Al Bridge
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 25, 1891
- Died
- Dec 27, 1957 (aged 66)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 200
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
1946Movie
Sheriff (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
1951Movie
Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939Movie
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
1935Movie
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942Movie
Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels
1941Movie
The Mister
Filmography
Hell's Outpost
1954Movie
Banker (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail
1954Movie
Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954Movie
Hotel Desk Clerk
Annie Oakley
1954TV
Pop Wade, Walt Stone
Iron Mountain Trail
1953Movie
Marshal
Barbed Wire
1952Movie
Homesteader McGraw
We're Not Married!
1952Movie
Detective Magnus (uncredited)
The Last Musketeer
1952Movie
Lem Shaver
Utah Wagon Train
1951Movie
Sam Sickle
All That I Have
1951Movie
John Biddle
Strangers on a Train
1951Movie
Tennis Judge (uncredited)
In Old Amarillo
1951Movie
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951TV
Sheriff (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
1951Movie
Jake Ledbetter
Hunt the Man Down
1950Movie
Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
California Passage
1950Movie
Conover
The Gene Autry Show
1950TV
Sheriff
A Woman of Distinction
1950Movie
Editor
Squadron of Doom
1949Movie
Wyckoff
The Devil's Henchmen
1949Movie
Elmer Hood
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949Movie
Sheriff
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949Movie
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Quick on the Trigger
1948Movie
Judge Kormac
Unfaithfully Yours
1948Movie
House Detective
Silver River
1948Movie
Sam Slade
T-Men
1947Movie
Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Messenger of Peace
1947Movie
Harry Franzmeirer
Black Gold
1947Movie
Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
The Fabulous Joe
1947Movie
Florida Club Bartender
Down to Earth
1947Movie
Police Captain (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947Movie
Sheriff
Framed
1947Movie
(uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947Movie
Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947Movie
Wild Bill Hickock
Nora Prentiss
1947Movie
New York City Policeman (uncredited)
California
1947Movie
Town Marshal (uncredited)
The Mighty McGurk
1947Movie
Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
Singin' in the Corn
1946Movie
Honest John Richards
Alias Mr. Twilight
1946Movie
Sam Bartlett
It's a Wonderful Life
1946Movie
Sheriff (uncredited)
Cross My Heart
1946Movie
Detective Flynn
Below the Deadline
1946Movie
Turner
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946Movie
Captain Allen
The Falcon's Alibi
1946Movie
Police Inspector Blake
Deadline at Dawn
1946Movie
Detective Smiley (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946Movie
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946Movie
Ship Captain (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945Movie
Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945Movie
Conductor (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945Movie
Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
1945Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945Movie
Dr. Hicks
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945Movie
Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
The Jade Mask
1945Movie
Sheriff Mack
The Missing Juror
1944Movie
Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944Movie
Mr. Johnson
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944Movie
Political Boss
Nobody's Darling
1943Movie
Bum (uncredited)
Idaho
1943Movie
Jailer
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943Movie
Matt Warner
I Married a Witch
1942Movie
Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Man's World
1942Movie
Captain Peterson
The Palm Beach Story
1942Movie
Conductor
The Talk of the Town
1942Movie
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Bad Men of the Hills
1942Movie
Mace Arnold
Lady in a Jam
1942Movie
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
1942Movie
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942Movie
Worker (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942Movie
Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942Movie
Trustee
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942Movie
Hobo
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942Movie
Man
Pardon My Stripes
1942Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu
1941Movie
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941Movie
Tom Houston
Sullivan's Travels
1941Movie
The Mister
Honky Tonk
1941Movie
Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Badlands of Dakota
1941Movie
Plainview Lawman
The Little Foxes
1941Movie
Dawson (uncredited)
Rawhide Rangers
1941Movie
Rawlings
Law of the Range
1941Movie
Jamison
Lady from Louisiana
1941Movie
Captain of Police
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941Movie
Mr. Matthews
The Lady Eve
1941Movie
First Steward (uncredited)
The Kid's Last Ride
1941Movie
Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
The Face Behind the Mask
1941Movie
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941Movie
Bob Cameron
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940Movie
Ship's Captain
Santa Fe Trail
1940Movie
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Christmas in July
1940Movie
Mr. Hillbeiner
Flowing Gold
1940Movie
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940Movie
Winners of the West
1940Movie
Captain
Dark Command
1940Movie
Slave Trader
Blazing Six Shooters
1940Movie
Bert Karsin
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940Movie
Sheriff
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940Movie
Marshal Larsen
My Little Chickadee
1940Movie
Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
The Stranger from Texas
1939Movie
Jeff Browning
The Roaring Twenties
1939Movie
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939Movie
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
1939Movie
Kentuck
Thunder Afloat
1939Movie
Fisherman (uncredited)
The Man from Sundown
1939Movie
Slick Larson
Sons of Liberty
1939Movie
Prisoner (uncredited)
Blue Montana Skies
1939Movie
Marshal
Buck Rogers
1939Movie
Dynamo Room Floor Guard
Romance of the Redwoods
1939Movie
Boss Whittaker
The Oklahoma Kid
1939Movie
Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
1939Movie
White Rose Sailor
Devil's Island
1939Movie
Captain of the Guards
Adventure in Sahara
1938Movie
Cpl. Dronov
Colorado Trail
1938Movie
Mark Sheldon
Marie Antoinette
1938Movie
Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Highway Patrol
1938Movie
Jarvis
Gunsmoke Trail
1938Movie
Sheriff chasing Loma
Crime School
1938Movie
Mr. Burke
Two Gun Justice
1938Movie
Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
Jezebel
1938Movie
New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
1938Movie
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck
1938Movie
Sheriff
Partners of the Plains
1938Movie
Scar Lewis
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937Movie
Capt. Trowbridge
Springtime in the Rockies
1937Movie
Briggs
The Awful Truth
1937Movie
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Dead End
1937Movie
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
Western Gold
1937Movie
Holman (as Alan Bridge)
They Won't Forget
1937Movie
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Wild West Days
1937Movie
Steve Claggett, Henchman
One Man Justice
1937Movie
Red Grindy
Woman Chases Man
1937Movie
Process Server (uncredited)
Two Gun Law
1937Movie
Kipp Faulkner
Borderland
1937Movie
Dandy Morgan
You Only Live Once
1937Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Westbound Mail
1937Movie
'Bull' Feeney
Jungle Jim
1937Movie
Slade
Dodge City Trail
1936Movie
Dawson
Trail Dust
1936Movie
Babson
Ace Drummond
1936Movie
Paul Wyckoff
The Three Mesquiteers
1936Movie
Alden Canfield
They Met in a Taxi
1936Movie
Detective
Crash Donovan
1936Movie
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Public Enemy's Wife
1936Movie
Swartzman
These Three
1936Movie
Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie
1936Movie
Sam Porter
The Lawless Nineties
1936Movie
Steele
The Bridge of Sighs
1936Movie
Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936Movie
Henchman Black
Fast Bullets
1936Movie
Travis
Gallant Defender
1935Movie
Salty Smith
A Night at the Opera
1935Movie
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Rendezvous
1935Movie
Sergeant (uncredited)
The New Frontier
1935Movie
Kit
Melody Trail
1935Movie
Matt Kirby
Valley of Wanted Men
1935Movie
Ranger Sergeant Parsons
Confidential
1935Movie
Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Alibi Racket
1935Movie
Chief Inspector August Wilmer
The Gay Deception
1935Movie
Jail Attendant (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935Movie
Poker Player on Train
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935Movie
Mitchell
The Murder Man
1935Movie
Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Silent Valley
1935Movie
Jim Farley
Alias Mary Dow
1935Movie
Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
1935Movie
John Cassidy (uncredited)
Transient Lady
1935Movie
Sheriff Angel Verner
North of Arizona
1935Movie
George Tully
Outlaw Rule
1935Movie
Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Mystery Mountain
1934Movie
Tom Henderson
The Curtain Falls
1934Movie
Mover
We're Not Dressing
1934Movie
Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
1934Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Twin Husbands
1933Movie
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933Movie
Reynolds
Fighting Texans
1933Movie
Gur Durkin
The Lone Avenger
1933Movie
Burl Adams
Son of the Border
1933Movie
Tupper
Black Beauty
1933Movie
Hack Driver
Sucker Money
1933Movie
George Hunter
Drum Taps
1933Movie
Lariat Smith
The Cheyenne Kid
1933Movie
Denver Ed
When a Man Rides Alone
1933Movie
Montana Slade
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932Movie
Steve Cantrell
The Devil Horse
1932Movie
Henchman Curley Bates
The Forty-Niners
1932Movie
Squaw O'Hara
Slightly Married
1932Movie
Tenant
The Cowboy Counsellor
1932Movie
Sheriff Matt Farraday
Blonde Venus
1932Movie
Bouncer (uncredited)
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932Movie
Al
The Thirteenth Guest
1932Movie
Policeman (uncredited)
The Hurricane Express
1932Movie
The Station Agent
Million Dollar Legs
1932Movie
Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
A Man's Land
1932Movie
Steve - Rustler
The Spirit of the West
1932Movie
Tom Fallon
Police Court
1932Movie
South of Santa Fe
1932Movie
Henchman Wooly
Galloping Thru
1931Movie
Sandy Thompson
The Ridin' Fool
1931Movie
Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
A Rider of the Plains
1931Movie
Deputy Bill Gaines
God's Country and the Man
1931Movie
Livermore
The She Wolf
1919Movie