Al Bridge
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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
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
as Ship's Captain
Saboteur (1942)
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
T-Men (1947)
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
as White Rose Sailor
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
as The Mister
The Lady Eve (1941)
as First Steward (uncredited)
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Guard (uncredited)
I Married a Witch (1942)
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Worker (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Jezebel (1938)
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
The Little Foxes (1941)
as Dawson (uncredited)
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Conductor
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Dead End (1937)
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Law of the Range (1941)
as Jamison
Down to Earth (1947)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna (1951)
as Jake Ledbetter
Framed (1947)
as (uncredited)
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Ace Drummond (1936)
as Paul Wyckoff
Silver River (1948)
as Sam Slade
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Bouncer (uncredited)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
as Detective
Dark Command (1940)
as Slave Trader
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Mr. Johnson
Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
as Marshal
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
as Sheriff
Westbound Mail (1937)
as 'Bull' Feeney
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
as Political Boss
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
as Mitchell
Devil's Island (1939)
as Captain of the Guards
A Rider of the Plains (1931)
as Deputy Bill Gaines
The Three Mesquiteers (1936)
as Alden Canfield
A Man's World (1942)
as Captain Peterson
Nora Prentiss (1947)
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
as Process Server (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Galloping Thru (1931)
as Sandy Thompson
Transient Lady (1935)
as Sheriff Angel Verner
Hell's Outpost (1954)
as Banker (uncredited)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
The Devil's Henchmen (1949)
as Elmer Hood
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Actor
Buck Rogers (1939)
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
These Three (1936)
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Cross My Heart (1946)
as Detective Flynn
Singin' in the Corn (1946)
as Honest John Richards
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Squadron of Doom (1949)
as Wyckoff
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
as Wild Bill Hickock
Honor of the Range (1934)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
as Reynolds
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Man
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
as Marshal Larsen
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
as House Detective
We're Not Dressing (1934)
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
as Captain Allen
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
as Conductor (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
Christmas in July (1940)
as Mr. Hillbeiner
Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
as Briggs
The She Wolf (1919)
Actor
Honolulu Lu (1941)
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
The Kid's Last Ride (1941)
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
as Steve Cantrell
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Plainview Lawman
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
One Man Justice (1937)
as Red Grindy
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Mr. Matthews
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
as Sheriff
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
as Cpl. Dronov
Dodge City Trail (1936)
as Dawson
Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
Winners of the West (1940)
as Captain
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
as Editor
The New Frontier (1935)
as Kit
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Trustee
Slightly Married (1932)
as Tenant
Pardon My Stripes (1942)
as Guard (uncredited)
Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Crime School (1938)
as Mr. Burke
Jubilee Trail (1954)
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Swartzman
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
as Jeff Browning
Son of the Border (1933)
as Tupper
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
as Police Inspector Blake
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
as Henchman Black
The Missing Juror (1944)
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
as Capt. Trowbridge
The Murder Man (1935)
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
as Sam Bartlett
God's Country and the Man (1931)
as Livermore
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Florida Club Bartender
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
as Matt Warner
The Hurricane Express (1932)
as The Station Agent
The Jade Mask (1945)
as Sheriff Mack
Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Sam Porter
Gallant Defender (1935)
as Salty Smith
Black Gold (1947)
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
Rendezvous (1935)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
South of Santa Fe (1932)
as Henchman Wooly
Drum Taps (1933)
as Lariat Smith
All That I Have (1951)
as John Biddle
Western Gold (1937)
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
as Kentuck
The Devil Horse (1932)
as Henchman Curley Bates
Police Court (1932)
Actor
Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
as Tom Houston
Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
as Boss Whittaker
The Mighty McGurk (1947)
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
as Bob Cameron
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
as Dr. Hicks
A Man's Land (1932)
as Steve - Rustler
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
as Sheriff chasing Loma
Wild West Days (1937)
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
Quick on the Trigger (1948)
as Judge Kormac
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
as Hobo
The Ridin' Fool (1931)
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
as Al
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Colorado Trail (1938)
as Mark Sheldon
North of Arizona (1935)
as George Tully
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Poker Player on Train
The Lawless Nineties (1936)
as Steele
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
as Captain of Police
Idaho (1943)
as Jailer
California Passage (1950)
as Conover
Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
as Sheriff
When a Man Rides Alone (1933)
as Montana Slade
The Last Musketeer (1952)
as Lem Shaver
Jungle Jim (1937)
as Slade
Partners of the Plains (1938)
as Scar Lewis
The Cowboy Counsellor (1932)
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Crash Donovan (1936)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Borderland (1937)
as Dandy Morgan
Mystery Mountain (1934)
as Tom Henderson
Two Gun Law (1937)
as Kipp Faulkner
Sucker Money (1933)
as George Hunter
Alibi Racket (1935)
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Blue Montana Skies (1939)
as Marshal
The Man from Sundown (1939)
as Slick Larson
Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
as Sheriff
Fast Bullets (1936)
as Travis
In Old Amarillo (1951)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Utah Wagon Train (1951)
as Sam Sickle
Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
as Bert Karsin
Below the Deadline (1946)
as Turner
The Spirit of the West (1932)
as Tom Fallon
Black Beauty (1933)
as Hack Driver
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
as Denver Ed
Confidential (1935)
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Fighting Texans (1933)
as Gur Durkin
Flowing Gold (1940)
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Twin Husbands (1933)
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Bum (uncredited)
The Lone Avenger (1933)
as Burl Adams
The Curtain Falls (1934)
as Mover
Bad Men of the Hills (1942)
as Mace Arnold
Melody Trail (1935)
as Matt Kirby
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
as Rawlings
Trail Dust (1936)
as Babson
Two Gun Justice (1938)
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
Messenger of Peace (1947)
as Harry Franzmeirer
Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
Highway Patrol (1938)
as Jarvis
The Forty-Niners (1932)
as Squaw O'Hara
Silent Valley (1935)
as Jim Farley
Barbed Wire (1952)
as Homesteader McGraw
Outlaw Rule (1935)
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom