Hollywood veteran Lloyd Bridges dies

Veteran actor Lloyd Bridges, who starred in the pioneering television series Sea Hunt and was the father of actors Beau and Jeff Bridges, has died at the age of 85.

Craggy-faced Bridges, who began his film career as an actor in Westerns in 1941, died on Tuesday at his Los Angeles home of natural causes.

At his side were his wife Dorothy, son Beau and his daughter Cindy.

Beau Bridges said his father would want to be remembered as a man who cared about 'our Mother Earth'. Fans placed flowers on his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

'He was a wonderful father,' he said. 'And I think if dad could speak to those people who are thinking about him now, he would want you to all think about family.' Among his best-known performances was as the calculating deputy sheriff in the 1952 classic High Noon, who refuses to aid the sheriff played by Gary Cooper.

Bridges was born in San Leandro, California, on January 15, 1913. After studying political science at the University of California, he went to Broadway where he made his debut in a modern-dress version of Othello.