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