He was in Paramount's Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) and Walter Wanger's Canyon Passage (1947). That studio kept him on for Strange Confession (1945), an Inner Sanctum mystery.īridges had some support roles in independent films, A Walk in the Sun (1945), and Abilene Town (1946). Coast Guard Auxiliary public service poster Post-war career īridges' first lead role was in the serial Secret Agent X-9 (1945) made for Universal. Bridges' sons, actors Beau and Jeff, also served in the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Reserve. Bridges' Sea Hunt character Mike Nelson was also portrayed as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and sometimes appeared in uniform. Coast Guard Auxiliary, did several public service announcements for the organization, and was made an honorary commodore. In later years, he was a member of the U.S. Following his discharge, he returned to acting. He left Columbia Pictures during World War II to enlist in the United States Coast Guard. Sometimes I'd be in two or three movies a week. They just put me in these awful B-pictures, like Two Latins from Manhattan. All the best roles went to Glenn Ford and William Holden. I never could get into (Columbia studio boss) Harry Cohn's office. I didn't have enough maturity for a leading man. Jordan (1941) Bridges is the pilot of the plane in the 'heaven' scene. 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 1940, Bridges joined the stock company at Columbia Pictures at $75 a week, where he played small roles in features and short subjects. In Hollywood he had an uncredited role in Northwest Passage (1940).Ĭolumbia Pictures and U.S. He appeared on stage in Suzanna and the Elders (1940). He then studied political science at UCLA, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.īridges had small uncredited roles in the films Freshman Love (1936) and Dancing Feet (1936).īridges made his Broadway debut in 1937 in a short-lived production of Shakespeare's Othello, starring Walter Huston and Brian Aherne Bridges was in the Ensemble. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1930. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 1, 1994.īridges was born in San Leandro, California, to Harriet Evelyn (Brown) Bridges (1893–1950) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges (1887–1962), who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a movie theater. Among other honors, Bridges was a two-time Emmy Award nominee. By the end of his career, he had re-invented himself and demonstrated a comedic talent in such parody films as Airplane! (1980), Hot Shots! (1991), and Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998). On television, he starred in Sea Hunt 1958 to 1961. He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in films such as Sahara (1943), A Walk in the Sun (1945), Little Big Horn (1951) and High Noon (1952). He was the father of four children, including the actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. (Janu– 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.

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