Bridgewater, Stephen 1953–

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BRIDGEWATER, Stephen 1953–

(Stephen W. Bridgewater, Stephen Wesley Bridgewater)

PERSONAL

Born August 24, 1953, in Hutchinson, KS. Education: Attended Hutchinson Community College and University of California, Los Angeles.

Addresses: Manager—Relativity Management, 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite 510, West Hollywood, CA 90048.

Career: Actor, producer, director, writer, stunt performer, and teacher. Drama coach and dialogue coach for actors and film and television projects. Worked as a radio broadcaster, including work as a disc jockey in Georgia, Tennessee, and Illinois, between 1967 and 1983. Appeared in and wrote commercials.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Wesley Cooke, Mississippi Burning, Orion, 1988.

Pornography customer, The Fisher King, TriStar, 1991.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Television host, The Vanishing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Tom Lewis, Nowhere to Run, Columbia, 1993.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Hospital officer, Forrest Gump, Paramount, 1994.

Airport detective and (uncredited) performer on radio program, Twelve Monkeys, MCA/Universal, 1995.

Human cannonball, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, MCA/Universal, 1998.

Older ranger, Texas Rangers, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2000.

Private investigator, 21 Grams, Focus Features, 2003.

Angry priest, Artistic License (short film), Evolver Digital/Identification Films, 2005.

Film Work:

Deejay consultant, The Fisher King, TriStar, 1991.

Automated dialogue replacement supervisor, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, MCA/Universal, 1998.

Technical advisor, Texas Rangers, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

Judge Grant, Kingdom Hospital (also known as Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital"), ABC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Flatnose Bill Curry, Gambler V: Playing for Keeps, CBS, 1994.

Redfoot, Streets of Laredo (also known as Larry McMurtry's "Streets of Laredo"), CBS, 1995.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Sergeant Polk, Rough Riders, TNT, 1997.

Dencil Jager, Johnson County War, The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

(As Stephen W. Bridgewater) Male outsider, Roughing It (also known as Mark Twain's "Roughing It"), The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Charter clerk, Mac-Shayne: Winner Takes All, NBC, 1994.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Studio guard, Family Album (also known as Danielle Steel's "Family Album"), NBC, 1994.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Worker, Tidal Wave: No Escape, ABC, 1997.

Bagman, Hard Time, TNT, 1998.

Jim Burton, Hard Time: The Premonition (also known as The Premonition), TNT, 1999.

(As Stephen W. Bridgewater) Norwood Malone, Gentle Ben (also known as Terror on the Mountain), Animal Planet, 2002.

Wayne Handy, Night of the Wolf, Animal Planet, 2002.

Officer Justin Cole, Monster Makers, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

FBI agent Kimball, McBride: The Chameleon Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mr. Burger, Mystery Woman: Snapshot, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Some sources cite an appearance as Father O'Brien in Detective (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Detective"), 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Organist, Nothing Sacred, ABC, 1997–98.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Donald (some sources cite David), "The Courtship of Eddie, Dan's Father," Roseanne, ABC, 1991.

"I Feel a Cult Coming on," Anything but Love, ABC, 1991.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) A. Skoog, "Burnin' down the House: Part 2," Wings, NBC, 1995.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Solly, "The Jumper," Pointman, syndicated, 1995.

Dr. Henry Jacocks, "Sunshine Days," The X-Files, Fox, 2002.

Television Producer; Miniseries; As Stephen W. Bridgewater:

(With others) Johnson County War, The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

(With others) Roughing It (also known as Mark Twain's "Roughing It"), The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Supervising producer, La Femme Musketeer, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer and associate producer, Hard Time, TNT, 1998.

Associate producer, Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (also known as Hostage Hotel), TNT, 1999.

Associate producer, Hard Time: The Premonition (also known as The Premonition), TNT, 1999.

Co-executive producer, Gentle Ben (also known as Terror on the Mountain), Animal Planet, 2002.

Supervising producer, Night of the Wolf, Animal Planet, 2002.

Supervising producer, Santa, Jr., The Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Executive supervising producer, Gentle Ben 2: Danger on the Mountain (also known as Black Gold), Animal Planet, 2003.

Producer, Angel in the Family, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Producer, The Long Shot: Believe in Courage, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Producer, Fielder's Choice, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Director; Movies:

McBride: Tune In for Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Out of the Woods, The Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Stunt Performer; Miniseries:

Dead Man's Walk (also known as Larry McMurtry's "Dead Man's Walk"), ABC, 1996.

Television Stunt Performer; Movies:

(And rehearsal coach) Everything That Rises, TNT, 1998.

"The Ransom of Red Chief," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 1998.

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (also known as Hostage Hotel), TNT, 1999.

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) 68, 1999.

Angel in the Family, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Movies:

(As Stephen Wesley Bridgewater) Hard Time, TNT, 1998.

Screenplays:

Backflash, Paragon Film Group, 2001.

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