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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.
Movie | Jubilee Trail | Mr. Turner (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
Movie | Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1954-03-29 |
Movie | Iron Mountain Trail | Marshal | 1953-05-08 |
Movie | We're Not Married! | Detective Magnus (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
Movie | The Last Musketeer | Lem Shaver | 1952-03-01 |
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 | 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 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 | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Mr. Cudd (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
Movie | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Wild Bill Hickock | 1947-04-04 |
Movie | The Mighty McGurk | Toothless Derelict (uncredited) | 1947-01-02 |
Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
Movie | Robin Hood Of Texas | Sheriff | 1947-07-15 |
Movie | T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
Movie | The Fabulous Joe | Florida Club Bartender | 1947-08-28 |
Movie | Black Gold | Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947-09-16 |
Movie | Down to Earth | Police Captain (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
Movie | Shadows Over Chinatown | Captain Allen | 1946-06-27 |
Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Detective Smiley (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
Movie | Road to Utopia | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
Movie | Below the Deadline | Turner (as Alan Bridge) | 1946-08-03 |
Movie | The Falcon's Alibi | Police Inspector Blake | 1946-04-12 |
Movie | Cross My Heart | Detective Flynn | 1946-12-18 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
Movie | Singin' in the Corn | Honest John Richards | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | Thunderhead - Son of Flicka | Dr. Hicks | 1945-03-15 |
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 | Salty O'Rourke | Bartender (uncredited) | 1945-03-22 |
Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Conductor (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
Movie | The Unseen | Truck Driver | 1945-05-12 |
Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Political Boss | 1944-08-09 |
Movie | The Missing Juror | Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
Movie | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Mr. Johnson | 1943-12-12 |
Movie | Idaho | Jailer | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Matt Warner | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | Nobody's Darling | Bum (uncredited) | 1943-08-27 |
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 | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | In This Our Life | Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | I Married a Witch | Second Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Conductor | 1942-08-28 |
Movie | The Talk of the Town | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-20 |
Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
Movie | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
Movie | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
Movie | Rawhide Rangers | Rawlings | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
Movie | The Lady Eve | First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
Movie | Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
Movie | Fighting Bill Fargo | Tom Houston | 1941-12-09 |
Movie | The Little Foxes | Dawson (uncredited) | 1941-08-29 |
Movie | Sullivan's Travels | The Mister | 1941-11-30 |
Movie | Honolulu Lu | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | 1941-12-11 |
Movie | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House | 1941-10-01 |
Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Plainview Lawman | 1941-09-15 |
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 | Two Gun Law | Kipp Faulkner | 1937-04-06 |
Movie | Woman Chases Man | Process Server (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | Borderland | Dandy Morgan | 1937-02-26 |
Movie | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
Movie | Wild West Days | Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937-07-05 |
Movie | Jungle Jim | Slade | 1937-01-18 |
Movie | Tim Tyler's Luck | Capt. Trowbridge | 1937-12-27 |
Movie | They Won't Forget | Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited) | 1937-07-14 |
Movie | Springtime in the Rockies | Briggs | 1937-11-13 |
Movie | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) | 1937-10-20 |
Movie | Dead End | Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Western Gold | Holman (as Alan Bridge) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Call of the Prairie | Sam Porter | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | These Three | Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) | 1936-03-18 |
Movie | The Lawless Nineties | Steele | 1936-02-15 |
Movie | Fast Bullets | Travis | 1936-01-01 |
Movie | Public Enemy's Wife | Swartzman | 1936-07-24 |
Movie | The Bridge of Sighs | Ballistics Expert (uncredited) | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Henchman Black | 1936-01-13 |
Movie | Trail Dust | Babson | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | Dodge City Trail | Dawson | 1936-12-12 |
Movie | Ace Drummond | Paul Wyckoff | 1936-10-18 |
Movie | Crash Donovan | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
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 Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
Movie | The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
Movie | Outlaw Rule | Deputy Bat Lindstrom | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
Movie | Valley of Wanted Men | Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935-10-19 |
Movie | The New Frontier | Kit | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
Movie | Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
Movie | Rendezvous | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Melody Trail | Matt Kirby | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Alibi Racket | Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935-09-14 |
Movie | Confidential | Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935-10-16 |
Movie | Honor of the Range | Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-04-15 |
Movie | Mystery Mountain | Tom Henderson | 1934-12-02 |
Movie | The Curtain Falls | Mover | 1934-10-02 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
Movie | When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
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 | Fighting With Kit Carson | Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
Movie | The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
Movie | Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
Movie | A Man's Land | Steve - Rustler | 1932-06-10 |
Movie | The Spirit of the West | Tom Fallon | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | South of Santa Fe | Henchman Wooly | 1932-01-08 |
Movie | Million Dollar Legs | Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | Police Court | 1932-02-19 | |
Movie | The Devil Horse | Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
Movie | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
Movie | Slightly Married | Tenant | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | Blonde Venus | Bouncer (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Station Agent | 1932-08-01 |
Movie | The Thirteenth Guest | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
Movie | Galloping Thru | Sandy Thompson | 1931-12-05 |