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