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LLOYD VERNET BRIDGES JR. (1913-1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of ...view moreLLOYD VERNET BRIDGES JR. (1913-1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges. He was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California, to Lloyd Vernet Bridges Sr. (1887-1962), who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a movie theater, and his wife Harriet Evelyn (Brown) Bridges (1893-1950). His parents were both natives of Kansas, and of English ancestry. Bridges graduated from Petaluma High School in 1930. He then studied political science at UCLA, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in films such as A Walk In The Sun, High Noon, Little Big Horn, and Sahara. On television, he is best remembered for starring in Sea Hunt from 1958-1961. Among other honors, Bridges was a two-time Emmy Award nominee. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. He died on March 10, 1998, aged 85.
BILL BARADA (1913-1998) was an American underwater photographer, designer, author and scriptwriter. A fireman by day, he was one of the founders of the popular skindiving club, Sea Lancers of Santa Monica. He also founded the Los Angeles Neptunes in 1940. He designed a number of diving equipment pieces, including the first recreational drysuit (Bel-Aqua Watersports Inc.) in 1947, the first rubber snorkel, and the first CO2 speargun. Barada was also the founder of the California Council of Diving Clubs in 1950. He was the recipient of the 1967 NOGI Award in Arts, presented annually by the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences to diving luminaries and widely considered “the Oscar of the ocean world.” Barada died in 1998.view less