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