
Al Bridge
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-02-25
Day of Death
1957-12-27 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Acting
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
(1954)
Hell's Outpost
as Banker (uncredited)
(1954)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1953)
Iron Mountain Trail
as Marshal
(1952)
The Last Musketeer
as Lem Shaver
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
(1952)
Barbed Wire
as Homesteader McGraw
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
(1951)
In Old Amarillo
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1951)
Utah Wagon Train
as Sam Sickle
(1951)
All That I Have
as John Biddle
(1951)
Oh! Susanna
as Jake Ledbetter
(1950)
California Passage
as Conover
(1950)
A Woman of Distinction
as Editor
(1950)
Hunt the Man Down
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
(1949)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
(1949)
Squadron of Doom
as Wyckoff
(1949)
The Devil's Henchmen
as Elmer Hood
(1949)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Sheriff
(1948)
Silver River
as Sam Slade
(1948)
Unfaithfully Yours
as House Detective
(1948)
Quick on the Trigger
as Judge Kormac
(1947)
Framed
as (uncredited)
(1947)
The Fabulous Joe
as Florida Club Bartender
(1947)
California
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
(1947)
Messenger of Peace
as Harry Franzmeirer
(1947)
Nora Prentiss
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
(1947)
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Sheriff
(1947)
Black Gold
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
(1947)
Down to Earth
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1947)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Wild Bill Hickock
(1947)
T-Men
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
(1947)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
(1947)
The Mighty McGurk
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1946)
Alias Mr. Twilight
as Sam Bartlett
(1946)
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Captain Allen
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1946)
Below the Deadline
as Turner
(1946)
The Falcon's Alibi
as Police Inspector Blake
(1946)
Singin' in the Corn
as Honest John Richards
(1946)
Cross My Heart
as Detective Flynn
(1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
(1945)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Dr. Hicks
(1945)
The Jade Mask
as Sheriff Mack
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
(1945)
They Were Expendable
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
(1945)
Salty O'Rourke
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Political Boss
(1944)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Mr. Johnson
(1944)
The Missing Juror
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)
(1943)
Idaho
as Jailer
(1943)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Matt Warner
(1943)
Nobody's Darling
as Bum (uncredited)
(1942)
Saboteur
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Man
(1942)
The Talk of the Town
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
(1942)
I Married a Witch
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1942)
The Palm Beach Story
as Conductor
(1942)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Trustee
(1942)
A Man's World
as Captain Peterson
(1942)
Pardon My Stripes
as Guard (uncredited)
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Hobo
(1942)
Bad Men of the Hills
as Mace Arnold
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
(1941)
Sullivan's Travels
as The Mister
(1941)
Honky Tonk
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
(1941)
Badlands of Dakota
as Plainview Lawman
(1941)
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Tom Houston
(1941)
Lady from Louisiana
as Captain of Police
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mr. Matthews
(1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On
as Bob Cameron
(1941)
The Little Foxes
as Dawson (uncredited)
(1941)
The Kid's Last Ride
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
(1941)
The Lady Eve
as First Steward (uncredited)
(1941)
Law of the Range
as Jamison
(1941)
Rawhide Rangers
as Rawlings
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
(1940)
Christmas in July
as Mr. Hillbeiner
(1940)
Pioneers of the Frontier
as Marshal Larsen
(1940)
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Captain
(1940)
Dark Command
as Slave Trader
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
(1940)
Flowing Gold
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
(1940)
Blazing Six Shooters
as Bert Karsin
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Ship's Captain
(1940)
The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Sheriff
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1939)
The Stranger from Texas
as Jeff Browning
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
(1939)
The Man from Sundown
as Slick Larson
(1939)
Blue Montana Skies
as Marshal
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
as Prisoner (uncredited)
(1939)
Oklahoma Frontier
as Kentuck
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
(1939)
Romance of the Redwoods
as Boss Whittaker
(1939)
Buck Rogers
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
(1939)
The Phantom Creeps
as White Rose Sailor
(1939)
Devil's Island
as Captain of the Guards
(1938)
Adventure in Sahara
as Cpl. Dronov
(1938)
Two Gun Justice
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
(1938)
Highway Patrol
as Jarvis
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
(1938)
Crime School
as Mr. Burke
(1938)
Born to Be Wild
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
(1938)
Jezebel
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
(1938)
Partners of the Plains
as Scar Lewis
(1938)
Little Miss Roughneck
as Sheriff
(1938)
Colorado Trail
as Mark Sheldon
(1938)
Gunsmoke Trail
as Sheriff chasing Loma
(1937)
Springtime in the Rockies
as Briggs
(1937)
Woman Chases Man
as Process Server (uncredited)
(1937)
Two Gun Law
as Kipp Faulkner
(1937)
Dead End
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Capt. Trowbridge
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
Wild West Days
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
(1937)
Borderland
as Dandy Morgan
(1937)
Western Gold
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
(1937)
Jungle Jim
as Slade
(1937)
They Won't Forget
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
(1936)
Fast Bullets
as Travis
(1936)
Trail Dust
as Babson
(1936)
Dodge City Trail
as Dawson
(1936)
These Three
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1936)
Call of the Prairie
as Sam Porter
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Swartzman
(1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Henchman Black
(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
(1936)
The Lawless Nineties
as Steele
(1936)
They Met in a Taxi
as Detective
(1936)
The Three Mesquiteers
as Alden Canfield
(1936)
Ace Drummond
as Paul Wyckoff
(1935)
Melody Trail
as Matt Kirby
(1935)
North of Arizona
as George Tully
(1935)
The New Frontier
as Kit
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Poker Player on Train
(1935)
Gallant Defender
as Salty Smith
(1935)
Alibi Racket
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
(1935)
Confidential
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Sergeant (uncredited)
(1935)
The Murder Man
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
(1935)
Alias Mary Dow
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
(1935)
Outlaw Rule
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Sheriff Angel Verner
(1935)
Circumstantial Evidence
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
(1935)
The Gay Deception
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
(1935)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Mitchell
(1935)
Silent Valley
as Jim Farley
(1935)
Valley of Wanted Men
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
(1934)
Mystery Mountain
as Tom Henderson
(1934)
Honor of the Range
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1934)
We're Not Dressing
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
(1934)
The Curtain Falls
as Mover
(1933)
The Cheyenne Kid
as Denver Ed
(1933)
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Reynolds
(1933)
Son of the Border
as Tupper
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Gur Durkin
(1933)
The Lone Avenger
as Burl Adams
(1933)
Sucker Money
as George Hunter
(1933)
Twin Husbands
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
(1933)
Drum Taps
as Lariat Smith
(1933)
Black Beauty
as Hack Driver
(1933)
When a Man Rides Alone
as Montana Slade
(1932)
The Hurricane Express
as The Station Agent
(1932)
(1932)
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Al
(1932)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1932)
Blonde Venus
as Bouncer (uncredited)
(1932)
The Devil Horse
as Henchman Curley Bates
(1932)
South of Santa Fe
as Henchman Wooly
(1932)
The Spirit of the West
as Tom Fallon
(1932)
Million Dollar Legs
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
(1932)
The Forty-Niners
as Squaw O'Hara
(1932)
Slightly Married
as Tenant
(1932)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Steve Cantrell
(1932)
The Cowboy Counsellor
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
(1932)
A Man's Land
as Steve - Rustler
(1931)
God's Country and the Man
as Livermore
(1931)
A Rider of the Plains
as Deputy Bill Gaines
(1931)
Galloping Thru
as Sandy Thompson
(1931)
The Ridin' Fool
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
Crew
(1931)
God's Country and the Man
Screenplay