Editing Lloyd Bridges (section)

==Career==
Bridges had small uncredited roles in the films ''[[Freshman Love]]'' (1936) and ''[[Dancing Feet (film)|Dancing Feet]]'' (1936).

===Theatre===
Bridges made his Broadway debut in 1937 in a short-lived production of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Othello]]'', starring [[Walter Huston]] and [[Brian Aherne]]; Bridges was in the Ensemble.

He appeared on stage in ''Suzanna and the Elders'' (1940). In Hollywood he had an uncredited role in ''[[Northwest Passage (film)|Northwest Passage]]'' (1940).

===Columbia Pictures and U.S. Coast Guard===
In 1940, Bridges joined the stock company at [[Columbia Pictures]] at $75 a week, where he played small roles in features and short subjects.<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges| newspaper=[[The Times]]| location=[[London]]| date=March 12, 1998|page=25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Jane Withers, Jackie Cooper Columbia Team|author=Schallert, Edwin| date=December 18, 1940| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| page=21}}</ref>

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 film)|Our Wife]]'' (1941), and ''[[I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island]]'' (1941). In ''[[Here Comes Mr. Jordan]]'' (1941) Bridges is the pilot of the plane in the "heaven" scene.

Bridges later reflected,

{{blockquote|I didn't have enough maturity for a leading man. I looked too broad in the shoulders ... too much like a kid. I never could get into (Columbia studio boss) [[Harry Cohn]]'s office. All the best roles went to [[Glenn Ford]] and [[William Holden]]. They just put me in these awful B-pictures, like ''Two Latins from Manhattan.'' I even did a [[Three Stooges]] short. Sometimes I'd be in two or three movies a week. It was tough sledding.<ref>Lovell, Glenn (April 26, 1989). "Lloyd Bridges Catches His Second Wind". ''St. Louis Post''.</ref>}}
 
He left Columbia Pictures during World War II to enlist in the [[United States Coast Guard]]. Following his discharge, he returned to acting. In later years, he was a member of the [[U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary]], did several public service announcements for the organization, and was made an honorary commodore. Bridges' ''[[Sea Hunt]]'' character Mike Nelson was also portrayed as a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and sometimes appeared in uniform. Bridges' sons, actors Beau and Jeff, also served in the Coast Guard and [[United States Coast Guard Reserve|Coast Guard Reserve]].<ref>[http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/lloydbridges.asp "Lloyd Bridges"]. ''U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office''. Retrieved 5 February 2014. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020224037/http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/lloydbridges.asp |date=October 20, 2013 }}</ref> 
[[File:Commodore Lloyd Bridges, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary public service poster.jpg|thumb|Commodore Lloyd Bridges, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary public service poster]]

===Post-war career===
Bridges' first lead role was in the serial ''[[Secret Agent X-9 (1945 serial)|Secret Agent X-9]]'' (1945) made for Universal. That studio kept him on for ''[[Strange Confession]]'' (1945), an [[Inner Sanctum Mystery|Inner Sanctum mystery]].

Bridges had some support roles in independent films, ''[[A Walk in the Sun (1945 film)|A Walk in the Sun]]'' (1945), and ''[[Abilene Town]]'' (1946). He was in Paramount's ''[[Miss Susie Slagle's]]'' (1946) and [[Walter Wanger]]'s ''[[Canyon Passage]]'' (1947).
In 1947 he appeared in a small role in [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s film ''[[Unconquered (1947 film)|Unconquered]]''.

===Leading man===
He returned to lead roles with ''[[Secret Service Investigator]]'' (1948) at [[Republic Pictures]], and ''[[16 Fathoms Deep]]'' (1948) for [[Monogram Pictures]]. Bridges had a support role in [[Frank Borzage]]'s ''[[Moonrise (film)|Moonrise]]'' (1948) then was the lead in ''[[Hideout (film)|Hideout]]'' (1949) for Republic.

Bridges was in a Western at Universal directed by [[George Sherman]], ''[[Red Canyon (1949 film)|Red Canyon]]'' (1949), and a short at MGM, ''Mr. Whitney Had a Notion'' (1949). He had a good role in ''[[Home of the Brave (1949 film)|Home of the Brave]]'' (1949). At Universal he was [[Howard Duff]]'s friend in ''[[Calamity Jane and Sam Bass]]'' (1949), again for Sherman.

[[File:Lloyd Bridges 01 Rocketship X-M.jpg|thumb|left|In ''[[Rocketship X-M]]'' (1950)]]
Bridges had the star role in ''[[Trapped (1949 film)|Trapped]]'' (1949) directed by [[Richard Fleischer]] for [[Eagle Lion]] and ''[[Rocketship X-M]]'' (1950) for [[Lippert Pictures]]. He had supporting roles in ''[[Colt .45 (1950 film)|Colt .45]]'' (1951), ''[[The White Tower (film)|The White Tower]]'' (1951), and ''[[The Sound of Fury (film)|The Sound of Fury]]'' (1950) (directed by [[Cy Endfield]]).

===Blacklisting===
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Bridges was [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklist]]ed briefly in the 1950s<ref>{{cite news| last=Musibay| first=Oscar| title=TV and Film Actor Lloyd Bridges Dies| url-access=subscription| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/03/11/tv-and-film-actor-lloyd-bridges-dies/f574ec42-ebfd-4552-9369-a83f4706910d/| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| date=March 11, 1998| access-date=September 30, 2021}}</ref> after he admitted to the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] that he had once been a member of the [[Actors' Laboratory Theatre]], a group found to have had links to the [[Communist Party USA]]. He returned to acting after recanting his membership and serving as a cooperative witness, achieving his greatest success in television.<ref>{{cite book| last=Rosenfeld| first=Seth| author-link=Seth Rosenfeld| title=Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power| publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]| year=2012| page=130| isbn=978-0-3742-5700-2}}</ref>

Bridges made his TV debut in 1951 with "Man's First Debt" in ''[[The Bigelow Theatre]]''. He had starring roles in the films ''[[The Fighting Seventh]]'' (1951), ''[[Three Steps North]]'' (1951), and ''[[Richer Than the Earth]]'' (1951).

On TV he did "Rise Up and Walk" for ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' (1952) and "International Incident" for ''[[Studio One in Hollywood]]'' (1952) (the latter directed by [[Franklin J. Schaffner]]). Bridges had a supporting role in ''[[High Noon]]'' (1952).

Bridges guest starred on ''Suspense'' ("Her Last Adventure") and ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]'' ("This Plane for Hire"), and had support roles in ''[[Plymouth Adventure]]'' (1952) and ''[[The Sabre and the Arrow]]'' (1953). Bridges returned to leads in ''[[The Tall Texan]]'' (1953) for [[Lippert Pictures]].

Bridges was in "The Long Way Home" for ''[[Goodyear Playhouse]]'' (1953), and appeared in ''[[The Kid from Left Field (1953 film)|The Kid from Left Field]]'' (1953) and ''[[City of Bad Men]]'' (1953) for Fox. He travelled to the UK to star in ''[[The Limping Man (1953 film)|The Limping Man]]'' (1953) for [[Cy Endfield]]. He returned to Broadway in ''Dead Pigeon'' (1953–54), which had a short run.

He had the lead in a horse movie, ''[[Prince of the Blue Grass]]'' (1954) and returned to England to make ''[[Third Party Risk]]'' (1954) for [[Hammer Films]].

In Hollywood Bridges supported [[Joel McCrea]] in ''[[Wichita (1955 film)|Wichita]]'' (1955) and had the lead in [[Roger Corman]]'s low-budget ''[[Apache Woman (1955 film)|Apache Woman]]'' (1955).

===Television===
[[File:Lloyd Bridges - Silver Springs.jpg|thumb|Bridges in ''Sea Hunt'']]
On TV Bridges performed in "Broadway Trust" for ''Crossroads'' (1955), "The Dark Fleece" and "Edge of Terror" for ''[[Climax!]]'' (1955) (the latter directed by [[John Frankenheimer]]), "The Ainsley Case" for ''[[Front Row Center]]'' (1956), "Across the Dust" and "Prairie Dog Court" for ''[[Chevron Hall of Stars]]'' (1956), and "The Silent Gun" and "American Primitive" for ''Studio One in Hollywood'' (1956). He had the lead in the low budget ''[[Wetbacks (film)|Wetbacks]]'' (1956) and a support role in ''[[The Rainmaker (1956 film)|The Rainmaker]]'' (1956).

Bridges gained attention in 1956 for his emotional performance on the live anthology program ''[[The Alcoa Hour]]'', in an episode titled "[[Tragedy in a Temporary Town (The Alcoa Hour)|Tragedy in a Temporary Town]]" written by [[Reginald Rose]] and directed by [[Sidney Lumet]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Actor's Slip Of Tongue Keeps TV Viewers Arguing| newspaper=[[The Hartford Courant]]| date=March 9, 1956| page=9| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/893284932.html?dids=893284932:893284932&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+09%2C+1956&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Actor%27s+Slip+Of+Tongue+Keeps+TV+Viewers+Arguing&pqatl=google| access-date=May 7, 2011| archive-date=July 25, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725042537/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/893284932.html?dids=893284932%3A893284932&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AAI&type=historic&date=Mar%2009%2C%201956&author=&pub=Hartford%20Courant&desc=Actor%27s%20Slip%20Of%20Tongue%20Keeps%20TV%20Viewers%20Arguing&pqatl=google| url-status=dead}}</ref> During the performance, Bridges inadvertently used profanity while [[Ad libitum|ad-libbing]].<ref name=LP>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FCdUAAAAIBAJ&pg=7194,3300013&dq=alcoa+hour+bridges&hl=en| title=Profanity Ad-libbed by Emotional Actor| agency=Associated Press| newspaper=[[Regina Leader Post|The Leader-Post]]| location=Regina| date=February 20, 1956| access-date=May 7, 2011}}</ref> Although the slip of the tongue generated hundreds of complaints, the episode won a [[Robert E. Sherwood]] Television Award, with Bridges' slip being defended even by some members of the clergy.<ref name=LP/><ref>{{cite book| last=Newcomb| first=Horace| title=Encyclopedia of Television| url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofte0000unse_02ed/page/50/mode/2up?q=alcoa+hour| year=2004| publisher=CRC Press| isbn=978-1-57958-411-5| page=50}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last=Hyatt| first=Wesley| title=A Critical History of Television's The Red Skelton Show, 1951–1971| date=March 10, 2004| url=https://archive.org/details/criticalhistoryo0000hyat/page/48/mode/2up?q=bridges| publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-0-7864-1732-2| page=48}}</ref> Bridges received an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for the role.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X7YgAAAAIBAJ&pg=4916,1706712&dq=alcoa-hour+bridges&hl=en| title=Bridges Stars at Ogunquit| date=July 18, 1964| access-date=May 7, 2011 | newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal| page=4A}}</ref>

Bridges did "The Regulators" for ''[[Studio 57]]'' (1956), "They Never Forget" for ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'' (1957), "Ride the Wild Mare" for ''[[The Alcoa Hour]]'' (1957), "Man on the Outside" for ''Studio 57'' (1957), "The Sound of Silence", "Figures in Clay" and "The Disappearance of Amanda Hale" for ''Climax!'', "Heritage of Anger" (1956) and "[[Clash by Night (play)|Clash by Night]]" (1957) for ''[[Playhouse 90]]'', the latter with [[Kim Stanley]]. Bridges also made several episodes of ''[[Zane Grey Theatre]]'' including "Time of Decision" (1957) and "Wire" (1958).

He supported [[Rory Calhoun]] in ''[[Ride Out for Revenge]]'' (1957) and did "A Time to Cry" on ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (1957 TV series)|The Frank Sinatra Show]]'' (1958) and had one of his best ever cinema roles in ''[[The Goddess (1958 film)|The Goddess]]'' (1958) based on a script by [[Paddy Chayefsky]] based on the life of [[Marilyn Monroe]]; Bridges played a sportsman based on [[Joe di Maggio]] opposite [[Kim Stanley]]. He directed "Piano to Thunder Springs" for ''[[Target (U.S. TV series)|Target]]'' (1958).

===''Sea Hunt'' (1958–1961)===
Bridges gained wide recognition as Mike Nelson, the main character in the television series ''[[Sea Hunt]]'', created by [[Ivan Tors]], which ran in [[Television syndication|syndication]] from 1958 to 1961. He also wrote a book with a co-author about skin-diving entitled ''Mask and Flippers''.
[[File:Dick Powell Show Premiere Episode 1961.JPG|thumb|Guest stars for the 1961 premiere episode of [[The Dick Powell Show]], "Who Killed Julie Greer?". Standing, from left: [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Nick Adams (actor, born 1931)|Nick Adams]], Lloyd Bridges, [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Edgar Bergen]], [[Jack Carson]], [[Ralph Bellamy]], [[Kay Thompson]], [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]]. Seated, from left, [[Carolyn Jones]] and [[Dick Powell]].]]

Bridges did "Lepke" (1959) for ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' (1960), "Ransom" (1960) (directed by [[Budd Boetticher]]) and "Image of a Drawn Sword" (1961) for ''Zane Grey Theatre''. He did a TV movie ''[[The Valley of Decision]]'' (1960), "Death of the Temple Bay" for ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]'' (1961), "Who Killed Julie Greer?" (1961) for ''[[The Dick Powell Theatre]]'', "The Fortress" (1961) for ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'' (with [[Fred Astaire]]),<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges Stars in 'The Fortress'| author=Shanley, John P.| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=October 25, 1961}}</ref> and "The Two of Us" (1962) for ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''. He also did a special ''Marineland Carnival'' (1962).<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges: One last splash| author=Smith, Cecil| date=April 22, 1962| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| page=M3}}</ref>

===''The Lloyd Bridges Show'' (1962–1963)===
Bridges starred in the eponymous [[CBS]] [[anthology series]] ''[[The Lloyd Bridges Show]]'' (1962–1963) (produced by [[Aaron Spelling]]) which included appearances by his sons [[Beau Bridges|Beau]] and [[Jeff Bridges|Jeff]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Sink or Swim? Critic Views Lloyd Bridges| author=Wolters, Larry| date=September 14, 1962| newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Daily Tribune]]| page=B12}}</ref>

Bridges followed it with "A Hero for Our Times" for ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' (1963), "Wild Bill Hickok – the Legend and the Man" for ''[[The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)|The Great Adventure]]'' (1964), "Cannibal Plants, They Eat You Alive" for ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' (1964) and "Exit from a Plane in Flight" for ''Theater of Stars'' (1965).

Producer [[Gene Roddenberry]] offered Bridges a starring role on what became ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''.<ref>Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman (2016). The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years. Thomas Dunne Books, ISBN 1250065844</ref> Bridges declined, saying he got along well with Roddenberry on a personal level but had no desire to work in [[science fiction]]. The part went to [[Jeffrey Hunter]] for the pilot episode ''The Cage'' and ultimately to [[William Shatner]] for the first incarnation of the television series. 

===''The Loner''===
[[File:Lloyd Bridges The Loner 1965.JPG|thumb|Bridges in ''The Loner'']]
Bridges starred in the [[Western (genre)|western]] series ''[[The Loner (TV series)|The Loner]],'' which lasted one season from 1965 to 1966 and was created and often written by [[Rod Serling]]. ''The Loner'' earned solid reviews but was cancelled due to low ratings and a perception the show was too realistic or mature for audiences who expected escapist action from westerns.

Bridges returned to features with ''[[Around the World Under the Sea]]'' (1966). He guest starred in "Fakeout" for ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission Impossible]]'' (1966), and did a TV movie ''[[A Case of Libel]]'' (1968).

Bridges starred in some action films, ''[[Daring Game]]'' (1968) and ''[[Attack on the Iron Coast]]'' (1968), the latter for [[Ivan Tors]]. He did "The People Next Door" for ''[[CBS Playhouse]]'' (1968).

Bridges starred in some TV movies, ''The Silent Gun'' (1969), and ''[[Silent Night, Lonely Night]]'' (1969). He had a support role in ''[[The Happy Ending]]'' (1969) directed by [[Richard Brooks]].

Bridges returned to Broadway as a replacement for the lead in ''[[Cactus Flower (play)|Cactus Flower]]'' (1967).

===Telemovies===
Bridges was in heavy demand for TV movies such as ''[[The Love War]]'' (1970), ''[[Lost Flight]]'' (1970), ''Do You Take This Stranger?'' (1971), ''A Tattered Web'' (1971), and ''[[The Deadly Dream]]'' (1971). He starred in a short lived series ''[[San Francisco International Airport (TV series)|San Francisco International Airport]]'' (1970/71) and had a support role in a feature, ''[[To Find a Man]]'' (1972).<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridge| author=Knapp, Dan| newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=October 25, 1970| page=H1}}</ref>

Bridges had a (then) rare comedy role on ''[[Here's Lucy]]'' with "Lucy's Big Break" (1972). He continued in TV movies: ''[[Haunts of the Very Rich]]'' (1972), ''Trouble Comes to Town'' (1973), ''Crime Club'' (1973), ''Running Wild'' (1973), ''[[Death Race (1973 film)|Death Race]]'' (1973), ''The Whirlwind'' (1974, with son Beau), and ''[[Stowaway to the Moon]]'' (1975).

===''Joe Forrester''===
Bridges starred in a short-lived [[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]] spin-off ''[[Joe Forrester]]'' (1975–76).

Bridges played significant roles in several mini-series, including ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'', and ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]''. He returned to TV movies: ''The Force of Evil'' (1978), ''Telethon'' (1978), ''The [[Great Wallendas]]'' (1978) and ''The Critical List'' (1978).<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges in TV Drama| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=February 25, 1977| page=F26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges Set for 'Critical List'| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=March 22, 1978| page=G20}}</ref>

Bridges had a guest part in "[[The Living Legend]]" for ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (1978) and went to Australia to make ''[[Shimmering Light]]'' (1978) with Beau. He had a support part in ''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979) starring Beau and was in ''[[Disaster on the Coastliner]]'' (1979), ''[[Bear Island (film)|Bear Island]]'' (1979) and ''[[This Year's Blonde]]'' (1980) (as [[Johnny Hyde]])

===''Airplane!'' and 1980s===
[[File:Lloyd Bridges, 1989.jpg|thumb|Bridges at the [[61st Academy Awards]] in 1989]]
Bridges appeared in ''[[Airplane!]]'' (1980), a critically and commercially successful spoof of disaster films. He appeared in a number of mini series such as ''[[East of Eden (miniseries)|East of Eden]]'' (1981), ''[[The Blue and the Gray (miniseries)|The Blue and the Gray]]'' (1982) and ''[[George Washington (miniseries)|George Washington]]'' (1984). He guest starred on shows such as ''[[The Love Boat]]'' (1981), ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' (1983), and ''[[Matt Houston]]'' (1983) and continued to make TV movies like ''Life of the Party: The Story of Beatrice'' (1982), ''[[Grace Kelly (film)|Grace Kelly]]'' (1983) and ''Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?'' (1983).

Bridges reprised his ''Airplane!'' role in ''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' (1982)

Bridges starred in a short-lived series ''[[Paper Dolls]]'' (1984). For TV he appeared in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1985), ''[[Dress Gray]]'' (1986), and ''[[North and South, Book II]]'' (1986).

He was in ''[[Weekend Warriors (film)|Weekend Warriors]]'' (1986), ''[[The Thanksgiving Promise]]'' (1986) for Disney, and ''[[The Wild Pair (film)|The Wild Pair]]'' (1987) starring and directed by Beau. Bridges appeared with Jeff in ''[[Tucker: The Man and His Dream]]'' (1987) and was in ''She Was Marked for Murder'' (1988), for TV.

Bridges had notable supporting roles in the features ''[[Winter People]]'' (1989) and ''[[Cousins (1989 film)|Cousins]]'' (1989). He was in the TV movie ''[[Cross of Fire]]'' (1989).<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges lives his fantasy in 'Cross of Fire' | author=Shindler, Merrill| date=November 5, 1989| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| page=3}}</ref>

===1990s===
Bridges starred in a short-lived series, ''[[Capital News]]'' (1990), for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Lloyd Bridges Dives Back Into Weekly TV| author=Champlin, Charles| date=September 14, 1989| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| page=E1}}</ref> In 1990, he had a supporting role in ''[[Joe Versus the Volcano]]'', and portrayed [[Harry Helmsley]] in the made-for-television movie, ''[[Leona Helmsley]]: The Queen of Mean''.

Bridges was in ''[[Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift]]'' (1990) then reprised his comedy career with a supporting role in ''[[Hot Shots!]]'' (1991). He starred in a TV movie ''[[In the Nick of Time (1991 film)|In the Nick of Time]]'' (1992) and was in ''[[Honey, I Blew Up the Kid]]'' (1992), ''Devlin'' (1992), and ''Mr. Bluesman'' (1993) before reprising his old role in ''[[Hot Shots! Part Deux]]'' (1993).

Bridges did ''Secret Sins of the Father'' (1994) with son Beau (who directed), and ''Cinderella ... Frozen in Time'' (1994). His last regular TV series was ''[[Harts of the West]]'' (1993–1994).

Bridges supported son Jeff in a big budget action film ''[[Blown Away (1994 film)|Blown Away]]'' (1994). He did "Sandkings" (1995) for ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' (1995) with Beau, ''[[The Other Woman (1995 film)|The Other Woman]]'' (1995), ''[[Nothing Lasts Forever (Sheldon novel)|Nothing Lasts Forever]]'' (1995), and ''The Deliverance of Elaine'' (1996) and did voice work on ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' (1995). He had a semi-regular part on ''[[Second Noah]]'' (1996).

He received a second Emmy Award nomination four decades after the first when he was nominated in 1998 for his role as [[List of Seinfeld minor characters#Izzy|Izzy Mandelbaum]] on ''[[Seinfeld]]''.

Bridges served on the advisory board of the [[Los Angeles Student Film Institute]].<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book| title=National Student Film Institute/L.A: The Sixteenth Annual Los Angeles Student Film Festival| date=June 10, 1994| location=The Directors Guild Theatre| pages=10–11| ref=Program}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite book| title=Los Angeles Student Film Institute: 13th Annual Student Film Festival| date=June 7, 1991| location=The Directors Guild Theatre| page=3| ref=Program}}</ref>

Bridges also guest starred on ''[[Ned and Stacey]]''.

Bridges' last roles were in ''[[Mafia!]]'' (1998) and ''[[Meeting Daddy]]'' (2000).