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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:
163
First Appeared:
In the movie Galloping Thru 1931-12-05
Latest Project:
Movie Hell's Outpost 1954-12-15
Known For
Poster of The Falcon's Alibi
Poster of Ace Drummond
Poster of The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Poster of Fighting With Kit Carson
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 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 Squadron of Doom Wyckoff 1949-12-15
Movie The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Sheriff 1949-05-27
Movie Quick on the Trigger Judge Kormac 1948-12-02
Movie Silver River Sam Slade 1948-05-20
Movie Unfaithfully Yours House Detective 1948-12-10
Movie Framed (uncredited) 1947-05-25
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 Robin Hood Of Texas Sheriff 1947-07-15
Movie Down to Earth Police Captain (uncredited) 1947-08-21
Movie Black Gold Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian 1947-09-16
Movie The Fabulous Joe Florida Club Bartender 1947-08-28
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 It's a Wonderful Life Sheriff (uncredited) 1946-12-20
Movie Alias Mr. Twilight Sam Bartlett 1946-12-24
Movie Cross My Heart Detective Flynn 1946-12-18
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 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 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 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 Wild Bill Hickok Rides Man 1942-01-31
Movie In This Our Life Worker (uncredited) 1942-05-08
Movie Meet the Stewarts Police Turnkey (uncredited) 1942-05-21
Movie The Palm Beach Story Conductor 1942-08-28
Movie The Talk of the Town Desk Sergeant (uncredited) 1942-08-20
Movie I Married a Witch Second Prison Guard (uncredited) 1942-10-30
Movie Bad Men of the Hills Mace Arnold 1942-08-13
Movie The Lady from Cheyenne Mr. Matthews 1941-04-11
Movie Law of the Range Jamison 1941-06-20
Movie The Lady Eve First Steward (uncredited) 1941-02-25
Movie The Kid's Last Ride Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden 1941-02-10
Movie Rawhide Rangers Rawlings 1941-07-18
Movie The Lone Rider Rides On Bob Cameron 1941-01-10
Movie Lady from Louisiana Captain of Police 1941-04-22
Movie Sullivan's Travels The Mister 1941-11-30
Movie The Little Foxes Dawson (uncredited) 1941-08-29
Movie Honky Tonk Townsman at Meeting House 1941-10-01
Movie Fighting Bill Fargo Tom Houston 1941-12-09
Movie Badlands Of Dakota Plainview Lawman 1941-09-15
Movie Honolulu Lu Shooting Gallery Proprietor 1941-12-11
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 Blue Montana Skies Marshal 1939-05-03
Movie The Phantom Creeps White Rose Sailor 1939-01-07
Movie Devil's Island Captain of the Guards 1939-01-07
Movie The Oklahoma Kid Would-Be Settler (uncredited) 1939-03-11
Movie Oklahoma Frontier Kentuck 1939-10-09
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 The Roaring Twenties Ship Captain (uncredited) 1939-10-28
Movie Thunder Afloat Fisherman (uncredited) 1939-09-15
Movie The Man from Sundown Slick Larson 1939-07-14
Movie Born to Be Wild Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) 1938-02-16
Movie Little Miss Roughneck Sheriff 1938-01-23
Movie Partners of the Plains Scar Lewis 1938-01-14
Movie Jezebel New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited) 1938-03-26
Movie Crime School Mr. Burke 1938-05-10
Movie Two Gun Justice Sheriff (as Al Bridges) 1938-04-29
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 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 The Awful Truth Motor Cop (uncredited) 1937-10-20
Movie Western Gold Holman (as Alan Bridge) 1937-08-27
Movie Tim Tyler's Luck Capt. Trowbridge 1937-12-27
Movie The Bridge of Sighs Ballistics Expert (uncredited) 1936-02-14
Movie The Lawless Nineties Steele 1936-02-15
Movie The Adventures of Frank Merriwell Henchman Black 1936-01-13
Movie These Three Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) 1936-03-18
Movie Fast Bullets Travis 1936-01-01
Movie Call of the Prairie Sam Porter 1936-03-06
Movie Dodge City Trail Dawson 1936-12-12
Movie Public Enemy's Wife Swartzman 1936-07-24
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 The Murder Man Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) 1935-07-12
Movie The Adventures of Rex and Rinty Mitchell 1935-08-30
Movie Diamond Jim Poker Player on Train 1935-09-01
Movie Silent Valley Jim Farley 1935-05-02
Movie The Gay Deception Jail Attendant (uncredited) 1935-09-13
Movie North of Arizona George Tully 1935-02-02
Movie Transient Lady Sheriff Angel Verner 1935-03-04
Movie Alias Mary Dow Ditch-Digger (uncredited) 1935-05-01
Movie Gallant Defender Salty Smith 1935-11-29
Movie Rendezvous Sergeant (uncredited) 1935-10-25
Movie Alibi Racket Chief Inspector August Wilmer 1935-09-14
Movie The New Frontier Kit 1935-10-25
Movie A Night at the Opera Immigration Inspector (uncredited) 1935-11-15
Movie Confidential Hanover - Walsh's Henchman 1935-10-16
Movie Valley of Wanted Men Ranger Sergeant Parsons 1935-10-19
Movie Melody Trail Matt Kirby 1935-10-21
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 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 Son of the Border Tupper 1933-05-05
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 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 Hurricane Express The Station Agent 1932-08-01
Movie The Spirit of the West Tom Fallon 1932-03-01
Movie Broadway to Cheyenne Al 1932-09-09
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 The Forty-Niners Squaw O'Hara 1932-10-27
Movie Slightly Married Tenant 1932-10-15
Movie Blonde Venus Bouncer (uncredited) 1932-09-23
Movie Galloping Thru Sandy Thompson 1931-12-05
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