January 15 Birthday Wishes

Lloyd Bridges [1913 - 1998]

Mario Van Peebles [1957 - ]

Howdy Manco!!

With the passing of LLoyd Bridges, we lost an excellent lead and character actor. From playing in the shadow of Gary Cooper in High Noon, to his own t.v. series, Sea Hunt and The Loner through the Airplane films. Bridges could play both drama and zany comedy with equal success. His two sons, Jeff and Beau have also been successful in the film industry, including an Oscar for Jeff, just a couple of years ago. Although both are fine actors, I miss Lloyd's easy going and modest type of acting. He sometimes reminded me of Jimmy Stewart's style of acting.
After causing quite a splash in the film industry back in the 80.s, I havn't seen much of Mario Van Peebles lately, but it seems like I've seen his name involved in the production end of several films recently.

Ed

Also, Margaret O'Brien (1937-), the former child actress. Appeared in episodes of Wagon Train and Rawhide when she was in her early 20s.

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