Early life. Bridges was born on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Lloyd Bridges (1913–1998) and Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson; 1915–2009). He was nicknamed Beau by his parents after Ashley Wilkes’ son in Gone with the Wind. His younger brother is actor Jeff Bridges, and he has a younger sister, Lucinda.Another brother, Garrett, died in 1948 of sudden infant …