Al 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.
Movies
Hell's Outpost
Banker (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Hotel Desk Clerk
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)
Oh! Susanna
Jake Ledbetter
Hunt the Man Down
Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
California Passage
Conover
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)
Unfaithfully Yours
House Detective
Quick on the Trigger
Judge Kormac
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)
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
Law of the Range
Jamison
Lady from Louisiana
Captain of Police
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mr. Matthews
The Lady Eve
First Steward (uncredited)
The Kid's Last Ride
Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
The Face Behind the Mask
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
The Lone Rider Rides On
Bob Cameron
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Ship's Captain
Santa Fe Trail
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Mr. Hillbeiner
Flowing Gold
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
Winners of the West
Captain
Dark Command
Slave Trader
Blazing Six Shooters
Bert Karsin
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Sheriff
Pioneers of the Frontier
Marshal Larsen
My Little Chickadee
Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
The Stranger from Texas
Jeff Browning
The Roaring Twenties
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
Kentuck
Thunder Afloat
Fisherman (uncredited)
The Man from Sundown
Slick Larson
Sons of Liberty
Prisoner (uncredited)
Blue Montana Skies
Marshal
Buck Rogers
Dynamo Room Floor Guard
Romance of the Redwoods
Boss Whittaker
The Oklahoma Kid
Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
White Rose Sailor
Devil's Island
Captain of the Guards
Adventure in Sahara
Cpl. Dronov
Colorado Trail
Mark Sheldon
Marie Antoinette
Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Highway Patrol
Jarvis
Gunsmoke Trail
Sheriff chasing Loma
Crime School
Mr. Burke
Two Gun Justice
Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
Jezebel
New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck
Sheriff
Partners of the Plains
Scar Lewis
Tim Tyler's Luck
Capt. Trowbridge
Springtime in the Rockies
Briggs
The Awful Truth
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Dead End
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
Western Gold
Holman (as Alan Bridge)
They Won't Forget
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Wild West Days
Steve Claggett, Henchman
Woman Chases Man
Process Server (uncredited)
Two Gun Law
Kipp Faulkner
Borderland
Dandy Morgan
You Only Live Once
Guard (uncredited)
Jungle Jim
Slade
Dodge City Trail
Dawson
Trail Dust
Babson
Ace Drummond
Paul Wyckoff
The Three Mesquiteers
Alden Canfield
They Met in a Taxi
Detective
Crash Donovan
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
Swartzman
These Three
Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
Sam Porter
The Lawless Nineties
Steele
The Bridge of Sighs
Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Henchman Black
Fast Bullets
Travis
Gallant Defender
Salty Smith
A Night at the Opera
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Sergeant (uncredited)
The New Frontier
Kit
Melody Trail
Matt Kirby
Valley of Wanted Men
Ranger Sergeant Parsons
Confidential
Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Alibi Racket
Chief Inspector August Wilmer
The Gay Deception
Jail Attendant (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Poker Player on Train
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Mitchell
The Murder Man
Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Silent Valley
Jim Farley
Alias Mary Dow
Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
John Cassidy (uncredited)
Transient Lady
Sheriff Angel Verner
North of Arizona
George Tully
Outlaw Rule
Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Mystery Mountain
Tom Henderson
The Curtain Falls
Mover
We're Not Dressing
Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
Townsman (uncredited)
Twin Husbands
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson
Reynolds
Fighting Texans
Gur Durkin
The Lone Avenger
Burl Adams
Son of the Border
Tupper
Black Beauty
Hack Driver
Sucker Money
George Hunter
Drum Taps
Lariat Smith
The Cheyenne Kid
Denver Ed
When a Man Rides Alone
Montana Slade
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Steve Cantrell
The Devil Horse
Henchman Curley Bates
The Forty-Niners
Squaw O'Hara
Slightly Married
Tenant
The Cowboy Counsellor
Sheriff Matt Farraday
Blonde Venus
Bouncer (uncredited)
Broadway to Cheyenne
Al
The Thirteenth Guest
Policeman (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
The Station Agent
Million Dollar Legs
Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
A Man's Land
Steve - Rustler
The Spirit of the West
Tom Fallon
Police Court
South of Santa Fe
Henchman Wooly
Galloping Thru
Sandy Thompson
The Ridin' Fool
Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
A Rider of the Plains
Deputy Bill Gaines
God's Country and the Man
Livermore
