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Lloyd Bridges (born January 15, 1913 in San
Leandro, California|San Leandro, California; died
March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) was an
United States|American actor. Bridges was born in
San Leandro, California|San Leandro. He studied
political science at UCLA, where he met his future
wife, Dorothy Dean Simpson; the two married in
1939.

Bridges made his Broadway debut in 1939 in a
production of William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's
Othello. He was blacklisted briefly in the 1950s
after he admitted to the House Un-American
Activities Committee that he had once been a
member of the Communist Party. He gained wide
recognition as Mike Nelson, the star of the
television series Sea Hunt, which ran from
1957-1961. He is also well-known for his roles in
the movies High Noon, Airplane!, and Hot Shots!.
He was a guest star for the children's television
Christmas special; Shining Time Station: 'Tis A
Gift as Mr. Nicholas (Santa Claus).

A world federalism|world federalist, Bridges once
said, “The devastation caused by war and the
pollution of our environment knows 
no boundaries.   Only an effective world
government could provide sufficient law and have
the power to control these destructive
forces"http://www.worldpeacenews.org/AUTH/ARCHIVE/
077..htm.

Lloyd Bridges is the father of actors Jeff Bridges
and Beau Bridges and the grandfather of Jordan
Bridges.
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==References==
*http://www.worldpeacenews.org/AUTH/ARCHIVE/077..h
tm March-April 2004 – UNITED WORLD, "publication
of the Coalition for a Democratic World
Government, News and Views."
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