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