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:
- 178
- 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 | The Last Musketeer | Lem Shaver | 1952-03-01 |
| Movie | We're Not Married! | Detective Magnus (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
| 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 | All That I Have | John Biddle | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | Utah Wagon Train | Sam Sickle | 1951-10-14 |
| Movie | California Passage | Conover | 1950-12-15 |
| Movie | Hunt the Man Down | Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
| Movie | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Sheriff | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Doolins of Oklahoma | Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Movie | The Devil's Henchman | 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 | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Mr. Cudd (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
| Movie | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Wild Bill Hickock | 1947-04-04 |
| Movie | The Mighty McGurk | Toothless Derelict (uncredited) | 1947-01-02 |
| Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
| Movie | California | Town Marshal (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
| Movie | T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Robin Hood Of Texas | Sheriff | 1947-07-15 |
| 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 | The Falcon's Alibi | Police Inspector Blake | 1946-04-12 |
| Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Detective Smiley (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
| Movie | Road to Utopia | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
| Movie | Shadows Over Chinatown | Captain Allen | 1946-06-27 |
| 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 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cheap Charlie (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask | Sheriff Mack | 1945-01-26 |
| Movie | The Unseen | Truck Driver | 1945-05-12 |
| Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Conductor (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
| Movie | They Were Expendable | Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
| Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
| Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Political Boss | 1944-08-09 |
| 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 | Idaho | Jailer | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | Nobody's Darling | Bum (uncredited) | 1943-08-27 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Mr. Johnson | 1943-12-12 |
| Movie | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942-01-31 |
| Movie | In This Our Life | Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | The Man Who Returned to Life | 1942-02-05 | |
| Movie | The Talk of the Town | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-20 |
| Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Conductor | 1942-08-28 |
| Movie | I Married a Witch | Second Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
| Movie | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
| Movie | Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
| Movie | The Lady Eve | First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
| Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Plainview Lawman | 1941-09-15 |
| 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 | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | The Little Foxes | Dawson (uncredited) | 1941-08-29 |
| 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 | Devil's Island | Captain of the Guards | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | Blue Montana Skies | Marshal | 1939-05-03 |
| Movie | The Phantom Creeps | White Rose Sailor | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | The Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
| Movie | Sons of Liberty | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| Movie | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
| Movie | The Man from Sundown | Slick Larson | 1939-07-14 |
| Movie | Born to Be Wild | Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) | 1938-02-16 |
| Movie | Little Miss Roughneck | Sheriff | 1938-01-23 |
| Movie | Partners of the Plains | Scar Lewis | 1938-01-14 |
| Movie | Jezebel | New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
| Movie | Crime School | Mr. Burke | 1938-05-10 |
| Movie | Two Gun Justice | Sheriff (as Al Bridges) | 1938-04-29 |
| 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 | The Three Mesquiteers | Alden Canfield | 1936-09-22 |
| Movie | They Met in a Taxi | Detective | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | Silent Valley | Jim Farley | 1935-05-02 |
| Movie | The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
| Movie | Outlaw Rule | Deputy Bat Lindstrom | 1935-02-01 |
| Movie | Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
| Movie | North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
| Movie | Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
| Movie | A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
| Movie | The New Frontier | Kit | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
| Movie | The Gay Deception | Jail Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
| Movie | Melody Trail | Matt Kirby | 1935-10-21 |
| Movie | Rendezvous | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
| Movie | Confidential | Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935-10-16 |
| Movie | Alibi Racket | Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935-09-14 |
| 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 | Drum Taps | Lariat Smith | 1933-01-23 |
| Movie | When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
| Movie | Sucker Money | George Hunter | 1933-02-28 |
| Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
| Movie | Black Beauty | Hack Driver | 1933-04-01 |
| Movie | Fighting With Kit Carson | Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
| Movie | The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
| Movie | Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
| 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 Thirteenth Guest | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
| Movie | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
| Movie | The Forty-Niners | Squaw O'Hara | 1932-10-27 |
| Movie | The Devil Horse | Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Ridin' Fool | Nikkos (as Al Bridges) | 1931-05-31 |