Al Bridge
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1891
- Died
- December 27, 1957
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Filmography
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
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
Strangers on a Train 1951
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
In Old Amarillo 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
A Woman of Distinction 1950
as Editor
Squadron of Doom 1949
as Wyckoff
The Devil's Henchmen 1949
as Elmer Hood
The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend 1949
as Sheriff
Quick on the Trigger 1948
as Judge Kormac
Unfaithfully Yours 1948
as House Detective
Silver River 1948
as Sam Slade
T-Men 1947
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Messenger of Peace 1947
as Harry Franzmeirer
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
Nora Prentiss 1947
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
California 1947
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
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
My Pal Trigger 1946
as Henry Wallace (uncredited)
Shadows Over Chinatown 1946
as Captain Allen
The Falcon's Alibi 1946
as Police Inspector Blake
Deadline at Dawn 1946
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's 1946
as Cab Driver (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)
The Jade Mask 1945
as Sheriff Mack
The Missing Juror 1944
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944
as Mr. Johnson
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944
as Political Boss
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
Lady in a Jam 1942
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
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
as Hobo
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 (uncredited)
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 Face Behind the Mask 1941
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
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
Actor
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)
Devil's Island 1939
as Captain of the Guards
The Phantom Creeps 1939
as White Rose Sailor
Adventure in Sahara 1938
as Cpl. Dronov
Colorado Trail 1938
as Mark Sheldon
Marie Antoinette 1938
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
- Highway Patrol
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)
Western Gold 1937
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Dead End 1937
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
They Won't Forget 1937
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Wild West Days 1937
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
One Man Justice 1937
as Red Grindy
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)
Westbound Mail 1937
as 'Bull' Feeney
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)
Circumstantial Evidence 1935
as John Cassidy (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
We're Not Dressing 1934
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Honor of the Range 1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
Twin Husbands 1933
as Highway Patrolman (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
Actor
South of Santa Fe 1932
as Henchman Wooly
Galloping Thru 1931
as Sandy Thompson
The Ridin' Fool 1931
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
A Rider of the Plains 1931
as Deputy Bill Gaines
God's Country and the Man 1931
as Livermore, Screenplay
- The She Wolf
The She Wolf 1919
Actor
Credits from TMDB.