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	"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 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."		"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 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."

	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and ''[[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]]'' with Spencer Tracy.

	==Television Stardom==		==Television Stardom==

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	His sons [[w: Beau Bridges\|Beau Bridges]] and [[w: Jeff Bridges\|Jeff Bridges]] became successful actors in their own right. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85 on March 10, 1998.		His sons [[w: Beau Bridges\|Beau Bridges]] and [[w: Jeff Bridges\|Jeff Bridges]] became successful actors in their own right. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85 on March 10, 1998.


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	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by [[w:Rod Serling\|Rod Serling]], the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by [[w:Rod Serling\|Rod Serling]], the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

	==Comedic Renaissance==		==Comedic Renaissance==

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	==Television Stardom==		==Television Stardom==

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by [[w:Rod Serling\|Rod Serling]], the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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			==Early Life and Film Career==

	'''Lloyd Bridges''', (born January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, died March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and TV actor.		'''Lloyd Bridges''', (born January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, died March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and TV actor.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

			==Television Stardom==

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

			==Comedic Renaissance==

	1980 saw Bridges reveal his comedic side in the disaster parody ''[[Wikipedia:Airplane!\|Airplane!]]'' as neurotic air-traffic controller Steve McCroskey. He reprised the role in ''[[w:Airplane II: The Sequel\|Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' and showed his comic skills again in ''Hot Shots!'' (1991) and it's sequel ''Hot Shots! Part Deux''. (1992)		1980 saw Bridges reveal his comedic side in the disaster parody ''[[Wikipedia:Airplane!\|Airplane!]]'' as neurotic air-traffic controller Steve McCroskey. He reprised the role in ''[[w:Airplane II: The Sequel\|Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' and showed his comic skills again in ''Hot Shots!'' (1991) and it's sequel ''Hot Shots! Part Deux''. (1992)

			==Galactica==

	Bridges played the bombastic but brillant Commander [[Cain (TOS)\|Cain]], commander of the presumed-lost [[Battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Pegasus}}'' in the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}} two-part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I\|The Living Legend]]".		Bridges played the bombastic but brillant Commander [[Cain (TOS)\|Cain]], commander of the presumed-lost [[Battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Pegasus}}'' in the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}} two-part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I\|The Living Legend]]".

			==Personal Life and Death==

	His sons [[w: Beau Bridges\|Beau Bridges]] and [[w: Jeff Bridges\|Jeff Bridges]] became successful actors in their own right. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85 on March 10, 1998.		His sons [[w: Beau Bridges\|Beau Bridges]] and [[w: Jeff Bridges\|Jeff Bridges]] became successful actors in their own right. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85 on March 10, 1998.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his ~~careers~~, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|~~Seas~~ Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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	'''Lloyd Bridges''', (born January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, died March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and TV actor.		'''Lloyd Bridges''', (born January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, died March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and TV actor.

	Bridges debuted on Broadway in a stage production of Shakespeare's ''[[Wikipedia:Othello\|Othello]]''. ~~After being blacklisted during the U~~.S. ~~Congress' "witch hunt" for communist sympathizers, Bridges resumed work primarily~~ in ~~television roles, some that met with notable success, including his role in ''Sea Hunt'', which ran from 1957 to 1961.~~		Bridges debuted on Broadway in a stage production of Shakespeare's ''[[Wikipedia:Othello\|Othello]]'' in 1937. His film career began in 1940 when he was signed by [[w: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.\|Columbia Pictures]] to their stock company, working at $75 per week. He mostly had just bit parts at Columbia saying in a 1989 interview:

	~~For~~ the ~~next 45 years~~, ~~Bridges gained praise~~ in ~~several critically acclaimed roles~~ in ~~several popular TV miniseries~~, ~~particularly~~ in the ~~award~~-~~winning series~~, ''[[~~Wikipedia~~:~~Roots~~\|~~Roots~~]]''. Bridges ~~kept busy on~~ the ~~big screen~~, ~~starring~~ in ~~over 150 movies~~. ~~The latter part~~ of ~~his career~~ was ~~filled with~~ a ~~handful~~ of ~~humorous parodies~~, ~~including~~ ''[[Wikipedia:Airplane!\|Airplane!]]''		"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 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."

			He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

			Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Seas Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

			The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

			1980 saw Bridges reveal his comedic side in the disaster parody ''[[Wikipedia:Airplane!\|Airplane!]]'' as neurotic air-traffic controller Steve McCroskey. He reprised the role in ''[[w:Airplane II: The Sequel\|Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' and showed his comic skills again in ''Hot Shots!'' (1991) and it's sequel ''Hot Shots! Part Deux''. (1992)

	Bridges played the bombastic but brillant Commander [[Cain (TOS)\|Cain]], commander of the presumed-lost [[Battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Pegasus}}'' in the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}} two-part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I\|The Living Legend]]".		Bridges played the bombastic but brillant Commander [[Cain (TOS)\|Cain]], commander of the presumed-lost [[Battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Pegasus}}'' in the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}} two-part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I\|The Living Legend]]".

	Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85.		His sons [[w: Beau Bridges\|Beau Bridges]] and [[w: Jeff Bridges\|Jeff Bridges]] became successful actors in their own right. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85 on March 10, 1998.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his ~~careers~~, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his career, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred as Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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	He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.		He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

	Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|~~Seas~~ Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.		Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Sea Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

	The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.		The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

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	'''Lloyd Bridges''', (born January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, died March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and TV actor.		'''Lloyd Bridges''', (born January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, died March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and TV actor.

	Bridges debuted on Broadway in a stage production of Shakespeare's ''[[Wikipedia:Othello\|Othello]]''. ~~After being blacklisted during the U~~.S. ~~Congress' "witch hunt" for communist sympathizers, Bridges resumed work primarily~~ in ~~television roles, some that met with notable success, including his role in ''Sea Hunt'', which ran from 1957 to 1961.~~		Bridges debuted on Broadway in a stage production of Shakespeare's ''[[Wikipedia:Othello\|Othello]]'' in 1937. His film career began in 1940 when he was signed by [[w: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.\|Columbia Pictures]] to their stock company, working at $75 per week. He mostly had just bit parts at Columbia saying in a 1989 interview:

	~~For~~ the ~~next 45 years~~, ~~Bridges gained praise~~ in ~~several critically acclaimed roles~~ in ~~several popular TV miniseries~~, ~~particularly~~ in the ~~award~~-~~winning series~~, ''[[~~Wikipedia~~:~~Roots~~\|~~Roots~~]]''. Bridges ~~kept busy on~~ the ~~big screen~~, ~~starring~~ in ~~over 150 movies~~. ~~The latter part~~ of ~~his career~~ was ~~filled with~~ a ~~handful~~ of ~~humorous parodies~~, ~~including~~ ''[[Wikipedia:Airplane!\|Airplane!]]''		"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 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."

			He served in the Coast Guard during World War II and resumed his acting career, though he was briefly blacklisted in the early 1950s after he admitted to the 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. This coincided with an increasingly successful entry to television as well as supporting parts in movies like ''[[w: High Noon\|High Noon]]'' with Gary Cooper and [[w:Plymouth Adventure\|Plymouth Adventure]] with Spencer Tracy.

			Television stardom came to Bridges when he starred a Mike Hunt in the underwater adventure series ''[[w:Sea Hunt\|Seas Hunt]]'', which ran from 1958 to 1961. Bridges would star in four additional television series in his careers, ''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962-1963), the post-Civil War western ''The Loner'' (1965-1966), created by Rod Serling, the 1975-76 police drama ''Joe Forrester'' and finally the short-lived newspaper drama ''Capital News'' (1990). Bridges was also among those considered for the role of Captain Kirk on ''Star Trek'' and was Gene Roddenberry's initial choice for the proposed "Assignment Earth" pilot spin-off from ''Trek''.

			The 1970s would see Bridges star in a number of television movies along with the award-winning miniseries, ''[[Wikipedia:Roots\|Roots]]''.

			1980 saw Bridges reveal his comedic side in the disaster parody ''[[Wikipedia:Airplane!\|Airplane!]]'' as neurotic air-traffic controller Steve McCroskey. He reprised the role in ''[[w:Airplane II: The Sequel\|Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' and showed his comic skills again in ''Hot Shots!'' (1991) and it's sequel ''Hot Shots! Part Deux''. (1992)

	Bridges played the bombastic but brillant Commander [[Cain (TOS)\|Cain]], commander of the presumed-lost [[Battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Pegasus}}'' in the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}} two-part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I\|The Living Legend]]".		Bridges played the bombastic but brillant Commander [[Cain (TOS)\|Cain]], commander of the presumed-lost [[Battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Pegasus}}'' in the {{TOS\|Battlestar Galactica\|Original Series}} two-part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I\|The Living Legend]]".

	Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85.		His sons [[w: Beau Bridges\|Beau Bridges]] and [[w: Jeff Bridges\|Jeff Bridges]] became successful actors in their own right. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of 85 on March 10, 1998.