Beau Bridges

Bridges enjoys playing guitar (as does his brother), collects Native American percussion instruments, loves the ocean (such as swimming and surfing), and is also active in handgun control and environmental protection. He has been inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Realizing his height was holding him back from excelling in basketball, however, he dropped out of school to continue acting instead. His autobiography "Stuntman" was published in 1979. 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. His sons Joe Canutt and Tap Canutt also worked as stuntmen. In 1949, Bridges played a secondary juvenile role in the movie The Red Pony, for which he received good billing. He staged some of the most memorable action scenes ever committed to film, including the heart-stopping chariot race segment in the 1959 film Ben-Hur.

Their sister, Cindy, was born in 1950. He had some success as an actor, primarily playing "heavies," but his real talent was as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. Bridges is also the older brother of actor Jeff Bridges, born in 1949. He met actor Tom Mix at a rodeo in Los Angeles, and was persuaded to work as a cowboy in films. 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. There he gained fame as a very successful rodeo rider. Beau Bridges, actually born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III on December 9, 1941, is an American actor. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean. Born Enos Edward Canutt in the rough ranchlands near Colfax, Washington, "Yak" Canutt moved as a young man to Yakima, Washington (the town from which he borrowed his nickname).

No Minor Vices (1948). Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an actor and stunt man in Hollywood movies of the 1920s through the 1950s. Force of Evil (1948). Red Pony, The (1949). Village of the Giants (1965).

For Love of Ivy (1968). Gaily, Gaily (1969). Landlord, The (1970). Hammersmith Is Out (1972).

Lovin' Molly (1974). Other Side of the Mountain, The (1975). Two Minute Warning (1976). Greased Lightning (1977).

Four Feathers, The (1977) (TV). Norma Rae (1979). Silver Dream Racer (1980). Hotel New Hampshire, The (1984).

Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV). Thanksgiving Promise, The (1986) (TV). Wild Pair, The (1987). Killing Time, The (1987).

Seven Hours to Judgment (1988). Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989). Who's Got the Will? (1990). Daddy's Dyin'..

Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991) (TV). Married to It (1991). Sidekicks (1992). Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom, The (1993) (TV).

Jerry Maguire (1996). Rocket Man (1997). White River Kid, The (1999). Sordid Lives (2000).

Boys Klub (2001). We Were the Mulvaneys (2002) (TV). Sightings: Heartland Ghost (2002) (TV). Out of the Ashes (2003) (TV).

Evel Knievel (2004) (TV). Victim of the Haunt (2004). Jordan Bridges. Casey Bridges (adopted).

Julie Landifield (married 1964 to 1984)