Actor
Al Bridge
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 ...

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