Al Bridge
Al Bridge was an American character actor, a fixture both in Westerns and in the comedies of Preston Sturges. Although frequently billed as Alan Bridge, he was born Alfred Morton Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1891 (not as Alford Bridge in 1890, as his tombstone erroneously states). Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe. He dabbled in writing and in 1930 sold a script to a short film, Her Hired Husband (1930). He followed this with a B-Western script, God's Country and the Man (1931), in which he made his film debut as an actor. For the next quarter century, he managed the atypical achievement of maintaining a career in both B-Westerns and in bigger dramatic and comedy features. Ten films for director Preston Sturges represent probably his most familiar contribution to Hollywood history. Bridge also appeared frequently on television until his death in 1957 at 66.
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- Born:
- Feb 26, 1891 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 184
- First Appeared:
- In the movie God's Country and the Man 1931-05-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hell's Outpost 1954-12-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hell's Outpost | Banker (uncredited) | 1954-12-15 |
| Movie | Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1954-03-29 |
| Movie | Jubilee Trail | Mr. Turner (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
| Movie | Iron Mountain Trail | Marshal | 1953-05-08 |
| Movie | The Last Musketeer | Lem Shaver | 1952-03-01 |
| Movie | We're Not Married! | Detective Magnus (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
| Movie | Barbed Wire | Homesteader McGraw | 1952-07-25 |
| Movie | Oh! Susanna | Jake Ledbetter | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | In Old Amarillo | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1951-05-15 |
| Movie | All That I Have | John Biddle | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | Utah Wagon Train | Sam Sickle | 1951-10-14 |
| Movie | California Passage | Conover | 1950-12-15 |
| Movie | Hunt the Man Down | Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
| Movie | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Sheriff | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Devil's Henchman | Elmer Hood | 1949-09-15 |
| Movie | Squadron of Doom | Wyckoff | 1949-12-15 |
| Movie | Silver River | Sam Slade | 1948-05-20 |
| Movie | Quick on the Trigger | Judge Kormac | 1948-12-02 |
| Movie | Unfaithfully Yours | House Detective | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Wild Bill Hickock | 1947-04-04 |
| Movie | Nora Prentiss | New York City Policeman (uncredited) | 1947-02-22 |
| Movie | The Mighty McGurk | Toothless Derelict (uncredited) | 1947-01-02 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Mr. Cudd (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | California | Town Marshal (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
| Movie | Black Gold | Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947-09-16 |
| Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
| Movie | The Fabulous Joe | Florida Club Bartender | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Down to Earth | Police Captain (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
| Movie | Robin Hood Of Texas | Sheriff | 1947-07-15 |
| Movie | The Falcon's Alibi | Police Inspector Blake | 1946-04-12 |
| Movie | Road to Utopia | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
| Movie | Shadows Over Chinatown | Captain Allen | 1946-06-27 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Detective Smiley (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | Cross My Heart | Detective Flynn | 1946-12-18 |
| Movie | Below the Deadline | Turner | 1946-08-03 |
| Movie | Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
| Movie | Singin' in the Corn | Honest John Richards | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Dr. Hicks | 1945-03-15 |
| Movie | Salty O'Rourke | Bartender (uncredited) | 1945-03-22 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cheap Charlie (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask | Sheriff Mack | 1945-01-26 |
| Movie | The Unseen | Truck Driver | 1945-05-12 |
| Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Conductor (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
| Movie | They Were Expendable | Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
| Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
| Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Political Boss | 1944-08-09 |
| Movie | The Missing Juror | Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
| Movie | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Matt Warner | 1943-02-05 |
| Movie | Idaho | Jailer | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | Nobody's Darling | Bum (uncredited) | 1943-08-27 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Mr. Johnson | 1943-12-12 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | The Man Who Returned to Life | 1942-02-05 | |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Pardon My Stripes | Guard (uncredited) | 1942-01-26 |
| Movie | In This Our Life | Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
| Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Conductor | 1942-08-28 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | I Married a Witch | Second Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | The Talk of the Town | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-20 |
| Movie | Lady in a Jam | Furniture Mover (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
| Movie | The Lady Eve | First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Fighting Bill Fargo | Tom Houston | 1941-12-09 |
| Movie | Rawhide Rangers | Rawlings | 1941-07-18 |
| Movie | Sullivan's Travels | The Mister | 1941-11-30 |
| Movie | Honolulu Lu | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | 1941-12-11 |
| Movie | Badlands of Dakota | Plainview Lawman | 1941-09-15 |
| Movie | The Little Foxes | Dawson (uncredited) | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Blazing Six Shooters | Bert Karsin | 1940-04-10 |
| Movie | Dark Command | Slave Trader | 1940-04-15 |
| Movie | Pioneers of the Frontier | Marshal Larsen | 1940-02-14 |
| Movie | My Little Chickadee | Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Sheriff | 1940-04-04 |
| Movie | Winners of the West | Captain | 1940-07-02 |
| Movie | When the Daltons Rode | 1940-08-23 | |
| Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Ship's Captain | 1940-12-24 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Palmyra Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Christmas in July | Mr. Hillbeiner | 1940-10-25 |
| Movie | Flowing Gold | Highway Patrolman (uncredited) | 1940-08-24 |
| Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Boss Whittaker | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | Buck Rogers | Dynamo Room Floor Guard | 1939-04-10 |
| Movie | The Oklahoma Kid | Would-Be Settler (uncredited) | 1939-03-11 |
| Movie | The Phantom Creeps | White Rose Sailor | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | Blue Montana Skies | Marshal | 1939-05-03 |
| Movie | Devil's Island | Captain of the Guards | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
| Movie | The Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
| Movie | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
| Movie | The Man from Sundown | Slick Larson | 1939-07-14 |
| Movie | Jezebel | New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
| Movie | Born to Be Wild | Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) | 1938-02-16 |
| Movie | Partners of the Plains | Scar Lewis | 1938-01-14 |
| Movie | Two Gun Justice | Sheriff (as Al Bridges) | 1938-04-29 |
| Movie | Little Miss Roughneck | Sheriff | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Crime School | Mr. Burke | 1938-05-10 |
| Movie | Colorado Trail | Mark Sheldon | 1938-09-08 |
| Movie | Marie Antoinette | Official in Passport Office (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Adventure in Sahara | Cpl. Dronov | 1938-11-15 |
| Movie | Gunsmoke Trail | Sheriff chasing Loma | 1938-05-26 |
| Movie | Woman Chases Man | Process Server (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Borderland | Dandy Morgan | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Jungle Jim | Slade | 1937-01-18 |
| Movie | Wild West Days | Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937-07-05 |
| Movie | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
| Movie | Two Gun Law | Kipp Faulkner | 1937-04-06 |
| Movie | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) | 1937-10-21 |
| Movie | They Won't Forget | Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited) | 1937-07-14 |
| Movie | Dead End | Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Springtime in the Rockies | Briggs | 1937-11-13 |
| Movie | Tim Tyler's Luck | Capt. Trowbridge | 1937-12-27 |
| Movie | Western Gold | Holman (as Alan Bridge) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | The Lawless Nineties | Steele | 1936-02-15 |
| Movie | Call of the Prairie | Sam Porter | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Henchman Black | 1936-01-13 |
| Movie | Public Enemy's Wife | Swartzman | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | Fast Bullets | Travis | 1936-01-01 |
| Movie | The Bridge of Sighs | Ballistics Expert (uncredited) | 1936-02-14 |
| Movie | These Three | Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) | 1936-03-18 |
| Movie | Dodge City Trail | Dawson | 1936-12-12 |
| Movie | Crash Donovan | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
| Movie | Ace Drummond | Paul Wyckoff | 1936-10-18 |
| Movie | Trail Dust | Babson | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | The Three Mesquiteers | Alden Canfield | 1936-09-22 |
| Movie | They Met in a Taxi | Detective | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | Silent Valley | Jim Farley | 1935-05-02 |
| Movie | The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
| Movie | Outlaw Rule | Deputy Bat Lindstrom | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
| Movie | Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
| Movie | The New Frontier | Kit | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Rendezvous | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
| Movie | The Gay Deception | Jail Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
| Movie | Melody Trail | Matt Kirby | 1935-10-21 |
| Movie | Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
| Movie | Alibi Racket | Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935-09-14 |
| Movie | Confidential | Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935-10-16 |
| Movie | Valley of Wanted Men | Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935-10-19 |
| Movie | Honor of the Range | Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-04-15 |
| Movie | The Curtain Falls | Mover | 1934-10-02 |
| Movie | Mystery Mountain | Tom Henderson | 1934-12-02 |
| Movie | Sucker Money | George Hunter | 1933-02-28 |
| Movie | Drum Taps | Lariat Smith | 1933-01-23 |
| Movie | Black Beauty | Hack Driver | 1933-04-01 |
| Movie | When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
| Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
| Movie | Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
| Movie | Fighting Texans | Gur Durkin | 1933-06-15 |
| Movie | Fighting With Kit Carson | Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
| Movie | The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Legs | Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
| Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Station Agent | 1932-08-01 |
| Movie | A Man's Land | Steve - Rustler | 1932-06-10 |
| Movie | Police Court | 1932-02-19 | |
| Movie | South of Santa Fe | Henchman Wooly | 1932-01-08 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Guest | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
| Movie | The Spirit of the West | Tom Fallon | 1932-03-01 |
| Movie | Broadway to Cheyenne | Al | 1932-09-09 |
| Movie | Blonde Venus | Bouncer (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
| Movie | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
| Movie | The Forty-Niners | Squaw O'Hara | 1932-10-27 |
| Movie | The Devil Horse | Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
| Movie | Slightly Married | Tenant | 1932-10-15 |
| Movie | The Cowboy Counsellor | Sheriff Matt Farraday | 1932-10-14 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Man | Livermore | 1931-05-01 |
| Movie | Galloping Thru | Sandy Thompson | 1931-12-05 |
| Movie | The Ridin' Fool | Nikkos (as Al Bridges) | 1931-05-31 |