Al Bridge
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — Feb 25 1891• Died Dec 27 1957
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Biography
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 a…
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Al Bridge's Credits
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The Gene Autry Show
Sheriff
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Sheriff (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
Sheriff (uncredited)
Annie Oakley
Pop Wade
Western Gold
Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Strangers on a Train
Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Jezebel
New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Ship Captain (uncredited)
The Little Foxes
Dawson (uncredited)
We're Not Married!
Detective Magnus (uncredited)
Dead End
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
Silver River
Sam Slade
The Talk of the Town
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Buck Rogers
Dynamo Room Floor Guard
In This Our Life
Worker (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
Bouncer (uncredited)
Saboteur
Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
New York City Policeman (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
Ship Captain (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
California
Town Marshal (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
These Three
Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
Conductor
The Oklahoma Kid
Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Man
The Lady Eve
First Steward (uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
Sam Porter
Honky Tonk
Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Unfaithfully Yours
House Detective
Idaho
Jailer
The Face Behind the Mask
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
Salty O'Rourke
Bartender (uncredited)
Framed
(uncredited)
T-Men
Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Down to Earth
Police Captain (uncredited)
Confidential
Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Sullivan's Travels
The Mister
The Man Who Returned to Life
Hobo
You Only Live Once
Guard (uncredited)
The Murder Man
Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Below the Deadline
Turner
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Trustee
The Thirteenth Guest
Policeman (uncredited)
Colorado Trail
Mark Sheldon
Ace Drummond
Paul Wyckoff
Jubilee Trail
Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Political Boss
A Woman of Distinction
Editor
The Phantom Creeps
White Rose Sailor
Marie Antoinette
Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Mr. Hillbeiner
Diamond Jim
Poker Player on Train
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mr. Matthews
Badlands of Dakota
Plainview Lawman
Dark Command
Slave Trader
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Matt Warner
Borderland
Dandy Morgan
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Henchman Black
Shadows Over Chinatown
Captain Allen
In Old Amarillo
Sheriff (uncredited)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Dr. Hicks
Slightly Married
Tenant
Gunsmoke Trail
Sheriff chasing Loma
The Stranger from Texas
Jeff Browning
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Wild Bill Hickock
Deadline at Dawn
Detective Smiley (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Mr. Johnson
Winners of the West
Captain
Hunt the Man Down
Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
Sons of Liberty
Prisoner (uncredited)
Utah Wagon Train
Sam Sickle
Crash Donovan
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Gay Deception
Jail Attendant (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost
Banker (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling
Bum (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana
Captain of Police
The Lone Rider Rides On
Bob Cameron
The Kid's Last Ride
Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
Million Dollar Legs
Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Mitchell
Born to Be Wild
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
John Cassidy (uncredited)
Cross My Heart
Detective Flynn
Honolulu Lu
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Iron Mountain Trail
Marshal
Sucker Money
George Hunter
Romance of the Redwoods
Boss Whittaker
Two Gun Justice
Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
The Last Musketeer
Lem Shaver
The Lawless Nineties
Steele
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
Dodge City Trail
Dawson
Fighting With Kit Carson
Reynolds
A Man's World
Captain Peterson
Rendezvous
Sergeant (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Singin' in the Corn
Honest John Richards
Oh! Susanna
Jake Ledbetter
Outlaw Rule
Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Melody Trail
Matt Kirby
One Man Justice
Red Grindy
Crime School
Mr. Burke
Thunder Afloat
Fisherman (uncredited)
The Missing Juror
Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
Black Beauty
Hack Driver
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
California Passage
Conover
Barbed Wire
Homesteader McGraw
Devil's Island
Captain of the Guards
Blue Montana Skies
Marshal
Squadron of Doom
Wyckoff
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Ship's Captain
Woman Chases Man
Process Server (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
Jungle Jim
Slade
The Jade Mask
Sheriff Mack
The New Frontier
Kit
Alias Mr. Twilight
Sam Bartlett
Pioneers of the Frontier
Marshal Larsen
Oklahoma Frontier
Kentuck
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Hotel Desk Clerk
The Devil Horse
Henchman Curley Bates
The Curtain Falls
Mover
They Won't Forget
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Mystery Mountain
Tom Henderson
Police Court
The Man from Sundown
Slick Larson
Wild West Days
Steve Claggett, Henchman
The Ridin' Fool
Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
We're Not Dressing
Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck
Sheriff
Trail Dust
Babson
Fighting Texans
Gur Durkin
Quick on the Trigger
Judge Kormac
Public Enemy's Wife
Swartzman
They Met in a Taxi
Detective
Messenger of Peace
Harry Franzmeirer
North of Arizona
George Tully
Galloping Thru
Sandy Thompson
The Mighty McGurk
Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
Transient Lady
Sheriff Angel Verner
Rawhide Rangers
Rawlings
The Fabulous Joe
Florida Club Bartender
The Hurricane Express
The Station Agent
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Sheriff
The Falcon's Alibi
Police Inspector Blake
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Sheriff
Law of the Range
Jamison
Black Gold
Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
All That I Have
John Biddle
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Conductor (uncredited)
Blazing Six Shooters
Bert Karsin
Partners of the Plains
Scar Lewis
The Bridge of Sighs
Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Twin Husbands
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Alias Mary Dow
Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
The Forty-Niners
Squaw O'Hara
Drum Taps
Lariat Smith
Robin Hood Of Texas
Sheriff
The Spirit of the West
Tom Fallon
The Three Mesquiteers
Alden Canfield
The Devil's Henchmen
Elmer Hood
Valley of Wanted Men
Ranger Sergeant Parsons
Tim Tyler's Luck
Capt. Trowbridge
Son of the Border
Tupper
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Steve Cantrell
Alibi Racket
Chief Inspector August Wilmer
Highway Patrol
Jarvis
A Rider of the Plains
Deputy Bill Gaines
Fast Bullets
Travis
Pardon My Stripes
Guard (uncredited)
Two Gun Law
Kipp Faulkner
The Cheyenne Kid
Denver Ed
Fighting Bill Fargo
Tom Houston
Westbound Mail
'Bull' Feeney
The Cowboy Counsellor
Sheriff Matt Farraday
The She Wolf
Springtime in the Rockies
Briggs
Adventure in Sahara
Cpl. Dronov
When a Man Rides Alone
Montana Slade
Bad Men of the Hills
Mace Arnold
South of Santa Fe
Henchman Wooly
Silent Valley
Jim Farley
A Man's Land
Steve - Rustler
Broadway to Cheyenne
Al
Gallant Defender
Salty Smith
The Lone Avenger
Burl Adams
God's Country and the Man
Livermore