
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)
Hell's Outpost
as Banker (uncredited)
(1954)
Jubilee Trail
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
(1954)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1953)
Iron Mountain Trail
as Marshal
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
(1952)
Barbed Wire
as Homesteader McGraw
(1952)
The Last Musketeer
as Lem Shaver
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
(1951)
All That I Have
as John Biddle
(1951)
Oh! Susanna
as Jake Ledbetter
(1951)
Utah Wagon Train
as Sam Sickle
(1951)
In Old Amarillo
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1950)
Hunt the Man Down
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
(1950)
California Passage
as Conover
(1950)
A Woman of Distinction
as Editor
(1949)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
(1949)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Sheriff
(1949)
The Devil's Henchman
as Elmer Hood
(1949)
Squadron of Doom
as Wyckoff
(1948)
Unfaithfully Yours
as House Detective
(1948)
Silver River
as Sam Slade
(1948)
Quick on the Trigger
as Judge Kormac
(1947)
T-Men
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
(1947)
California
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
(1947)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
(1947)
Nora Prentiss
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
(1947)
Black Gold
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
(1947)
Framed
as (uncredited)
(1947)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Wild Bill Hickock
(1947)
The Mighty McGurk
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
(1947)
Down to Earth
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1947)
The Fabulous Joe
as Florida Club Bartender
(1947)
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Sheriff
(1947)
Messenger of Peace
as Harry Franzmeirer
(1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1946)
Deadline at Dawn
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1946)
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Captain Allen
(1946)
Below the Deadline
as Turner
(1946)
Cross My Heart
as Detective Flynn
(1946)
The Falcon's Alibi
as Police Inspector Blake
(1946)
Alias Mr. Twilight
as Sam Bartlett
(1946)
Singin' in the Corn
as Honest John Richards
(1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
(1945)
They Were Expendable
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
(1945)
The Jade Mask
as Sheriff Mack
(1945)
Salty O'Rourke
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Conductor (uncredited)
(1945)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Dr. Hicks
(1944)
The Missing Juror
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)
(1944)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Mr. Johnson
(1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Political Boss
(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)
The Talk of the Town
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1942)
I Married a Witch
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1942)
The Palm Beach Story
as Conductor
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
(1942)
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Hobo
(1942)
Pardon My Stripes
as Guard (uncredited)
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Man
(1942)
A Man's World
as Captain Peterson
(1942)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Trustee
(1942)
Bad Men of the Hills
as Mace Arnold
(1941)
The Lady Eve
as First Steward (uncredited)
(1941)
Sullivan's Travels
as The Mister
(1941)
The Little Foxes
as Dawson (uncredited)
(1941)
Honky Tonk
as Townsman at Meeting House
(1941)
The Face Behind the Mask
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
(1941)
Badlands of Dakota
as Plainview Lawman
(1941)
Rawhide Rangers
as Rawlings
(1941)
Honolulu Lu
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
(1941)
The Kid's Last Ride
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
(1941)
Lady from Louisiana
as Captain of Police
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mr. Matthews
(1941)
Law of the Range
as Jamison
(1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On
as Bob Cameron
(1941)
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Tom Houston
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
(1940)
Dark Command
as Slave Trader
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
(1940)
Christmas in July
as Mr. Hillbeiner
(1940)
Flowing Gold
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
(1940)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Ship's Captain
(1940)
(1940)
Winners of the West
as Captain
(1940)
The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Sheriff
(1940)
Pioneers of the Frontier
as Marshal Larsen
(1940)
Blazing Six Shooters
as Bert Karsin
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
(1939)
Buck Rogers
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
(1939)
Devil's Island
as Captain of the Guards
(1939)
The Phantom Creeps
as White Rose Sailor
(1939)
Sons of Liberty
as Prisoner (uncredited)
(1939)
Romance of the Redwoods
as Boss Whittaker
(1939)
Blue Montana Skies
as Marshal
(1939)
Oklahoma Frontier
as Kentuck
(1939)
The Man from Sundown
as Slick Larson
(1939)
The Stranger from Texas
as Jeff Browning
(1938)
Jezebel
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
(1938)
Crime School
as Mr. Burke
(1938)
Adventure in Sahara
as Cpl. Dronov
(1938)
Gunsmoke Trail
as Sheriff chasing Loma
(1938)
Colorado Trail
as Mark Sheldon
(1938)
Highway Patrol
as Jarvis
(1938)
Born to Be Wild
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
(1938)
Little Miss Roughneck
as Sheriff
(1938)
Partners of the Plains
as Scar Lewis
(1938)
Two Gun Justice
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
Dead End
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
(1937)
Borderland
as Dandy Morgan
(1937)
Woman Chases Man
as Process Server (uncredited)
(1937)
They Won't Forget
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
(1937)
Two Gun Law
as Kipp Faulkner
(1937)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Capt. Trowbridge
(1937)
Springtime in the Rockies
as Briggs
(1937)
Western Gold
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
(1937)
Jungle Jim
as Slade
(1937)
Wild West Days
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
(1936)
These Three
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1936)
Crash Donovan
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1936)
The Lawless Nineties
as Steele
(1936)
Trail Dust
as Babson
(1936)
Fast Bullets
as Travis
(1936)
Public Enemy's Wife
as Swartzman
(1936)
Dodge City Trail
as Dawson
(1936)
They Met in a Taxi
as Detective
(1936)
Ace Drummond
as Paul Wyckoff
(1936)
The Bridge of Sighs
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
(1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Henchman Black
(1936)
The Three Mesquiteers
as Alden Canfield
(1936)
Call of the Prairie
as Sam Porter
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
(1935)
The Gay Deception
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
(1935)
Circumstantial Evidence
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
(1935)
Rendezvous
as Sergeant (uncredited)
(1935)
Confidential
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Poker Player on Train
(1935)
The Murder Man
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
(1935)
Melody Trail
as Matt Kirby
(1935)
Alias Mary Dow
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
(1935)
The New Frontier
as Kit
(1935)
Alibi Racket
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
(1935)
Outlaw Rule
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
(1935)
North of Arizona
as George Tully
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Sheriff Angel Verner
(1935)
Gallant Defender
as Salty Smith
(1935)
Silent Valley
as Jim Farley
(1935)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Mitchell
(1935)
Valley of Wanted Men
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
(1934)
The Curtain Falls
as Mover
(1934)
Honor of the Range
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1934)
Mystery Mountain
as Tom Henderson
(1933)
Drum Taps
as Lariat Smith
(1933)
Black Beauty
as Hack Driver
(1933)
The Lone Avenger
as Burl Adams
(1933)
Son of the Border
as Tupper
(1933)
Sucker Money
as George Hunter
(1933)
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Reynolds
(1933)
Fighting Texans
as Gur Durkin
(1933)
When a Man Rides Alone
as Montana Slade
(1933)
The Cheyenne Kid
as Denver Ed
(1932)
Blonde Venus
as Bouncer (uncredited)
(1932)
The Thirteenth Guest
as Policeman (Uncredited)
(1932)
The Hurricane Express
as The Station Agent
(1932)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Steve Cantrell
(1932)
Slightly Married
as Tenant
(1932)
The Cowboy Counsellor
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
(1932)
Million Dollar Legs
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
(1932)
South of Santa Fe
as Henchman Wooly
(1932)
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Al
(1932)
(1932)
The Spirit of the West
as Tom Fallon
(1932)
A Man's Land
as Steve - Rustler
(1932)
The Devil Horse
as Henchman Curley Bates
(1932)
The Forty-Niners
as Squaw O'Hara
(1931)
A Rider of the Plains
as Deputy Bill Gaines
(1931)
Galloping Thru
as Sandy Thompson
(1931)
God's Country and the Man
as Livermore
(1931)
The Ridin' Fool
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
Crew
(1931)
God's Country and the Man
Screenplay