| Performed his own composition, "Lost in Space," on the soundtrack for the Dustin Hoffman-Mia Farrow romance John and Mary (1969); released his full-length debut, a blues-rock album titled Be |
| Joined the Coast Guard Reserve at age 18. |
| As a child, appeared in two 1958 episodes of his father's syndicated series Sea Hunt and three episodes of the early-'60s CBS anthology The Lloyd Bridges Show. |
| Earned the first of several Oscar nominations for his breakthrough role in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971). |
| First big-screen appearance came as an infant in 1951 drama The Company She Keeps. |
| Founded the End Hunger Network in 1983, which to date has raised several million dollars for community food banks. |
| Made his TV-movie debut in 1969 drama Silent Night, Lonely Night, playing his father Lloyd's character as a young man in flashbacks. |