Al Bridge

Known For: Acting
Born: February 25, 1891
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: December 27, 1957

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 als…

Filmography

Hell's Outpost

1954 · Banker (uncredited)

Jubilee Trail

1954 · Mr. Turner (uncredited)

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

1954 · Hotel Desk Clerk

Annie Oakley

1954 · Pop Wade, Walt Stone

Iron Mountain Trail

1953 · Marshal

Barbed Wire

1952 · Homesteader McGraw

We're Not Married!

1952 · Detective Magnus (uncredited)

The Last Musketeer

1952 · Lem Shaver

Utah Wagon Train

1951 · Sam Sickle

All That I Have

1951 · John Biddle

Strangers on a Train

1951 · Tennis Judge (uncredited)

In Old Amarillo

1951 · Sheriff (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951 · Sheriff (uncredited)

Oh! Susanna

1951 · Jake Ledbetter

Hunt the Man Down

1950 · Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)

California Passage

1950 · Conover

The Gene Autry Show

1950 · Sheriff

A Woman of Distinction

1950 · Editor

Squadron of Doom

Squadron of Doom

1949 · Wyckoff

The Devil's Henchmen

1949 · Elmer Hood

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949 · Sheriff

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949 · Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Quick on the Trigger

1948 · Judge Kormac

Unfaithfully Yours

1948 · House Detective

Silver River

1948 · Sam Slade

T-Men

1947 · Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Messenger of Peace

1947 · Harry Franzmeirer

Black Gold

1947 · Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian

The Fabulous Joe

1947 · Florida Club Bartender

Down to Earth

1947 · Police Captain (uncredited)

Robin Hood Of Texas

1947 · Sheriff

Framed

1947 · (uncredited)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

1947 · Mr. Cudd (uncredited)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

1947 · Wild Bill Hickock

Nora Prentiss

1947 · New York City Policeman (uncredited)

California

1947 · Town Marshal (uncredited)

The Mighty McGurk

1947 · Toothless Derelict (uncredited)

Singin' in the Corn

1946 · Honest John Richards

Alias Mr. Twilight

1946 · Sam Bartlett

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 · Sheriff (uncredited)

Cross My Heart

1946 · Detective Flynn

Below the Deadline

1946 · Turner

Shadows Over Chinatown

1946 · Captain Allen

The Falcon's Alibi

1946 · Police Inspector Blake

Deadline at Dawn

1946 · Detective Smiley (uncredited)

Miss Susie Slagle's

1946 · Cab Driver (uncredited)

Road to Utopia

1946 · Ship Captain (uncredited)

They Were Expendable

1945 · Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945 · Conductor (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk

1945 · Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)

Salty O'Rourke

1945 · Bartender (uncredited)

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

1945 · Dr. Hicks

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945 · Cheap Charlie (uncredited)

The Jade Mask

1945 · Sheriff Mack

The Missing Juror

1944 · Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1944 · Mr. Johnson

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944 · Political Boss

Nobody's Darling

1943 · Bum (uncredited)

Idaho

1943 · Jailer

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

1943 · Matt Warner

I Married a Witch

1942 · Second Prison Guard (uncredited)

A Man's World

1942 · Captain Peterson

The Palm Beach Story

1942 · Conductor

The Talk of the Town

1942 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Bad Men of the Hills

1942 · Mace Arnold

Lady in a Jam

1942 · Furniture Mover (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts

1942 · Police Turnkey (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942 · Worker (uncredited)

Saboteur

1942 · Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

1942 · Trustee

The Man Who Returned to Life

1942 · Hobo

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

1942 · Man

Pardon My Stripes

1942 · Guard (uncredited)

Honolulu Lu

1941 · Shooting Gallery Proprietor

Fighting Bill Fargo

1941 · Tom Houston

Sullivan's Travels

1941 · The Mister

Honky Tonk

1941 · Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)

Badlands of Dakota

1941 · Plainview Lawman

The Little Foxes

1941 · Dawson (uncredited)

Rawhide Rangers

1941 · Rawlings

Law of the Range

1941 · Jamison

Lady from Louisiana

1941 · Captain of Police

The Lady from Cheyenne

1941 · Mr. Matthews

The Lady Eve

1941 · First Steward (uncredited)

The Kid's Last Ride

1941 · Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden

The Face Behind the Mask

1941 · Flop House Manager (uncredited)

The Lone Rider Rides On

1941 · Bob Cameron

A Volta do Besouro Verde

1940 · Ship's Captain

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)

Christmas in July

1940 · Mr. Hillbeiner

Flowing Gold

1940 · Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode

1940

Winners of the West

1940 · Captain

Dark Command

1940 · Slave Trader

Blazing Six Shooters

1940 · Bert Karsin

The Courageous Dr. Christian

1940 · Sheriff

Pioneers of the Frontier

1940 · Marshal Larsen

My Little Chickadee

1940 · Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)

The Stranger from Texas

1939 · Jeff Browning

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · Ship Captain (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · Senator Dwight (uncredited)

Oklahoma Frontier

1939 · Kentuck

Thunder Afloat

1939 · Fisherman (uncredited)

The Man from Sundown

1939 · Slick Larson

Sons of Liberty

1939 · Prisoner (uncredited)

Blue Montana Skies

1939 · Marshal

Buck Rogers

1939 · Dynamo Room Floor Guard

Romance of the Redwoods

1939 · Boss Whittaker

The Oklahoma Kid

1939 · Would-Be Settler (uncredited)

The Phantom Creeps

1939 · White Rose Sailor

Devil's Island

1939 · Captain of the Guards

Adventure in Sahara

1938 · Cpl. Dronov

Colorado Trail

1938 · Mark Sheldon

Marie Antoinette

1938 · Official in Passport Office (uncredited)

Highway Patrol

1938 · Jarvis

Gunsmoke Trail

1938 · Sheriff chasing Loma

Crime School

1938 · Mr. Burke

Two Gun Justice

1938 · Sheriff (as Al Bridges)

Jezebel

1938 · New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)

Born to Be Wild

1938 · Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)

Little Miss Roughneck

1938 · Sheriff

Partners of the Plains

1938 · Scar Lewis

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937 · Capt. Trowbridge

Springtime in the Rockies

1937 · Briggs

The Awful Truth

1937 · Motor Cop (uncredited)

Dead End

1937 · Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)

Western Gold

1937 · Holman (as Alan Bridge)

They Won't Forget

1937 · Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)

Wild West Days

1937 · Steve Claggett, Henchman

One Man Justice

1937 · Red Grindy

Woman Chases Man

1937 · Process Server (uncredited)

Two Gun Law

1937 · Kipp Faulkner

Borderland

1937 · Dandy Morgan

You Only Live Once

1937 · Guard (uncredited)

Westbound Mail

1937 · 'Bull' Feeney

Jungle Jim

1937 · Slade

Dodge City Trail

1936 · Dawson

Trail Dust

1936 · Babson

Ace Drummond

1936 · Paul Wyckoff

The Three Mesquiteers

1936 · Alden Canfield

They Met in a Taxi

1936 · Detective

Crash Donovan

1936 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Public Enemy's Wife

1936 · Swartzman

These Three

1936 · Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Call of the Prairie

1936 · Sam Porter

The Lawless Nineties

1936 · Steele

The Bridge of Sighs

1936 · Ballistics Expert (uncredited)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936 · Henchman Black

Fast Bullets

1936 · Travis

Gallant Defender

1935 · Salty Smith

A Night at the Opera

1935 · Immigration Inspector (uncredited)

Rendezvous

1935 · Sergeant (uncredited)

The New Frontier

1935 · Kit

Melody Trail

1935 · Matt Kirby

Valley of Wanted Men

1935 · Ranger Sergeant Parsons

Confidential

1935 · Hanover - Walsh's Henchman

Alibi Racket

1935 · Chief Inspector August Wilmer

The Gay Deception

1935 · Jail Attendant (uncredited)

Diamond Jim

1935 · Poker Player on Train

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

1935 · Mitchell

The Murder Man

1935 · Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)

Silent Valley

1935 · Jim Farley

Alias Mary Dow

1935 · Ditch-Digger (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

1935 · John Cassidy (uncredited)

Transient Lady

1935 · Sheriff Angel Verner

North of Arizona

1935 · George Tully

Outlaw Rule

1935 · Deputy Bat Lindstrom

Mystery Mountain

1934 · Tom Henderson

The Curtain Falls

1934 · Mover

We're Not Dressing

1934 · Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)

Honor of the Range

1934 · Townsman (uncredited)

Twin Husbands

1933 · Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

Fighting With Kit Carson

1933 · Reynolds

Fighting Texans

1933 · Gur Durkin

The Lone Avenger

1933 · Burl Adams

Son of the Border

1933 · Tupper

Black Beauty

1933 · Hack Driver

Sucker Money

1933 · George Hunter

Drum Taps

1933 · Lariat Smith

The Cheyenne Kid

1933 · Denver Ed

When a Man Rides Alone

1933 · Montana Slade

The Wyoming Whirlwind

1932 · Steve Cantrell

The Devil Horse

1932 · Henchman Curley Bates

The Forty-Niners

1932 · Squaw O'Hara

Slightly Married

1932 · Tenant

The Cowboy Counsellor

1932 · Sheriff Matt Farraday

Blonde Venus

1932 · Bouncer (uncredited)

Broadway to Cheyenne

1932 · Al

The Thirteenth Guest

1932 · Policeman (uncredited)

The Hurricane Express

1932 · The Station Agent

Million Dollar Legs

1932 · Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)

A Man's Land

1932 · Steve - Rustler

The Spirit of the West

1932 · Tom Fallon

Police Court

1932

South of Santa Fe

1932 · Henchman Wooly

Galloping Thru

1931 · Sandy Thompson

The Ridin' Fool

1931 · Nikkos (as Al Bridges)

A Rider of the Plains

1931 · Deputy Bill Gaines

God's Country and the Man

1931 · Livermore, Screenplay

The She Wolf

1919

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