Al Bridge
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), he and his sister, future actress Loie Bridge, were raised by their mother Loie and her second husband, butcher Wilmer Shinn. Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe which also included several of his relatives. The 1920 census showed him on tour in Kansas City, Missouri. 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.
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- Born:
- Feb 26, 1891
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 184
- First Appeared:
- In the movie God's Country and the Man 1931-05-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hell's Outpost 1954-12-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hell's Outpost | Banker (uncredited) | 1954-12-15 |
| Movie | Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1954-03-29 |
| Movie | Jubilee Trail | Mr. Turner (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
| Movie | Iron Mountain Trail | Marshal | 1953-05-08 |
| Movie | We're Not Married! | Detective Magnus (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
| Movie | The Last Musketeer | Lem Shaver | 1952-03-01 |
| Movie | Barbed Wire | Homesteader McGraw | 1952-07-25 |
| Movie | Oh! Susanna | Jake Ledbetter | 1951-03-01 |
| Movie | In Old Amarillo | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1951-05-15 |
| Movie | Strangers on a Train | Tennis Judge (uncredited) | 1951-06-27 |
| Movie | Utah Wagon Train | Sam Sickle | 1951-10-14 |
| Movie | All That I Have | John Biddle | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | A Woman of Distinction | Editor | 1950-03-16 |
| Movie | California Passage | Conover | 1950-12-15 |
| Movie | Hunt the Man Down | Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
| Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Sheriff | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Devil's Henchmen | Elmer Hood | 1949-09-15 |
| Movie | Squadron of Doom | Wyckoff | 1949-12-15 |
| Movie | Silver River | Sam Slade | 1948-05-20 |
| Movie | Quick on the Trigger | Judge Kormac | 1948-12-02 |
| Movie | Unfaithfully Yours | House Detective | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Wild Bill Hickock | 1947-04-04 |
| Movie | Nora Prentiss | New York City Policeman (uncredited) | 1947-02-22 |
| Movie | The Mighty McGurk | Toothless Derelict (uncredited) | 1947-01-02 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Mr. Cudd (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | California | Town Marshal (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
| Movie | T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
| Movie | The Fabulous Joe | Florida Club Bartender | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | Black Gold | Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947-09-16 |
| Movie | Down to Earth | Police Captain (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
| Movie | Robin Hood Of Texas | Sheriff | 1947-07-15 |
| Movie | The Falcon's Alibi | Police Inspector Blake | 1946-04-12 |
| Movie | Road to Utopia | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
| Movie | Shadows Over Chinatown | Captain Allen | 1946-06-27 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Detective Smiley (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | Cross My Heart | Detective Flynn | 1946-12-18 |
| Movie | Below the Deadline | Turner | 1946-08-03 |
| Movie | Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
| Movie | Singin' in the Corn | Honest John Richards | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Dr. Hicks | 1945-03-15 |
| Movie | Salty O'Rourke | Bartender (uncredited) | 1945-03-22 |
| Movie | The Jade Mask | Sheriff Mack | 1945-01-26 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cheap Charlie (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | The Unseen | Truck Driver | 1945-05-12 |
| Movie | They Were Expendable | Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
| Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Conductor (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
| Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
| Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Political Boss | 1944-08-09 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Mr. Johnson | 1944-09-18 |
| Movie | The Missing Juror | Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
| Movie | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Matt Warner | 1943-02-05 |
| Movie | Nobody's Darling | Bum (uncredited) | 1943-08-27 |
| Movie | Idaho | Jailer | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | In This Our Life | Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
| Movie | Lady in a Jam | Furniture Mover (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
| Movie | I Married a Witch | Second Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Conductor | 1942-08-28 |
| Movie | The Talk of the Town | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-20 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
| Movie | The Lady Eve | First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
| Movie | The Face Behind the Mask | Flop House Manager (uncredited) | 1941-01-16 |
| Movie | Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
| Movie | The Little Foxes | Dawson (uncredited) | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Fighting Bill Fargo | Tom Houston | 1941-12-09 |
| Movie | Rawhide Rangers | Rawlings | 1941-07-18 |
| Movie | Sullivan's Travels | The Mister | 1941-11-30 |
| Movie | Honolulu Lu | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | 1941-12-11 |
| Movie | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited) | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | Badlands of Dakota | Plainview Lawman | 1941-09-15 |
| Movie | Blazing Six Shooters | Bert Karsin | 1940-04-10 |
| Movie | Dark Command | Slave Trader | 1940-04-15 |
| Movie | Pioneers of the Frontier | Marshal Larsen | 1940-02-14 |
| Movie | My Little Chickadee | Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
| Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Sheriff | 1940-04-04 |
| Movie | Winners of the West | Captain | 1940-07-02 |
| Movie | When the Daltons Rode | 1940-08-23 | |
| Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Ship's Captain | 1940-12-24 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Palmyra Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Christmas in July | Mr. Hillbeiner | 1940-10-25 |
| Movie | Flowing Gold | Highway Patrolman (uncredited) | 1940-08-24 |
| Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Boss Whittaker | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | Buck Rogers | Dynamo Room Floor Guard | 1939-04-10 |
| Movie | The Oklahoma Kid | Would-Be Settler (uncredited) | 1939-03-11 |
| Movie | Blue Montana Skies | Marshal | 1939-05-03 |
| Movie | Devil's Island | Captain of the Guards | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | The Phantom Creeps | White Rose Sailor | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | The Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
| Movie | The Man from Sundown | Slick Larson | 1939-07-14 |
| Movie | Jezebel | New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
| Movie | Born to Be Wild | Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) | 1938-02-16 |
| Movie | Partners of the Plains | Scar Lewis | 1938-01-14 |
| Movie | Two Gun Justice | Sheriff (as Al Bridges) | 1938-04-29 |
| Movie | Little Miss Roughneck | Sheriff | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Crime School | Mr. Burke | 1938-05-10 |
| Movie | Colorado Trail | Mark Sheldon | 1938-09-08 |
| Movie | Marie Antoinette | Official in Passport Office (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
| Movie | Adventure in Sahara | Cpl. Dronov | 1938-11-15 |
| Movie | Gunsmoke Trail | Sheriff chasing Loma | 1938-05-26 |
| Movie | Woman Chases Man | Process Server (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Borderland | Dandy Morgan | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Jungle Jim | Slade | 1937-01-18 |
| Movie | Wild West Days | Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937-07-05 |
| Movie | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
| Movie | Two Gun Law | Kipp Faulkner | 1937-04-06 |
| Movie | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) | 1937-10-21 |
| Movie | They Won't Forget | Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited) | 1937-07-14 |
| Movie | Dead End | Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Springtime in the Rockies | Briggs | 1937-11-13 |
| Movie | Tim Tyler's Luck | Capt. Trowbridge | 1937-12-27 |
| Movie | Western Gold | Holman (as Alan Bridge) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | The Lawless Nineties | Steele | 1936-02-15 |
| Movie | Call of the Prairie | Sam Porter | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Henchman Black | 1936-01-13 |
| Movie | Public Enemy's Wife | Swartzman | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | Fast Bullets | Travis | 1936-01-01 |
| Movie | The Bridge of Sighs | Ballistics Expert (uncredited) | 1936-02-14 |
| Movie | These Three | Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) | 1936-03-18 |
| Movie | Dodge City Trail | Dawson | 1936-12-12 |
| Movie | Crash Donovan | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
| Movie | Ace Drummond | Paul Wyckoff | 1936-10-18 |
| Movie | Trail Dust | Babson | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | They Met in a Taxi | Detective | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | The Three Mesquiteers | Alden Canfield | 1936-09-22 |
| Movie | The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
| Movie | Silent Valley | Jim Farley | 1935-05-02 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
| Movie | Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
| Movie | Outlaw Rule | Deputy Bat Lindstrom | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
| Movie | Circumstantial Evidence | John Cassidy (uncredited) | 1935-03-30 |
| Movie | A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
| Movie | Rendezvous | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | The New Frontier | Kit | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | The Gay Deception | Jail Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
| Movie | Melody Trail | Matt Kirby | 1935-10-21 |
| Movie | Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
| Movie | Alibi Racket | Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935-09-14 |
| Movie | Confidential | Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935-10-16 |
| Movie | Valley of Wanted Men | Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935-10-19 |
| Movie | Honor of the Range | Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-04-15 |
| Movie | The Curtain Falls | Mover | 1934-10-02 |
| Movie | Mystery Mountain | Tom Henderson | 1934-12-02 |
| Movie | Sucker Money | George Hunter | 1933-02-28 |
| Movie | Black Beauty | Hack Driver | 1933-04-01 |
| Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
| Movie | When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
| Movie | Drum Taps | Lariat Smith | 1933-01-23 |
| Movie | Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
| Movie | Twin Husbands | Highway Patrolman (uncredited) | 1933-11-29 |
| Movie | Fighting With Kit Carson | Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
| Movie | The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Legs | Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
| Movie | A Man's Land | Steve - Rustler | 1932-06-10 |
| Movie | South of Santa Fe | Henchman Wooly | 1932-01-08 |
| Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Station Agent | 1932-08-01 |
| Movie | Police Court | 1932-02-19 | |
| Movie | The Spirit of the West | Tom Fallon | 1932-03-01 |
| Movie | Broadway to Cheyenne | Al | 1932-09-09 |
| Movie | The Devil Horse | Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
| Movie | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Guest | Policeman (uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
| Movie | The Forty-Niners | Squaw O'Hara | 1932-10-27 |
| Movie | Slightly Married | Tenant | 1932-10-15 |
| Movie | Blonde Venus | Bouncer (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Man | Livermore | 1931-05-01 |
| Movie | Galloping Thru | Sandy Thompson | 1931-12-05 |