Winter People
Winter People (1989) as William Wright Cousins (1989) as Vince Joe Versus the Volcano
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Graynamore Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! (1991) as Adm. Thomas 'Tug' Benson Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) as Clifford Sterling Earth and the American Dream (1992) (documentary) (narrator) Mr. Bluesman (1993) as Bronski Hot Shots!
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) as Tug Benson Blown Away (1994) as Max O'Bannon with son Jeff Bridges Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf (1995) as Grandfather Jane Austen's Mafia!
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) as Vincenzo Cortino Meeting Daddy (2000) as Mr. Branson (filmed in 1997; released posthumously) From Russia to Hollywood: The 100-Year Odyssey of Chekhov and Shdanoff (2002) as Himself (scenes filmed in the 1990s)

Short subjects[edit]

The Great Glover (1942) They Stooge to Conga
They Stooge to Conga (1943) as Telephone Customer #2 (uncredited) His Wedding Scare (1943) as Train Conductor Charlie, Susie's 1st Husband A Rookie's Cookie (1943) Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949) as Eli Whitney My Daddy Can Lick Your Daddy (1962) The World of Inner Space (1966) Wonderful World of Wheels (1967) I Am Joe's Heart (1987) as Joe's Heart (voice)

Television work[edit]

Suspense co-star with Arlene Francis in "Her Last Adventure" (August 19, 1952) as James Jukebox Jury
Jukebox Jury (1953) Crossroads in "Broadway Trust" with James Dean
James Dean (November 11, 1955) as Fred

“Zane Grey Theater” (1961) as Lt. Sam Kenyon

Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt (1958–1961) as Mike Nelson / Whitey Fender Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Zane Grey Theatre (1960) as Dundee, Season 5, Episode 6 - Ransom The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford (January 8, 1959) as Captain Anderson The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Captain Anderson in "Death on the Temple Bay", BSD series finale (1961) as Captain Anderson The Lloyd Bridges Show
The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963) as Adam Shepherd / Sen. Guthrie / Jonathan Tatum / Various characters The Eleventh Hour with son Beau, "Cannibal Plants, They Eat You Alive" (1964) as Leonard McCarty Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as Mason Etheridge The Loner
The Loner (1965–1966) as William Colton Mission: Impossible (1966) as Anastas Poltroni A Case of Libel (1968) as Dennis Corcoran Lost Flight (1969) The Silent Gun (1969) as Brad Clinton Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969) as John Sparrow The Love War
The Love War (1970) as Kyle San Francisco International Airport (1970–1971) as Jim Conrad Do You Take This Stranger? (1971) as Steven Breck A Tattered Web (1971) as Sgt. Ed Stagg Deadly Dream (1971) as Dr. Jim Hanley Water World (1972–1975) as Narrator Haunts of the Very Rich
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) as Dave Woodrough Trouble Comes to Town (1973) as Sheriff Porter Murdock Crime Club (1973) as Paul Cord Death Race (1973) as Hans Pimler Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1974) (miniseries) The Whirlwind (1974) Police Story (1974–75) as Joe Forrester / Sgt. Wolf Bozeman Stowaway to the Moon (1975) as Charlie Englehardt Cop on the Beat (1975) Joe Forrester (1975–76) as Joe Forrester Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977 TV series) episode "The Force of Evil" (Dr. Carrington)[27] Roots (1977) (miniseries) Telethon
Telethon (1977) as Matt Tallman How the West Was Won (1978) (miniseries) as Orville Gant The Great Wallendas (1978) as Karl Wallenda Shimmering Light (1978) as Sean Pearse GI Diary (1978) as Narrator (voice) Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) as Commander Cain Disaster on the Coastliner (1979) as Al Mitchell East of Eden(1981 miniseries) as Samuel Hamilton The Blue and the Gray (1982 miniseries) as Ben Geyser Grace Kelly (1983) as Jack Kelly Paper Dolls
Paper Dolls (1984) as Grant Harper George Washington (1984) (miniseries) as Caleb Quinn Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1985 miniseries) as White Knight North and South (1986) (miniseries) as Confederate President Jefferson Davis Dress Gray (1986) (miniseries) as Gen. Axel Rylander Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift (PBS TV Special) as Mr. Nicholas Capital News
Capital News (1990) as Jo Jo Turner Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990) as Harry Helmsley In The Nick Of Time (1991 Christmas Movie) as Santa Claus (Harts of the West(1993-1994) as The Other Woman as Jacob The Outer Limits – "The Sandkings" (March 26, 1995) as Col. Kress Seinfeld
Seinfeld as Izzy Mandelbaum

Season 8 episode The English Patient (March 13, 1997) Season 9 episode The Blood (October 16, 1997)

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