Actor
Al Bridge
197 movies as actor
Born Feb 25, 1891 – Dec 27, 1957 (aged 66)From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as Alan Bridge, Alfred Morton Bridge
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
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Drama, Family
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Crime, Thriller
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Comedy, Drama
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Comedy, Music
Saboteur
1942 · Thriller, Mystery
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Comedy, Romance
The Lady Eve
1941 · Comedy, Romance
The Awful Truth
1937 · Comedy, Romance
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Crime, Drama
I Married a Witch
1942 · Romance, Fantasy
Jezebel
1938 · Drama, Romance
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Comedy, Romance
Al Bridge movies
Hell's Outpost
1954 · Banker (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
1954 · Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954 · Hotel Desk Clerk
Iron Mountain Trail
1953 · Marshal
Barbed Wire
1952 · Homesteader McGraw
We're Not Married!
1952 · Detective Magnus (uncredited)
The Last Musketeer
1952 · Lem Shaver
Utah Wagon Train
1951 · Sam Sickle
All That I Have
1951 · John Biddle
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Tennis Judge (uncredited)
In Old Amarillo
1951 · Sheriff (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
1951 · Jake Ledbetter
Hunt the Man Down
1950 · Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
California Passage
1950 · Conover
A Woman of Distinction
1950 · Editor
Squadron of Doom
1949 · Wyckoff
The Devil's Henchmen
1949 · Elmer Hood
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Sheriff
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Quick on the Trigger
1948 · Judge Kormac
Unfaithfully Yours
1948 · House Detective
Silver River
1948 · Sam Slade
T-Men
1947 · Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Messenger of Peace
1947 · Harry Franzmeirer
Black Gold
1947 · Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
The Fabulous Joe
1947 · Florida Club Bartender
Down to Earth
1947 · Police Captain (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947 · Sheriff
Framed
1947 · (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947 · Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Wild Bill Hickock
Nora Prentiss
1947 · New York City Policeman (uncredited)
California
1947 · Town Marshal (uncredited)
The Mighty McGurk
1947 · Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
Singin' in the Corn
1946 · Honest John Richards
Alias Mr. Twilight
1946 · Sam Bartlett
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Sheriff (uncredited)
Cross My Heart
1946 · Detective Flynn
Below the Deadline
1946 · Turner
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946 · Captain Allen
The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · Police Inspector Blake
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Detective Smiley (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946 · Ship Captain (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945 · Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Conductor (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Bartender (uncredited)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945 · Dr. Hicks
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
The Jade Mask
1945 · Sheriff Mack
The Missing Juror
1944 · Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Mr. Johnson
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Political Boss
Nobody's Darling
1943 · Bum (uncredited)
Idaho
1943 · Jailer
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943 · Matt Warner
I Married a Witch
1942 · Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Man's World
1942 · Captain Peterson
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Conductor
The Talk of the Town
1942 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Bad Men of the Hills
1942 · Mace Arnold
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
1942 · Police Turnkey (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942 · Worker (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942 · Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 · Trustee
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Hobo
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Man
Pardon My Stripes
1942 · Guard (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu
1941 · Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941 · Tom Houston
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · The Mister
Honky Tonk
1941 · Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota
1941 · Plainview Lawman
The Little Foxes
1941 · Dawson (uncredited)
Rawhide Rangers
1941 · Rawlings
Law of the Range
1941 · Jamison
Lady from Louisiana
1941 · Captain of Police
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Mr. Matthews
The Lady Eve
1941 · First Steward (uncredited)
The Kid's Last Ride
1941 · Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Flop House Manager (uncredited)
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941 · Bob Cameron
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940 · Ship's Captain
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Christmas in July
1940 · Mr. Hillbeiner
Flowing Gold
1940 · Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Winners of the West
1940 · Captain
Dark Command
1940 · Slave Trader
Blazing Six Shooters
1940 · Bert Karsin
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940 · Sheriff
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940 · Marshal Larsen
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
The Stranger from Texas
1939 · Jeff Browning
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Ship Captain (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
1939 · Kentuck
Thunder Afloat
1939 · Fisherman (uncredited)
The Man from Sundown
1939 · Slick Larson
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Prisoner (uncredited)
Blue Montana Skies
1939 · Marshal
Buck Rogers
1939 · Dynamo Room Floor Guard
Romance of the Redwoods
1939 · Boss Whittaker
The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
1939 · White Rose Sailor
Devil's Island
1939 · Captain of the Guards
Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Cpl. Dronov
Colorado Trail
1938 · Mark Sheldon
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
1938 · Jarvis
Gunsmoke Trail
1938 · Sheriff chasing Loma
Crime School
1938 · Mr. Burke
Two Gun Justice
1938 · Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
Jezebel
1938 · New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
1938 · Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck
1938 · Sheriff
Partners of the Plains
1938 · Scar Lewis
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Capt. Trowbridge
Springtime in the Rockies
1937 · Briggs
The Awful Truth
1937 · Motor Cop (uncredited)
Dead End
1937 · Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
Western Gold
1937 · Holman (as Alan Bridge)
They Won't Forget
1937 · Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Wild West Days
1937 · Steve Claggett, Henchman
One Man Justice
1937 · Red Grindy
Woman Chases Man
1937 · Process Server (uncredited)
Two Gun Law
1937 · Kipp Faulkner
Borderland
1937 · Dandy Morgan
You Only Live Once
1937 · Guard (uncredited)
Westbound Mail
1937 · 'Bull' Feeney
Jungle Jim
1937 · Slade
Dodge City Trail
1936 · Dawson
Trail Dust
1936 · Babson
Ace Drummond
1936 · Paul Wyckoff
The Three Mesquiteers
1936 · Alden Canfield
They Met in a Taxi
1936 · Detective
Crash Donovan
1936 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
1936 · Swartzman
These Three
1936 · Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
1936 · Sam Porter
The Lawless Nineties
1936 · Steele
The Bridge of Sighs
1936 · Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Henchman Black
Fast Bullets
1936 · Travis
Gallant Defender
1935 · Salty Smith
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Rendezvous
1935 · Sergeant (uncredited)
The New Frontier
1935 · Kit
Melody Trail
1935 · Matt Kirby
Valley of Wanted Men
1935 · Ranger Sergeant Parsons
Confidential
1935 · Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Alibi Racket
1935 · Chief Inspector August Wilmer
The Gay Deception
1935 · Jail Attendant (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935 · Poker Player on Train
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935 · Mitchell
The Murder Man
1935 · Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Silent Valley
1935 · Jim Farley
Alias Mary Dow
1935 · Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
1935 · John Cassidy (uncredited)
Transient Lady
1935 · Sheriff Angel Verner
North of Arizona
1935 · George Tully
Outlaw Rule
1935 · Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Mystery Mountain
1934 · Tom Henderson
The Curtain Falls
1934 · Mover
We're Not Dressing
1934 · Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
1934 · Townsman (uncredited)
Twin Husbands
1933 · Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933 · Reynolds
Fighting Texans
1933 · Gur Durkin
The Lone Avenger
1933 · Burl Adams
Son of the Border
1933 · Tupper
Black Beauty
1933 · Hack Driver
Sucker Money
1933 · George Hunter
Drum Taps
1933 · Lariat Smith
The Cheyenne Kid
1933 · Denver Ed
When a Man Rides Alone
1933 · Montana Slade
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932 · Steve Cantrell
The Devil Horse
1932 · Henchman Curley Bates
The Forty-Niners
1932 · Squaw O'Hara
Slightly Married
1932 · Tenant
The Cowboy Counsellor
1932 · Sheriff Matt Farraday
Blonde Venus
1932 · Bouncer (uncredited)
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932 · Al
The Thirteenth Guest
1932 · Policeman (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
1932 · The Station Agent
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
A Man's Land
1932 · Steve - Rustler
The Spirit of the West
1932 · Tom Fallon
Police Court
1932
South of Santa Fe
1932 · Henchman Wooly
Galloping Thru
1931 · Sandy Thompson
The Ridin' Fool
1931 · Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
A Rider of the Plains
1931 · Deputy Bill Gaines
God's Country and the Man
1931 · Livermore
The She Wolf
The She Wolf
1919
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