Is Lloyd Bridges, the father of Golden Globes winning actor Jeff, still living?”
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American actor. Bridges starred in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. Early life Bridges was born in San Leandro, California, the son of Harriet Evelyn (née Brown) and Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a movie theater. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1931. He studied political science at
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American actor. Bridges starred in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. Bridges died of natural causes at the age of eighty-five. His ashes were given to his family. He was married to Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) (1915 – 2009), from 1938 until his death. They had four children: the actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges; a daughter, Lucinda Louise Bridges; and another son, Garrett Myles Bridges (born between Beau and Jeff), who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome on August 3, 1948. The actor Jordan Bridges (son of Beau) is Lloyd Bridges’ grandson. An episode of Seinfeld (“The Burning”) was dedicated to the memory of Lloyd Bridges. He had played the character of Izzy Mandelbaum in the episodes “The English Patient” and “The Blood”. Bridges’s last film, Jane Austen’s Mafia!, was dedicated to him.
