Al Bridge
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), he and his sister, future actress Loie Bridge, were raised by their mother Loie and her second husband, butcher Wilmer Shinn. Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe which also included several of his relatives. The 1920 census showed him on tour in Kansas City, Missouri. 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
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 170
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Galloping Thru 1931-12-05
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hell's Outpost 1954-12-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hell's Outpost | Banker (uncredited) | 1954-12-15 |
| 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 | 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 | The Fabulous Joe | Florida Club Bartender | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
| Movie | T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Black Gold | Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947-09-16 |
| 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 | Below the Deadline | Turner | 1946-08-03 |
| Movie | Cross My Heart | Detective Flynn | 1946-12-18 |
| Movie | Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Dr. Hicks | 1945-03-15 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cheap Charlie (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Salty O'Rourke | Bartender (uncredited) | 1945-03-22 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask | Sheriff Mack | 1945-01-26 |
| Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
| 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 | 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 | In This Our Life | Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Lady in a Jam | Furniture Mover (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
| 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 | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
| Movie | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
| Movie | Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
| Movie | The Lady Eve | First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
| Movie | Rawhide Rangers | Rawlings | 1941-07-18 |
| 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 | Winners of the West | Captain | 1940-07-02 |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Sheriff | 1940-04-04 |
| Movie | My Little Chickadee | Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Ship's Captain | 1940-12-24 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Palmyra Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | When the Daltons Rode | 1940-08-23 | |
| 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 Man from Sundown | Slick Larson | 1939-07-14 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | The Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
| Movie | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
| 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 | Little Miss Roughneck | Sheriff | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Crime School | Mr. Burke | 1938-05-10 |
| Movie | Two Gun Justice | Sheriff (as Al Bridges) | 1938-04-29 |
| Movie | Adventure in Sahara | Cpl. Dronov | 1938-11-15 |
| Movie | Marie Antoinette | Official in Passport Office (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Gunsmoke Trail | Sheriff chasing Loma | 1938-05-26 |
| Movie | Woman Chases Man | Process Server (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Two Gun Law | Kipp Faulkner | 1937-04-06 |
| Movie | Jungle Jim | Slade | 1937-01-18 |
| Movie | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
| Movie | Borderland | Dandy Morgan | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Wild West Days | Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937-07-05 |
| Movie | They Won't Forget | Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited) | 1937-07-14 |
| Movie | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) | 1937-10-21 |
| Movie | Tim Tyler's Luck | Capt. Trowbridge | 1937-12-27 |
| Movie | Dead End | Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
| 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 | 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 | Trail Dust | Babson | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Dodge City Trail | Dawson | 1936-12-12 |
| Movie | Ace Drummond | Paul Wyckoff | 1936-10-18 |
| Movie | Public Enemy's Wife | Swartzman | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | The Three Mesquiteers | Alden Canfield | 1936-09-22 |
| Movie | They Met in a Taxi | Detective | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
| Movie | Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
| Movie | Silent Valley | Jim Farley | 1935-05-02 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
| Movie | The Gay Deception | Jail Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
| Movie | North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
| Movie | Valley of Wanted Men | Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935-10-19 |
| Movie | Rendezvous | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
| Movie | Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
| Movie | The New Frontier | Kit | 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 | Drum Taps | Lariat Smith | 1933-01-23 |
| Movie | When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
| Movie | Sucker Money | George Hunter | 1933-02-28 |
| Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
| Movie | Fighting With Kit Carson | Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
| Movie | Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
| Movie | The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Legs | Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
| Movie | The Spirit of the West | Tom Fallon | 1932-03-01 |
| Movie | A Man's Land | Steve - Rustler | 1932-06-10 |
| Movie | Police Court | 1932-02-19 | |
| Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Station Agent | 1932-08-01 |
| Movie | South of Santa Fe | Henchman Wooly | 1932-01-08 |
| Movie | The Forty-Niners | Squaw O'Hara | 1932-10-27 |
| Movie | The Devil Horse | Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
| Movie | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Guest | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
| Movie | Slightly Married | Tenant | 1932-10-15 |
| Movie | Blonde Venus | Bouncer (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
| Movie | Broadway to Cheyenne | Al | 1932-09-09 |
| Movie | Galloping Thru | Sandy Thompson | 1931-12-05 |