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:
- 168
- 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 | 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 | California | Town Marshal (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
| 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 | 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 | Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| 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 | 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 | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
| 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 | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
| 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 | 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 | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
| 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 | 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 Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| 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) | 1937-10-21 |
| 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 |