Al Bridge
- Acting
- February 25, 1891 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- December 27, 1957
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 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
Filmography
- Hell's Outpost · Banker (uncredited)
- Jubilee Trail · Mr. Turner (uncredited)
- Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake · Hotel Desk Clerk
- Annie Oakley · Pop Wade, Walt Stone
- Iron Mountain Trail · Marshal
- Barbed Wire · Homesteader McGraw
- We're Not Married! · Detective Magnus (uncredited)
- The Last Musketeer · Lem Shaver
- Utah Wagon Train · Sam Sickle
- All That I Have · John Biddle
- Strangers on a Train · Tennis Judge (uncredited)
- In Old Amarillo · Sheriff (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · Sheriff (uncredited)
- Oh! Susanna · Jake Ledbetter
- Hunt the Man Down · Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
- California Passage · Conover
- The Gene Autry Show · Sheriff
- A Woman of Distinction · Editor
- Squadron of Doom · Wyckoff
- The Devil's Henchmen · Elmer Hood
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend · Sheriff
- The Doolins of Oklahoma · Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
- Quick on the Trigger · Judge Kormac
- Unfaithfully Yours · House Detective
- Silver River · Sam Slade
- T-Men · Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
- Messenger of Peace · Harry Franzmeirer
- Black Gold · Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
- The Fabulous Joe · Florida Club Bartender
- Down to Earth · Police Captain (uncredited)
- Robin Hood Of Texas · Sheriff
- Framed · (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy's Dilemma · Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
- The Sin of Harold Diddlebock · Wild Bill Hickock
- Nora Prentiss · New York City Policeman (uncredited)
- California · Town Marshal (uncredited)
- The Mighty McGurk · Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
- Singin' in the Corn · Honest John Richards
- Alias Mr. Twilight · Sam Bartlett
- It's a Wonderful Life · Sheriff (uncredited)
- Cross My Heart · Detective Flynn
- Below the Deadline · Turner
- Shadows Over Chinatown · Captain Allen
- The Falcon's Alibi · Police Inspector Blake
- Deadline at Dawn · Detective Smiley (uncredited)
- Miss Susie Slagle's · Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Road to Utopia · Ship Captain (uncredited)
- They Were Expendable · Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
- She Wouldn't Say Yes · Conductor (uncredited)
- Saratoga Trunk · Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
- Salty O'Rourke · Bartender (uncredited)
- Thunderhead: Son of Flicka · Dr. Hicks
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
- The Jade Mask · Sheriff Mack
- The Missing Juror · Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek · Mr. Johnson
- Hail the Conquering Hero · Political Boss
- Nobody's Darling · Bum (uncredited)
- Idaho · Jailer
- Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground · Matt Warner
- I Married a Witch · Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
- A Man's World · Captain Peterson
- The Palm Beach Story · Conductor
- The Talk of the Town · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Bad Men of the Hills · Mace Arnold
- Lady in a Jam · Furniture Mover (uncredited)
- Meet the Stewarts · Police Turnkey (uncredited)
- In This Our Life · Worker (uncredited)
- Saboteur · Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine · Trustee
- The Man Who Returned to Life · Hobo
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides · Man
- Pardon My Stripes · Guard (uncredited)
- Honolulu Lu · Shooting Gallery Proprietor
- Fighting Bill Fargo · Tom Houston
- Sullivan's Travels · The Mister
- Honky Tonk · Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
- Badlands of Dakota · Plainview Lawman
- The Little Foxes · Dawson (uncredited)
- Rawhide Rangers · Rawlings