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