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Beau Bridges (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III on
December 9, 1941), is an United States|American
actor. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and
his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Simpson. He
was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father
after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone With the Wind,
the title of the book they were reading at the
time. Bridges is also the older brother of actor
Jeff Bridges, born in 1949. Their sister, Cindy,
was born in 1950.

In 1949, Bridges played a secondary juvenile role
in the movie The Red Pony, for which he received
good billing. Wanting to be a basketball star,
however, he played his freshmen year at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and
later transferred to the University of Hawaii.
Realizing his height was holding him back from
excelling in basketball, however, he dropped out
of school to continue acting instead.


Bridges enjoys playing guitar (as does his
brother), collects Native Americans|Native
American percussion instruments, loves the ocean
(such as swimming and surfing), and is also active
in handgun control and environmental protection.

In January 2005, he was cast as Hank Landry|Major
General Hank Landry, the new commander of Stargate
Command in Stargate SG-1, succeeding Jack O'Neill
(Stargate)|Brigadier General Jack O'Neill (played
by Richard Dean Anderson).

==Marriages and children==
* Wendy Treece Bridges (married 1984 to the
present)
** Dylan Bridges
** Emily Bridges
** Ezekiel Bridges
* Julie Landifield (married 1964 to 1984)
** Casey Bridges (adopted)
** Jordan Bridges

==Selected filmography==
*Stargate SG-1 (2005-)
*Into the West (mini-series)|Into the West (2005)
* The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
* Smile (movie)|Smile (2005)
* Evel Knievel (2004) (TV)
* Jerry Maguire (1996)
* The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
* Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV)
* Norma Rae (1979)
* Force of Evil (1948)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0000977|name=Beau Bridges
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http://www.lifetimetv.com/community/chat/beaubridg
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