People
Al Bridge
- Name: Al Bridge
- Birthday: 1891-02-25
- Also known as: Alan Bridge,Alfred Morton Bridge
- Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Popularity: 2.367
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Hell's Outpost as Banker (uncredited) | 1954-12-15 |
| Jubilee Trail as Mr. Turner (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
| Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake as Hotel Desk Clerk | 1954-03-29 |
| Iron Mountain Trail as Marshal | 1953-05-08 |
| Barbed Wire as Homesteader McGraw | 1952-07-25 |
| We're Not Married! as Detective Magnus (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
| The Last Musketeer as Lem Shaver | 1952-03-01 |
| Utah Wagon Train as Sam Sickle | 1951-10-14 |
| All That I Have as John Biddle | 1951-10-01 |
| In Old Amarillo as Sheriff (uncredited) | 1951-05-15 |
| Oh! Susanna as Jake Ledbetter | 1951-03-01 |
| Hunt the Man Down as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
| California Passage as Conover | 1950-12-15 |
| Squadron of Doom as Wyckoff | 1949-12-15 |
| The Devil's Henchman as Elmer Hood | 1949-09-15 |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend as Sheriff | 1949-05-27 |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | 1949-05-27 |
| Unfaithfully Yours as House Detective | 1948-12-10 |
| Quick on the Trigger as Judge Kormac | 1948-12-02 |
| Silver River as Sam Slade | 1948-05-20 |
| T-Men as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Messenger of Peace as Harry Franzmeirer | 1947-10-30 |
| Black Gold as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947-09-16 |
| The Fabulous Joe as Florida Club Bartender | 1947-08-28 |
| Down to Earth as Police Captain (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
| Robin Hood Of Texas as Sheriff | 1947-07-15 |
| Framed as (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
| Dick Tracy's Dilemma as Mr. Cudd (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock as Wild Bill Hickock | 1947-04-04 |
| California as Town Marshal (uncredited) | 1947-02-21 |
| The Mighty McGurk as Toothless Derelict (uncredited) | 1947-01-02 |
| Singin' in the Corn as Honest John Richards | 1946-12-26 |
| Alias Mr. Twilight as Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
| It's a Wonderful Life as Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| Cross My Heart as Detective Flynn | 1946-12-18 |
| Below the Deadline as Turner | 1946-08-03 |
| Shadows Over Chinatown as Captain Allen | 1946-06-27 |
| The Falcon's Alibi as Police Inspector Blake | 1946-04-12 |
| Deadline at Dawn as Detective Smiley (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
| Road to Utopia as Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
| They Were Expendable as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes as Conductor (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
| Saratoga Trunk as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
| Salty O'Rourke as Bartender (uncredited) | 1945-03-22 |
| Thunderhead: Son of Flicka as Dr. Hicks | 1945-03-15 |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Cheap Charlie (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask as Sheriff Mack | 1945-01-26 |
| The Missing Juror as Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
| Hail the Conquering Hero as Political Boss | 1944-08-09 |
| The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek as Mr. Johnson | 1943-12-12 |
| Nobody's Darling as Bum (uncredited) | 1943-08-27 |
| Idaho as Jailer | 1943-03-10 |
| Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground as Matt Warner | 1943-02-05 |
| I Married a Witch as Second Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
| A Man's World as Captain Peterson | 1942-09-17 |
| The Palm Beach Story as Conductor | 1942-08-28 |
| The Talk of the Town as Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-20 |
| Bad Men of the Hills as Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
| Meet the Stewarts as Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
| In This Our Life as Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
| Saboteur as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
| The Man Who Returned to Life | 1942-02-05 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Man | 1942-01-31 |
| Pardon My Stripes as Guard (uncredited) | 1942-01-26 |
| Honolulu Lu as Shooting Gallery Proprietor | 1941-12-11 |
| Fighting Bill Fargo as Tom Houston | 1941-12-09 |
| Sullivan's Travels as The Mister | 1941-11-30 |
| Honky Tonk as Townsman at Meeting House | 1941-10-01 |
| Badlands Of Dakota as Plainview Lawman | 1941-09-15 |
| The Little Foxes as Dawson (uncredited) | 1941-08-29 |
| Rawhide Rangers as Rawlings | 1941-07-18 |
| Law of the Range as Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
| Lady from Louisiana as Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
| The Lady from Cheyenne as Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
| The Lady Eve as First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
| The Kid's Last Ride as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
| The Lone Rider Rides On as Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
| The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Ship's Captain | 1940-12-24 |
| Santa Fe Trail as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Christmas in July as Mr. Hillbeiner | 1940-10-25 |
| Flowing Gold as Highway Patrolman (uncredited) | 1940-08-24 |
| When the Daltons Rode | 1940-08-23 |
| Winners of the West as Captain | 1940-07-02 |
| Dark Command as Slave Trader | 1940-04-15 |
| Blazing Six Shooters as Bert Karsin | 1940-04-10 |
| The Courageous Dr. Christian as Sheriff | 1940-04-04 |
| Pioneers of the Frontier as Marshal Larsen | 1940-02-14 |
| My Little Chickadee as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
| The Stranger from Texas as Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
| The Roaring Twenties as Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| Oklahoma Frontier as Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
| Thunder Afloat as Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
| The Man from Sundown as Slick Larson | 1939-07-14 |
| Sons of Liberty as Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
| Blue Montana Skies as Marshal | 1939-05-03 |
| Buck Rogers as Dynamo Room Floor Guard | 1939-04-10 |
| Romance of the Redwoods as Boss Whittaker | 1939-03-29 |
| The Oklahoma Kid as Would-Be Settler (uncredited) | 1939-03-11 |
| The Phantom Creeps as White Rose Sailor | 1939-01-07 |
| Devil's Island as Captain of the Guards | 1939-01-07 |
| Adventure in Sahara as Cpl. Dronov | 1938-11-15 |
| Colorado Trail as Mark Sheldon | 1938-09-08 |
| Marie Antoinette as Official in Passport Office (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
| Highway Patrol as Jarvis | 1938-06-27 |
| Gunsmoke Trail as Sheriff chasing Loma | 1938-05-26 |
| Crime School as Mr. Burke | 1938-05-10 |
| Two Gun Justice as Sheriff (as Al Bridges) | 1938-04-29 |
| Jezebel as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
| Born to Be Wild as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) | 1938-02-16 |
| Little Miss Roughneck as Sheriff | 1938-01-23 |
| Partners of the Plains as Scar Lewis | 1938-01-14 |
| Tim Tyler's Luck as Capt. Trowbridge | 1937-12-27 |
| Springtime in the Rockies as Briggs | 1937-11-13 |
| The Awful Truth as Motor Cop (uncredited) | 1937-10-21 |
| Dead End as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
| Western Gold as Holman (as Alan Bridge) | 1937-08-27 |
| They Won't Forget as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited) | 1937-07-14 |
| Wild West Days as Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937-07-05 |
| Woman Chases Man as Process Server (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
| Two Gun Law as Kipp Faulkner | 1937-04-06 |
| Borderland as Dandy Morgan | 1937-02-26 |
| You Only Live Once as Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
| Jungle Jim as Slade | 1937-01-18 |
| Dodge City Trail as Dawson | 1936-12-12 |
| Trail Dust as Babson | 1936-12-11 |
| Ace Drummond as Paul Wyckoff | 1936-10-18 |
| The Three Mesquiteers as Alden Canfield | 1936-09-22 |
| They Met in a Taxi as Detective | 1936-09-08 |
| Crash Donovan as Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1936-08-01 |
| Public Enemy's Wife as Swartzman | 1936-07-24 |
| These Three as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) | 1936-03-18 |
| Call of the Prairie as Sam Porter | 1936-03-06 |
| The Lawless Nineties as Steele | 1936-02-15 |
| The Bridge of Sighs as Ballistics Expert (uncredited) | 1936-02-14 |
| The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Henchman Black | 1936-01-13 |
| Fast Bullets as Travis | 1936-01-01 |
| Gallant Defender as Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
| A Night at the Opera as Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
| Rendezvous as Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
| The New Frontier as Kit | 1935-10-25 |
| Melody Trail as Matt Kirby | 1935-10-21 |
| Valley of Wanted Men as Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935-10-19 |
| Confidential as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935-10-16 |
| Alibi Racket as Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935-09-14 |
| The Gay Deception as Jail Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
| Diamond Jim as Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
| The Adventures of Rex and Rinty as Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
| The Murder Man as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
| Silent Valley as Jim Farley | 1935-05-02 |
| Alias Mary Dow as Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
| Transient Lady as Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
| North of Arizona as George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
| Outlaw Rule as Deputy Bat Lindstrom | 1935-02-01 |
| Mystery Mountain as Tom Henderson | 1934-12-02 |
| The Curtain Falls as Mover | 1934-10-02 |
| Honor of the Range as Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-04-15 |
| Fighting With Kit Carson as Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
| Fighting Texans as Gur Durkin | 1933-06-15 |
| The Lone Avenger as Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
| Son of the Border as Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
| Black Beauty as Hack Driver | 1933-04-01 |
| Sucker Money as George Hunter | 1933-02-28 |
| Drum Taps as Lariat Smith | 1933-01-23 |
| The Cheyenne Kid as Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
| When a Man Rides Alone as Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
| The Wyoming Whirlwind as Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
| The Devil Horse as Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
| The Forty-Niners as Squaw O'Hara | 1932-10-27 |
| Slightly Married as Tenant | 1932-10-15 |
| The Cowboy Counsellor as Sheriff Matt Farraday | 1932-10-14 |
| Blonde Venus as Bouncer (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
| Broadway to Cheyenne as Al | 1932-09-09 |
| The Thirteenth Guest as Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
| The Hurricane Express as The Station Agent | 1932-08-01 |
| Million Dollar Legs as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
| A Man's Land as Steve - Rustler | 1932-06-10 |
| The Spirit of the West as Tom Fallon | 1932-03-01 |
| Police Court | 1932-02-19 |
| South of Santa Fe as Henchman Wooly | 1932-01-08 |
| Galloping Thru as Sandy Thompson | 1931-12-05 |
| The Ridin' Fool as Nikkos (as Al Bridges) | 1931-05-31 |
| The Greater Love as Deputy Bill Gaines | 1931-05-03 |
| God's Country and the Man as Livermore | 1931-05-01 |
