Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American
actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and
one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors
Guild Award nominee. Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame on April 7, 2003, at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his
contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd
Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.Bridges was
born on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors
Lloyd Bridges (1913â€"1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson;
1915â€"2009). He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley
Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind. His younger brother is actor Jeff
Bridges, and he has a younger sister, Lucinda. Another brother,
Garrett, died in 1948 of sudden infant death syndrome. Beau has shared
a close relationship with Jeff, for whom he acted as a surrogate
father during childhood, when their father was busy with work. He and
his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los
Angeles.Wanting to become a basketball star, he played in his freshman
year at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he
joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon, he later transferred to the University of
Hawaii. In 1959, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve
and served for eight years.In 1948, Bridges had an uncredited juvenile
role in the iconic film noir Force of Evil, and No Minor Vices as
Bertram, in 1949 he played a third juvenile role in the film The Red
Pony. In the 1962â€"1963 television season, Bridges, along with his
younger brother, Jeff, appeared on their father's CBS anthology
series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. He appeared in other television series
too, including National Velvet, The Fugitive, Bonanza, Mr. Novak, and
The Loner. In 1965, he guest-starred as Corporal Corbett in "Then Came
the Mighty Hunter", Season 2, Episode 3 of the military series, Twelve
O'Clock High. He found steady work in television and film throughout
the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in such feature films during that
time as The Landlord (1970), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975),
Greased Lightning (1977), Norma Rae (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983),
and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984).
actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and
one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors
Guild Award nominee. Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame on April 7, 2003, at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his
contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd
Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.Bridges was
born on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors
Lloyd Bridges (1913â€"1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson;
1915â€"2009). He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley
Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind. His younger brother is actor Jeff
Bridges, and he has a younger sister, Lucinda. Another brother,
Garrett, died in 1948 of sudden infant death syndrome. Beau has shared
a close relationship with Jeff, for whom he acted as a surrogate
father during childhood, when their father was busy with work. He and
his siblings were raised in the Holmby Hills section of Los
Angeles.Wanting to become a basketball star, he played in his freshman
year at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he
joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon, he later transferred to the University of
Hawaii. In 1959, he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve
and served for eight years.In 1948, Bridges had an uncredited juvenile
role in the iconic film noir Force of Evil, and No Minor Vices as
Bertram, in 1949 he played a third juvenile role in the film The Red
Pony. In the 1962â€"1963 television season, Bridges, along with his
younger brother, Jeff, appeared on their father's CBS anthology
series, The Lloyd Bridges Show. He appeared in other television series
too, including National Velvet, The Fugitive, Bonanza, Mr. Novak, and
The Loner. In 1965, he guest-starred as Corporal Corbett in "Then Came
the Mighty Hunter", Season 2, Episode 3 of the military series, Twelve
O'Clock High. He found steady work in television and film throughout
the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in such feature films during that
time as The Landlord (1970), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975),
Greased Lightning (1977), Norma Rae (1979), Heart Like a Wheel (1983),
and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984).
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