Al Bridge
Acting • Born 1891-02-25 – Died 1957-12-27
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 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.
Filmography
200 credits
Salty O'Rourke
Movie • 1945
Bartender (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie • 1947
Wild Bill Hickock
The Talk of the Town
Movie • 1942
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Movie • 1942
Trustee
Nobody's Darling
Movie • 1943
Bum (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
Movie • 1942
Conductor
The Devil's Henchmen
Movie • 1949
Elmer Hood
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1936
Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
Movie • 1932
Bouncer (uncredited)
Dead End
Movie • 1937
Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Movie • 1940
Mr. Hillbeiner
Framed
Movie • 1947
(uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie • 1944
Political Boss
A Man's Land
Movie • 1932
Steve - Rustler
The Forty-Niners
Movie • 1932
Squaw O'Hara
The Ridin' Fool
Movie • 1931
Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
Two Gun Justice
Movie • 1938
Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie • 1944
Mr. Johnson
Western Gold
Movie • 1937
Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Below the Deadline
Movie • 1946
Turner
The Stranger from Texas
Movie • 1939
Jeff Browning
Born to Be Wild
Movie • 1938
Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Shadows Over Chinatown
Movie • 1946
Captain Allen
The Jade Mask
Movie • 1945
Sheriff Mack
The Hurricane Express
Movie • 1932
The Station Agent
Jubilee Trail
Movie • 1954
Mr. Turner (uncredited)
The Falcon's Alibi
Movie • 1946
Police Inspector Blake
Springtime in the Rockies
Movie • 1937
Briggs
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Movie • 1945
Dr. Hicks
Squadron of Doom
Movie • 1949
Wyckoff
Fighting With Kit Carson
Movie • 1933
Reynolds
Saratoga Trunk
Movie • 1945
Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
The Mighty McGurk
Movie • 1947
Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
Pardon My Stripes
Movie • 1942
Guard (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
Movie • 1937
Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Movie • 1935
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Crime School
Movie • 1938
Mr. Burke
The Murder Man
Movie • 1935
Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Movie • 1935
Sergeant (uncredited)
Alias Mary Dow
Movie • 1935
Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
The Lawless Nineties
Movie • 1936
Steele
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie • 1945
Conductor (uncredited)
In Old Amarillo
Movie • 1951
Sheriff (uncredited)
Fast Bullets
Movie • 1936
Travis
The Kid's Last Ride
Movie • 1941
Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
The Cowboy Counsellor
Movie • 1932
Sheriff Matt Farraday
The Lone Avenger
Movie • 1933
Burl Adams
Barbed Wire
Movie • 1952
Homesteader McGraw
Valley of Wanted Men
Movie • 1935
Ranger Sergeant Parsons
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Movie • 1935
Mitchell
Gallant Defender
Movie • 1935
Salty Smith
Ace Drummond
Movie • 1936
Paul Wyckoff
Public Enemy's Wife
Movie • 1936
Swartzman
Melody Trail
Movie • 1935
Matt Kirby
Black Gold
Movie • 1947
Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
The New Frontier
Movie • 1935
Kit
Jungle Jim
Movie • 1937
Slade
North of Arizona
Movie • 1935
George Tully
Alias Mr. Twilight
Movie • 1946
Sam Bartlett
Sons of Liberty
Movie • 1939
Prisoner (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
Movie • 1934
Townsman (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost
Movie • 1954
Banker (uncredited)
Son of the Border
Movie • 1933
Tupper
Slightly Married
Movie • 1932
Tenant
The Gay Deception
Movie • 1935
Jail Attendant (uncredited)
We're Not Married!
Movie • 1952
Detective Magnus (uncredited)
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Movie • 1932
Steve Cantrell
Drum Taps
Movie • 1933
Lariat Smith
Mystery Mountain
Movie • 1934
Tom Henderson
Down to Earth
Movie • 1947
Police Captain (uncredited)
Partners of the Plains
Movie • 1938
Scar Lewis
Wild West Days
Movie • 1937
Steve Claggett, Henchman
Rawhide Rangers
Movie • 1941
Rawlings
Gunsmoke Trail
Movie • 1938
Sheriff chasing Loma
They Met in a Taxi
Movie • 1936
Detective
The Spirit of the West
Movie • 1932
Tom Fallon
Woman Chases Man
Movie • 1937
Process Server (uncredited)
The Curtain Falls
Movie • 1934
Mover
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1939
White Rose Sailor
Cross My Heart
Movie • 1946
Detective Flynn
Transient Lady
Movie • 1935
Sheriff Angel Verner
A Rider of the Plains
Movie • 1931
Deputy Bill Gaines
Trail Dust
Movie • 1936
Babson
Buck Rogers
Movie • 1939
Dynamo Room Floor Guard
Devil's Island
Movie • 1939
Captain of the Guards
The Man Who Returned to Life
Movie • 1942
Hobo
Borderland
Movie • 1937
Dandy Morgan
The Oklahoma Kid
Movie • 1939
Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
Movie • 1939
Fisherman (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Confidential
Movie • 1935
Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Call of the Prairie
Movie • 1936
Sam Porter
Adventure in Sahara
Movie • 1938
Cpl. Dronov
Quick on the Trigger
Movie • 1948
Judge Kormac
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Sheriff (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Movie • 1946
Detective Smiley (uncredited)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie • 1949
Sheriff
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Movie • 1947
Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Movie • 1936
Henchman Black
T-Men
Movie • 1947
Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Movie • 1942
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Movie • 1940
Ship's Captain
The Lady Eve
Movie • 1941
First Steward (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Movie • 1937
Motor Cop (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
Movie • 1951
Jake Ledbetter
The Cheyenne Kid
Movie • 1933
Denver Ed
The Devil Horse
Movie • 1932
Henchman Curley Bates
Saboteur
Movie • 1942
Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
Highway Patrol
Movie • 1938
Jarvis
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie • 1948
House Detective
Oklahoma Frontier
Movie • 1939
Kentuck
Romance of the Redwoods
Movie • 1939
Boss Whittaker
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
Mr. Matthews
When the Daltons Rode
Movie • 1940
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Dark Command
Movie • 1940
Slave Trader
My Little Chickadee
Movie • 1940
Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
Winners of the West
Movie • 1940
Captain
Dodge City Trail
Movie • 1936
Dawson
Two Gun Law
Movie • 1937
Kipp Faulkner
The Man from Sundown
Movie • 1939
Slick Larson
The Little Foxes
Movie • 1941
Dawson (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Movie • 1940
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Jezebel
Movie • 1938
New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Movie • 1940
Sheriff
California Passage
Movie • 1950
Conover
Robin Hood Of Texas
Movie • 1947
Sheriff
Tim Tyler's Luck
Movie • 1937
Capt. Trowbridge
Diamond Jim
Movie • 1935
Poker Player on Train
Honolulu Lu
Movie • 1941
Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Sucker Money
Movie • 1933
George Hunter
Messenger of Peace
Movie • 1947
Harry Franzmeirer
Utah Wagon Train
Movie • 1951
Sam Sickle
Blazing Six Shooters
Movie • 1940
Bert Karsin
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Last Musketeer
Movie • 1952
Lem Shaver
Bad Men of the Hills
Movie • 1942
Mace Arnold
Sullivan's Travels
Movie • 1941
The Mister
Pioneers of the Frontier
Movie • 1940
Marshal Larsen
Fighting Bill Fargo
Movie • 1941
Tom Houston
The Lone Rider Rides On
Movie • 1941
Bob Cameron
Law of the Range
Movie • 1941
Jamison
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Movie • 1943
Matt Warner
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Sam Slade
Badlands of Dakota
Movie • 1941
Plainview Lawman
Lady from Louisiana
Movie • 1941
Captain of Police
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Man
Silent Valley
Movie • 1935
Jim Farley
Idaho
Movie • 1943
Jailer
Honky Tonk
Movie • 1941
Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
Movie • 1932
Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
All That I Have
Movie • 1951
John Biddle
Colorado Trail
Movie • 1938
Mark Sheldon
Outlaw Rule
Movie • 1935
Deputy Bat Lindstrom
These Three
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
Movie • 1936
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Singin' in the Corn
Movie • 1946
Honest John Richards
Road to Utopia
Movie • 1946
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down
Movie • 1950
Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
The Three Mesquiteers
Movie • 1936
Alden Canfield
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Movie • 1954
Hotel Desk Clerk
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie • 1945
Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Movie • 1937
Guard (uncredited)
A Man's World
Movie • 1942
Captain Peterson
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
In This Our Life
Movie • 1942
Worker (uncredited)
Alibi Racket
Movie • 1935
Chief Inspector August Wilmer
They Were Expendable
Movie • 1945
Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
South of Santa Fe
Movie • 1932
Henchman Wooly
Little Miss Roughneck
Movie • 1938
Sheriff
God's Country and the Man
Movie • 1931
Livermore
Blue Montana Skies
Movie • 1939
Marshal
Iron Mountain Trail
Movie • 1953
Marshal
When a Man Rides Alone
Movie • 1933
Montana Slade
The Fabulous Joe
Movie • 1947
Florida Club Bartender
Police Court
Movie • 1932
The Missing Juror
Movie • 1944
Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Guest
Movie • 1932
Policeman (uncredited)
Galloping Thru
Movie • 1931
Sandy Thompson
Broadway to Cheyenne
Movie • 1932
Al
Black Beauty
Movie • 1933
Hack Driver
Fighting Texans
Movie • 1933
Gur Durkin
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Movie • 1949
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
California
Movie • 1947
Town Marshal (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
Movie • 1947
New York City Policeman (uncredited)
The Face Behind the Mask
Movie • 1941
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1935
John Cassidy (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
Movie • 1951
Tennis Judge (uncredited)
A Woman of Distinction
Movie • 1950
Editor
Twin Husbands
Movie • 1933
Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
We're Not Dressing
Movie • 1934
Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
The She Wolf
Movie • 1919
Westbound Mail
Movie • 1937
'Bull' Feeney
One Man Justice
Movie • 1937
Red Grindy
Annie Oakley
TV • 1954
Pop Wade
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
TV • 1950
Sheriff
Annie Oakley
TV • 1954
Walt Stone