Lloyd Bridges Net Worth

Lloyd Bridges's Quotes

• 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.

Interesting Facts about Lloyd Bridges

1. Was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
2. Father of Beau Bridges, Cindy Bridges and Jeff Bridges.
3. Grandfather of Casey Bridges, Jordan Bridges, Dylan Bridges and Emily Bridges
4. Grandfather of Isabelle Bridges, Jessica Lily Bridges and Haley Roselouise Bridges.
5. Was considered for the role of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek (1966), which went to William Shatner.
6. In 1914, he was awarded the winner's cup in a fat-baby contest by its judge, former President William Howard Taft, who thought Lloyd was as fat as he was.
7. His final film, the comedy film Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998), was dedicated to his memory.
8. His father, Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. (born May 1, 1887), died on his 75th birthday (May 1, 1962). His mother, Harriet Evelyn Brown (born January 15, 1893), turned 20 the day Lloyd was born.
9. His second-born son, Garrett Myles Bridges (born June 14, 1948), died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) on August 3, 1948.
10. Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "They Fought in the Creature Features" (McFarland & Co., 1995).
11. Attended and graduated from Petaluma High School in Petaluma, California (1930).
12. Attended and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (1936).
13. Had appeared in two films featuring a manned mission to the Moon: Spoetnik XM (1950) and Stowaway to the Moon (1975).
14. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.
15. The Seinfeld (1989) episode "The Burning" was dedicated "In memory of our friend Lloyd Bridges", who played Izzy Mendelbaum in "The English Patient" and "The Blood".
16. The Bridges family made its way from North Carolina to Arkansas to Kansas, to California to Oregon to California through successive generations. Lloyd's great grandfather James Graham Bridges fought with the Confederacy in the 35th Arkansas Infantry.
17. He appeared in three films which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Het gesprek van de stad (1942) and Klokslag 12 (1952).
18. He, his son Beau Bridges and his grandson Dylan Bridges played three generations of the Kress family in The Outer Limits: Sandkings (1995).
19. He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Opmars zonder genade (1945), Klokslag 12 (1952) and Airplane! (1980).
20. Among his awards were Honorary Commodore in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Kentucky Colonel.