page_title: Lloyd Bridges
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Lloyd Bridges / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges at the 44th Emmy Awards, August 1992
context_page_description: 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, A Walk in the Sun, Little Big Horn and High Noon. On television, he starred in Sea Hunt from 1958 to 1961. By the end of his career, he had re-invented himself and demonstrated a comedic talent in such parody films as Airplane!, Hot Shots!, and Jane Austen's Mafia!.
  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.
context_section_description: Bridges met his wife, Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson), in his fraternity; they married in 1938 in New York City. They had four children: actors Beau Bridges (born in 1941) and Jeff Bridges (born in 1949); a daughter, Lucinda Louise Bridges (born in October 1953); and another son, Garrett Myles Bridges, who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3, 1948. Actor 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." He was also involved in several organizations, including the American Oceans Campaign and Heal the Bay, a Los Angeles-based group.
caption: Bridges and his son Beau at the 44th Emmy Awards, August 30, 1992
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