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Al Bridge
Born · February 25, 1891
Died · December 27, 1957 (66 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bio
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.
Hell's Outpost
Banker (uncredited)
5.0
1954
Jubilee Trail
Mr. Turner (uncredited)
4.8
1954
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Hotel Desk Clerk
0.0
1954
Annie Oakley
Pop Wade · (1 episode)
5.2
1954
Annie Oakley
Walt Stone · (1 episode)
5.2
1954
Iron Mountain Trail
Marshal
6.0
1953
Barbed Wire
Homesteader McGraw
5.0
1952
We're Not Married!
Detective Magnus (uncredited)
5.9
1952
The Last Musketeer
Lem Shaver
0.0
1952
Utah Wagon Train
Sam Sickle
5.0
1951
All That I Have
John Biddle
5.0
1951
In Old Amarillo
Sheriff (uncredited)
6.0
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Sheriff (uncredited) · (1 episode)
4.5
1951
Oh! Susanna
Jake Ledbetter
5.0
1951
Hunt the Man Down
Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
6.2
1950
California Passage
Conover
4.0
1950
The Gene Autry Show
Sheriff · (2 episodes)
4.2
1950
Squadron of Doom
Wyckoff
0.0
1949
The Devil's Henchman
Elmer Hood
6.0
1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Sheriff
5.8
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
6.8
1949
Unfaithfully Yours
House Detective
7.2
1948
Quick on the Trigger
Judge Kormac
6.0
1948
Silver River
Sam Slade
5.9
1948
T-Men
Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
6.8
1947
Messenger of Peace
Harry Franzmeirer
0.0
1947
Black Gold
Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
6.0
1947
The Fabulous Joe
Florida Club Bartender
5.8
1947
Down to Earth
Police Captain (uncredited)
6.0
1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
Sheriff
0.0
1947
Framed
(uncredited)
6.4
1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
5.4
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Wild Bill Hickock
6.3
1947
Nora Prentiss
New York City Policeman (uncredited)
6.1
1947
California
Town Marshal (uncredited)
6.5
1947
The Mighty McGurk
Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
6.4
1947
Singin' in the Corn
Honest John Richards
0.0
1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
Sam Bartlett
5.1
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Sheriff (uncredited)
8.3
1946
Cross My Heart
Detective Flynn
0.0
1946
Below the Deadline
Turner
4.3
1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
Captain Allen
5.7
1946
The Falcon's Alibi
Police Inspector Blake
5.2
1946
Deadline at Dawn
Detective Smiley (uncredited)
6.2
1946
Road to Utopia
Ship Captain (uncredited)
6.6
1946
They Were Expendable
Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
6.6
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Conductor
5.9
1945
Saratoga Trunk
Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
5.7
1945
Salty O'Rourke
Bartender (uncredited)
5.2
1945
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Dr. Hicks
6.7
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
7.6
1945
The Jade Mask
Sheriff Mack
6.1
1945
The Missing Juror
Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)
6.0
1944
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Mr. Johnson
6.8
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
Political Boss
7.0
1944
Nobody's Darling
Bum (uncredited)
0.0
1943
Idaho
Jailer
5.7
1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Matt Warner
0.0
1943
I Married a Witch
Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
6.8
1942
A Man's World
Captain Peterson
6.0
1942
The Palm Beach Story
Conductor
7.0
1942
The Talk of the Town
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
7.3
1942
Bad Men of the Hills
Mace Arnold
0.0
1942
Lady in a Jam
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
5.5
1942
Meet the Stewarts
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
6.0
1942
In This Our Life
Worker (uncredited)
6.8
1942
Saboteur
Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
6.9
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Trustee
6.0
1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Hobo
6.0
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Man
4.7
1942
Pardon My Stripes
Guard (uncredited)
6.0
1942
Honolulu Lu
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
4.2
1941
Fighting Bill Fargo
Tom Houston
6.0
1941
Sullivan's Travels
The Mister
7.4
1941
Honky Tonk
Townsman at Meeting House
6.4
1941
Badlands of Dakota
Plainview Lawman
5.9
1941
The Little Foxes
Dawson (uncredited)
7.5
1941
Rawhide Rangers
Rawlings
5.0
1941
Law of the Range
Jamison
5.0
1941
Lady from Louisiana
Captain of Police
5.3
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mr. Matthews
5.2
1941
The Lady Eve
First Steward (uncredited)
7.2
1941
The Kid's Last Ride
Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
5.0
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
6.5
1941
The Lone Rider Rides On
Bob Cameron
0.0
1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Ship's Captain
6.2
1940
Santa Fe Trail
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
5.7
1940
Christmas in July
Mr. Hillbeiner
6.9
1940
Flowing Gold
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
7.0
1940
When the Daltons Rode
6.0
1940
Winners of the West
Captain
0.0
1940
Dark Command
Slave Trader
6.3
1940
Blazing Six Shooters
Bert Karsin
0.0
1940
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Sheriff
5.4
1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
Marshal Larsen
0.0
1940
My Little Chickadee
Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
6.5
1940
The Stranger from Texas
Jeff Browning
0.0
1939
The Roaring Twenties
Ship Captain (uncredited)
7.5
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
7.9
1939
Oklahoma Frontier
Kentuck
0.0
1939
Thunder Afloat
Fisherman (uncredited)
5.9
1939
The Man from Sundown
Slick Larson
0.0
1939
Sons of Liberty
Prisoner (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Blue Montana Skies
Marshal
2.0
1939
Buck Rogers
Dynamo Room Floor Guard
6.0
1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Boss Whittaker
6.0
1939
The Oklahoma Kid
Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
5.9
1939
The Phantom Creeps
White Rose Sailor
4.3
1939
Devil's Island
Captain of the Guards
5.4
1939
Adventure in Sahara
Cpl. Dronov
5.5
1938
Colorado Trail
Mark Sheldon
0.0
1938
Marie Antoinette
Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
6.6
1938
Highway Patrol
Jarvis
0.0
1938
Gunsmoke Trail
Sheriff chasing Loma
5.0
1938
Crime School
Mr. Burke
6.3
1938
Two Gun Justice
Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
6.0
1938
Jezebel
New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
7.0
1938
Born to Be Wild
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
7.0
1938
Little Miss Roughneck
Sheriff
0.0
1938
Partners of the Plains
Scar Lewis
0.0
1938
Tim Tyler's Luck
Capt. Trowbridge
0.0
1937
Springtime in the Rockies
Briggs
6.5
1937
The Awful Truth
Motor Cop (uncredited)
7.2
1937
Dead End
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
7.0
1937
Western Gold
Holman (as Alan Bridge)
0.0
1937
They Won't Forget
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
5.7
1937
Wild West Days
Steve Claggett, Henchman
0.0
1937
Woman Chases Man
Process Server (uncredited)
5.6
1937
Two Gun Law
Kipp Faulkner
0.0
1937
Borderland
Dandy Morgan
0.0
1937
You Only Live Once
Guard (uncredited)
7.1
1937
Jungle Jim
Slade
4.8
1937
Dodge City Trail
Dawson
3.0
1936
Trail Dust
Babson
4.0
1936
Ace Drummond
Paul Wyckoff
6.5
1936
The Three Mesquiteers
Alden Canfield
5.0
1936
They Met in a Taxi
Detective
6.0
1936
Crash Donovan
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
0.0
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
Swartzman
5.8
1936
These Three
Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
7.2
1936
Call of the Prairie
Sam Porter
5.0
1936
The Lawless Nineties
Steele
5.2
1936
The Bridge of Sighs
Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
6.0
1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Henchman Black
4.0
1936
Fast Bullets
Travis
4.5
1936
Gallant Defender
Salty Smith
0.0
1935
A Night at the Opera
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
7.4
1935
Rendezvous
Sergeant (uncredited)
4.8
1935
The New Frontier
Kit
4.5
1935
Melody Trail
Matt Kirby
4.7
1935
Valley of Wanted Men
Ranger Sergeant Parsons
5.0
1935
Confidential
Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
5.6
1935
Alibi Racket
Chief Inspector August Wilmer
6.0
1935
The Gay Deception
Jail Attendant (uncredited)
6.4
1935
Diamond Jim
Poker Player on Train
6.0
1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Mitchell
6.7
1935
The Murder Man
Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
6.9
1935
Silent Valley
Jim Farley
0.0
1935
Alias Mary Dow
Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
6.2
1935
Circumstantial Evidence
John Cassidy (uncredited)
6.0
1935
Transient Lady
Sheriff Angel Verner
5.5
1935
North of Arizona
George Tully
4.2
1935
Outlaw Rule
Deputy Bat Lindstrom
0.0
1935
Mystery Mountain
Tom Henderson
0.0
1934
The Curtain Falls
Mover
5.0
1934
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
5.0
1934
Fighting With Kit Carson
Reynolds
6.0
1933
Fighting Texans
Gur Durkin
0.0
1933
The Lone Avenger
Burl Adams
0.0
1933
Son of the Border
Tupper
9.0
1933
Black Beauty
Hack Driver
0.0
1933
Sucker Money
George Hunter
4.7
1933
Drum Taps
Lariat Smith
4.5
1933
The Cheyenne Kid
Denver Ed
0.0
1933
When a Man Rides Alone
Montana Slade
3.0
1933
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Steve Cantrell
3.0
1932
The Devil Horse
Henchman Curley Bates
4.0
1932
The Forty-Niners
Squaw O'Hara
0.0
1932
Slightly Married
Tenant
5.5
1932
The Cowboy Counsellor
Sheriff Matt Farraday
5.7
1932
Blonde Venus
Bouncer (uncredited)
6.8
1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
Al
4.2
1932
The Thirteenth Guest
Policeman (Uncredited)
5.2
1932
The Hurricane Express
The Station Agent
5.2
1932
Million Dollar Legs
Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
6.6
1932
A Man's Land
Steve - Rustler
6.0
1932
The Spirit of the West
Tom Fallon
0.0
1932
Police Court
5.0
1932
South of Santa Fe
Henchman Wooly
3.0
1932
Galloping Thru
Sandy Thompson
6.0
1931
The Ridin' Fool
Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
0.0
1931
The Greater Love
Deputy Bill Gaines
0.0
1931
God's Country and the Man
Livermore
0.0
1931