Lloyd Bridges in ‘Airplane!’ Bridges explains how the Airplane! team filmed a particularly memorable scene when a strung out McCroskey, back on booze and pills, appears with his hair on end.

Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey in 'Airplane!'; Lloyd Bridges attends the 49th Annual Writers Guild Awards on March 16, 1997, in Beverly Hills ...

Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack and Leslie Nielsen were dramatic actors, but they played it straight in “Airplane!” — casting coups that paid major dividends.

The patriarch of an acting family was known for roles from the pioneer TV adventure Sea Hunt to the comedy of Airplane! 2B ...