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Beau Bridges

Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges
Born: Dec 09, 1941 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '60s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Fabulous Baker Boys, Norma Rae, Inherit the Wind
First Major Screen Credit: Zamba (1949)
41 Videos for Beau Bridges
Max Payne (2008) Sordid Lives (2000) Signs of Life (1989)
Stargate: Continuum (2008) White River (1999) The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Americanizing Shelley (2007) The Second Civil War (1997) The Iron Triangle (1989)
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007) Hidden in America (1996) The Wizard (1989)
10.5: Apocalypse (2006) Jerry Maguire (1996) Seven Hours to Judgment (1988)
Charlotte's Web (2006) Losing Chase (1996) The Killing Time (1987)
Debating Robert Lee (2006) Nightjohn (1996) The Wild Pair (1987)
I See You.com (2006) Married to It (1993) Alice Through the Looking Glass (1985)
The Good German (2006) Sidekicks (1993) The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Smile (2005) The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) Norma Rae (1979)
10.5 (2004) Wildflower (1991) Greased Lightning (1977)
The Ballad of Jack & Rose (2004) Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? (1990) Swashbuckler (1976)
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America (2002) Help Save Planet Earth: Easy Ways to Make a Difference (1990) Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Boys Klub (2001) Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
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Biography:

The son of actor Lloyd Bridges, Beau Bridges (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III) was actually named for his father; the nickname Beau was borrowed from Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone With the Wind. Beau received good billing for his secondary juvenile role in The Red Pony in 1949, although he was primarily seen in bit parts during the late '40s.

This suited him fine; not all that interested in films, young Bridges had aspirations of being a basketball star. Despite being only 5'9, he played on the U.C.L.A. basketball team and at the University of Hawaii. But realizing that his height would always hold him back in professional sports, Bridges returned to acting via a small role on his father's TV series Sea Hunt.

He made his stage debut in 1966's {+Where's Daddy} and continued appearing in leading film roles throughout the 1960s and '70s, easing into character leads. Bridges directed two feature films, The Wild Pair (1987) and Seven Hours to Judgment (1988), in addition to the TV special The Thanksgiving Promise, in which virtually the entire Bridges clan (including his mother Dorothy) was cast.

Bridges received Emmy and the Golden Globe awards for his portrayal of the title character in the 1992 TV movie Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991), and won awards for his participation in the gloriously-titled made-for-cable The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.