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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1891-02-25

Died: 1957-12-27

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	God's Country and the Man	Livermore	0
2	1931	A Rider of the Plains	Deputy Bill Gaines	0
3	1931	The Ridin' Fool	Nikkos (as Al Bridges)	0
4	1931	Galloping Thru	Sandy Thompson	60
5	1932	South of Santa Fe	Henchman Wooly	30
6	1932	Police Court		50
7	1932	The Spirit of the West	Tom Fallon	0
8	1932	A Man's Land	Steve - Rustler	60
9	1932	Million Dollar Legs	Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)	66
10	1932	The Hurricane Express	The Station Agent	52
11	1932	The Thirteenth Guest	Policeman (uncredited)	49
12	1932	Broadway to Cheyenne	Al	42
13	1932	Blonde Venus	Bouncer (uncredited)	68
14	1932	The Cowboy Counsellor	Sheriff Matt Farraday	57
15	1932	Slightly Married	Tenant	55
16	1932	The Forty-Niners	Squaw O'Hara	0
17	1932	The Devil Horse	Henchman Curley Bates	40
18	1932	The Wyoming Whirlwind	Steve Cantrell	30
19	1933	When a Man Rides Alone	Montana Slade	30
20	1933	The Cheyenne Kid	Denver Ed	0
21	1933	Drum Taps	Lariat Smith	45
22	1933	Sucker Money	George Hunter	47
23	1933	Black Beauty	Hack Driver	0
24	1933	Son of the Border	Tupper	90
25	1933	The Lone Avenger	Burl Adams	0
26	1933	Fighting Texans	Gur Durkin	0
27	1933	Fighting With Kit Carson	Reynolds	60
28	1934	Honor of the Range	Townsman (uncredited)	50
29	1934	The Curtain Falls	Mover	50
30	1934	Mystery Mountain	Tom Henderson	0
31	1935	Outlaw Rule	Deputy Bat Lindstrom	0
32	1935	North of Arizona	George Tully	42
33	1935	Transient Lady	Sheriff Angel Verner	55
34	1935	Circumstantial Evidence	John Cassidy (uncredited)	60
35	1935	Alias Mary Dow	Ditch-Digger (uncredited)	62
36	1935	Silent Valley	Jim Farley	0
37	1935	The Murder Man	Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)	69
38	1935	The Adventures of Rex and Rinty	Mitchell	67
39	1935	Diamond Jim	Poker Player on Train	60
40	1935	The Gay Deception	Jail Attendant (uncredited)	64
41	1935	Alibi Racket	Chief Inspector August Wilmer	60
42	1935	Confidential	Hanover - Walsh's Henchman	56
43	1935	Valley of Wanted Men	Ranger Sergeant Parsons	50
44	1935	Melody Trail	Matt Kirby	47
45	1935	Rendezvous	Sergeant (uncredited)	48
46	1935	The New Frontier	Kit	46
47	1935	A Night at the Opera	Immigration Inspector (uncredited)	74
48	1935	Gallant Defender	Salty Smith	0
49	1936	Fast Bullets	Travis	45
50	1936	The Adventures of Frank Merriwell	Henchman Black	40
51	1936	The Bridge of Sighs	Ballistics Expert (uncredited)	60
52	1936	The Lawless Nineties	Steele	52
53	1936	Call of the Prairie	Sam Porter	50
54	1936	These Three	Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)	71
55	1936	Public Enemy's Wife	Swartzman	58
56	1936	Crash Donovan	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	0
57	1936	They Met in a Taxi	Detective	55
58	1936	The Three Mesquiteers	Alden Canfield	50
59	1936	Ace Drummond	Paul Wyckoff	65
60	1936	Trail Dust	Babson	40
61	1936	Dodge City Trail	Dawson	30
62	1937	Jungle Jim	Slade	48
63	1937	You Only Live Once	Guard (uncredited)	71
64	1937	Borderland	Dandy Morgan	0
65	1937	Two Gun Law	Kipp Faulkner	0
66	1937	Woman Chases Man	Process Server (uncredited)	56
67	1937	Wild West Days	Steve Claggett, Henchman	0
68	1937	They Won't Forget	Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)	57
69	1937	Dead End	Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)	70
70	1937	Western Gold	Holman (as Alan Bridge)	0
71	1937	The Awful Truth	Motor Cop (uncredited)	72
72	1937	Springtime in the Rockies	Briggs	47
73	1937	Tim Tyler's Luck	Capt. Trowbridge	0
74	1938	Partners of the Plains	Scar Lewis	0
75	1938	Little Miss Roughneck	Sheriff	0
76	1938	Born to Be Wild	Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)	70
77	1938	Jezebel	New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)	70
78	1938	Two Gun Justice	Sheriff (as Al Bridges)	60
79	1938	Crime School	Mr. Burke	63
80	1938	Gunsmoke Trail	Sheriff chasing Loma	50
81	1938	Highway Patrol	Jarvis	0
82	1938	Marie Antoinette	Official in Passport Office (uncredited)	66
83	1938	Colorado Trail	Mark Sheldon	0
84	1938	Adventure in Sahara	Cpl. Dronov	55
85	1939	The Phantom Creeps	White Rose Sailor	42
86	1939	Devil's Island	Captain of the Guards	54
87	1939	The Oklahoma Kid	Would-Be Settler (uncredited)	60
88	1939	Romance of the Redwoods	Boss Whittaker	60
89	1939	Buck Rogers	Dynamo Room Floor Guard	60
90	1939	Blue Montana Skies	Marshal	20
91	1939	Sons of Liberty	Prisoner (uncredited)	62
92	1939	The Man from Sundown	Slick Larson	0
93	1939	Thunder Afloat	Fisherman (uncredited)	59
94	1939	Oklahoma Frontier	Kentuck	0
95	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Senator Dwight (uncredited)	79
96	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Ship Captain (uncredited)	75
97	1939	The Stranger from Texas	Jeff Browning	0
98	1940	My Little Chickadee	Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)	64
99	1940	Pioneers of the Frontier	Marshal Larsen	0
100	1940	The Courageous Dr. Christian	Sheriff	54
101	1940	Blazing Six Shooters	Bert Karsin	0
102	1940	Dark Command	Slave Trader	63
103	1940	Winners of the West	Captain	0
104	1940	When the Daltons Rode		60
105	1940	Flowing Gold	Highway Patrolman (uncredited)	70
106	1940	Christmas in July	Mr. Hillbeiner	69
107	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)	57
108	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Ship's Captain	62
109	1941	The Lone Rider Rides On	Bob Cameron	0
110	1941	The Face Behind the Mask	Flop House Manager (uncredited)	65
111	1941	The Kid's Last Ride	Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden	37
112	1941	The Lady Eve	First Steward (uncredited)	72
113	1941	The Lady from Cheyenne	Mr. Matthews	52
114	1941	Lady from Louisiana	Captain of Police	53
115	1941	Law of the Range	Jamison	50
116	1941	Rawhide Rangers	Rawlings	50
117	1941	The Little Foxes	Dawson (uncredited)	75
118	1941	Badlands of Dakota	Plainview Lawman	59
119	1941	Honky Tonk	Townsman at Meeting House	64
120	1941	Sullivan's Travels	The Mister	74
121	1941	Fighting Bill Fargo	Tom Houston	60
122	1941	Honolulu Lu	Shooting Gallery Proprietor	42
123	1942	Pardon My Stripes	Guard (uncredited)	60
124	1942	Wild Bill Hickok Rides	Man	47
125	1942	The Man Who Returned to Life	Hobo	60
126	1942	The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine	Trustee	60
127	1942	Saboteur	Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)	69
128	1942	In This Our Life	Worker (uncredited)	68
129	1942	Meet the Stewarts	Police Turnkey (uncredited)	43
130	1942	Lady in a Jam	Furniture Mover (uncredited)	55
131	1942	Bad Men of the Hills	Mace Arnold	0
132	1942	The Talk of the Town	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	73
133	1942	The Palm Beach Story	Conductor	70
134	1942	A Man's World	Captain Peterson	60
135	1942	I Married a Witch	Second Prison Guard (uncredited)	68
136	1943	Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground	Matt Warner	0
137	1943	Idaho	Jailer	57
138	1943	Nobody's Darling	Bum (uncredited)	0
139	1944	Hail the Conquering Hero	Political Boss	70
140	1944	The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek	Mr. Johnson	68
141	1944	The Missing Juror	Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)	60
142	1945	The Jade Mask	Sheriff Mack	61
143	1945	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Cheap Charlie (uncredited)	76
144	1945	Thunderhead: Son of Flicka	Dr. Hicks	67
145	1945	Salty O'Rourke	Bartender (uncredited)	52
146	1945	Saratoga Trunk	Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)	57
147	1945	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Conductor (uncredited)	59
148	1945	They Were Expendable	Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)	66
149	1946	Road to Utopia	Ship Captain (uncredited)	66
150	1946	Deadline at Dawn	Detective Smiley (uncredited)	63
151	1946	The Falcon's Alibi	Police Inspector Blake	52
152	1946	Shadows Over Chinatown	Captain Allen	58
153	1946	Below the Deadline	Turner	43
154	1946	Cross My Heart	Detective Flynn	0
155	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Sheriff (uncredited)	83
156	1946	Alias Mr. Twilight	Sam Bartlett	53
157	1946	Singin' in the Corn	Honest John Richards	0
158	1947	The Mighty McGurk	Toothless Derelict (uncredited)	64
159	1947	California	Town Marshal (uncredited)	65
160	1947	Nora Prentiss	New York City Policeman (uncredited)	61
161	1947	The Sin of Harold Diddlebock	Wild Bill Hickock	63
162	1947	Dick Tracy's Dilemma	Mr. Cudd (uncredited)	54
163	1947	Framed	(uncredited)	64
164	1947	Robin Hood Of Texas	Sheriff	0
165	1947	Down to Earth	Police Captain (uncredited)	58
166	1947	The Fabulous Joe	Florida Club Bartender	58
167	1947	Black Gold	Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian	60
168	1947	Messenger of Peace	Harry Franzmeirer	0
169	1947	T-Men	Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)	68
170	1948	Silver River	Sam Slade	59
171	1948	Quick on the Trigger	Judge Kormac	60
172	1948	Unfaithfully Yours	House Detective	72
173	1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Sheriff	58
174	1949	The Doolins of Oklahoma	Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)	68
175	1949	The Devil's Henchman	Elmer Hood	60
176	1949	Squadron of Doom	Wyckoff	0
177	1950	A Woman of Distinction	Editor	62
178	1950	California Passage	Conover	40
179	1950	Hunt the Man Down	Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)	62
180	1951	Oh! Susanna	Jake Ledbetter	50
181	1951	In Old Amarillo	Sheriff (uncredited)	60
182	1951	Strangers on a Train	Tennis Judge (uncredited)	77
183	1951	All That I Have	John Biddle	50
184	1951	Utah Wagon Train	Sam Sickle	50
185	1952	The Last Musketeer	Lem Shaver	0
186	1952	We're Not Married!	Detective Magnus (uncredited)	59
187	1952	Barbed Wire	Homesteader McGraw	50
188	1953	Iron Mountain Trail	Marshal	60
189	1954	Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake	Hotel Desk Clerk	0
190	1954	Jubilee Trail	Mr. Turner (uncredited)	48
191	1954	Hell's Outpost	Banker (uncredited)	50

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Sheriff	42
2	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Sheriff (uncredited)	45
3	1954	Annie Oakley	Pop Wade	52
4	1954	Annie Oakley	Walt Stone	52

Al Bridge

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