Cast
Al Bridge
Acting
Cast
Al Bridge
Known for
Acting
Born
1891-02-25
From
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1957-12-27
Also known as Alan Bridge, Alfred Morton Bridge
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.
★8.3
MOVIE1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Sheriff (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1951
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1931
A Rider of the Plains
as Deputy Bill Gaines
★7.4
MOVIE1941
Sullivan's Travels
as The Mister
★7.8
MOVIE1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1935
A Night at the Opera
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Ace Drummond
as Paul Wyckoff
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Roaring Twenties
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1940
A Volta do Besouro Verde
as Ship's Captain
★6.0
MOVIE1947
Down to Earth
as Police Captain (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1937
The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1941
The Lady Eve
as First Steward (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1945
They Were Expendable
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1939
Devil's Island
as Captain of the Guards
★6.9
MOVIE1942
Saboteur
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1942
I Married a Witch
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1935
Transient Lady
as Sheriff Angel Verner
★6.8
MOVIE1932
Blonde Venus
as Bouncer (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1936
They Met in a Taxi
as Detective
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Westbound Mail
as 'Bull' Feeney
★6.8
MOVIE1947
T-Men
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1953
Iron Mountain Trail
as Marshal
★6.1
MOVIE1948
Silver River
as Sam Slade
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Marie Antoinette
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1942
In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Jezebel
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1937
Dead End
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1941
The Little Foxes
as Dawson (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1949
The Devil's Henchmen
as Elmer Hood
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Salty O'Rourke
as Bartender (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1931
The Ridin' Fool
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
★5.0
MOVIE1932
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Steve Cantrell
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Honky Tonk
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1935
The Gay Deception
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1952
We're Not Married!
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1954
Hell's Outpost
as Banker (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1939
The Phantom Creeps
as White Rose Sailor
★6.3
MOVIE1940
Dark Command
as Slave Trader
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Man
★10.0
MOVIE1949
Squadron of Doom
as Wyckoff
★5.9
MOVIE1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Sheriff
★7.1
MOVIE1937
You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Political Boss
★7.0
MOVIE1946
Singin' in the Corn
as Honest John Richards
★5.5
MOVIE1936
The Lawless Nineties
as Steele
★6.0
MOVIE1939
The Oklahoma Kid
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Nora Prentiss
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1942
The Talk of the Town
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★3.0
MOVIE1936
Dodge City Trail
as Dawson
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1937
One Man Justice
as Red Grindy
★7.0
MOVIE1942
The Palm Beach Story
as Conductor
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Buck Rogers
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Law of the Range
as Jamison
★6.8
MOVIE1947
California
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1940
My Little Chickadee
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Pardon My Stripes
as Guard (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Wild Bill Hickock
★6.2
MOVIE1940
When the Daltons Rode
★7.0
MOVIE1942
A Man's World
as Captain Peterson
★6.1
MOVIE1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1931
Galloping Thru
as Sandy Thompson
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Meet the Stewarts
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1946
Cross My Heart
as Detective Flynn
★7.0
MOVIE1936
The Three Mesquiteers
as Alden Canfield
★7.0
MOVIE1919
The She Wolf
★8.5
MOVIE1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Badlands of Dakota
as Plainview Lawman
★7.2
MOVIE1936
These Three
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Mitchell
★6.5
MOVIE1941
The Face Behind the Mask
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1946
Road to Utopia
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1935
Diamond Jim
as Poker Player on Train
★6.6
MOVIE1945
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Dr. Hicks
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Oh! Susanna
as Jake Ledbetter
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Hunt the Man Down
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1932
Million Dollar Legs
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1934
We're Not Dressing
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Mr. Johnson
★5.8
MOVIE1938
Adventure in Sahara
as Cpl. Dronov
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Deadline at Dawn
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1935
The New Frontier
as Kit
★5.9
MOVIE1937
They Won't Forget
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1932
The Hurricane Express
as The Station Agent
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Christmas in July
as Mr. Hillbeiner
★6.7
MOVIE1940
Flowing Gold
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1948
Unfaithfully Yours
as House Detective
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Lady from Louisiana
as Captain of Police
★5.7
MOVIE1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mr. Matthews
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Honolulu Lu
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Call of the Prairie
as Sam Porter
★8.0
MOVIE1947
Messenger of Peace
as Harry Franzmeirer
★7.1
MOVIE1935
The Murder Man
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1954
Jubilee Trail
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1937
Woman Chases Man
as Process Server (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Born to Be Wild
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1939
Blue Montana Skies
as Marshal
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Captain Allen
★6.5
MOVIE1952
Barbed Wire
as Homesteader McGraw
★6.5
MOVIE1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Trustee
★6.4
MOVIE1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Conductor (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1935
Confidential
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
★6.0
MOVIE1950
California Passage
as Conover
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Framed
as (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Winners of the West
as Captain
★6.2
MOVIE1940
The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Sheriff
★7.0
MOVIE1950
A Woman of Distinction
as Editor
★5.2
MOVIE1932
The Thirteenth Guest
as Policeman (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1937
Borderland
as Dandy Morgan
★4.8
MOVIE1941
The Kid's Last Ride
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
★6.3
MOVIE1935
Valley of Wanted Men
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Black Gold
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
★4.9
MOVIE1935
Rendezvous
as Sergeant (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1938
Partners of the Plains
as Scar Lewis
★5.7
MOVIE1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Henchman Black
★7.3
MOVIE1933
Son of the Border
as Tupper
★6.1
MOVIE1945
The Jade Mask
as Sheriff Mack
★9.0
MOVIE1941
The Lone Rider Rides On
as Bob Cameron
★7.0
MOVIE1939
Romance of the Redwoods
as Boss Whittaker
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Sons of Liberty
as Prisoner (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
Crime School
as Mr. Burke
★6.4
MOVIE1936
Public Enemy's Wife
as Swartzman
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Fighting With Kit Carson
as Reynolds
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Alias Mary Dow
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Blazing Six Shooters
as Bert Karsin
★7.3
MOVIE1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Hobo
★8.0
MOVIE1952
The Last Musketeer
as Lem Shaver
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Utah Wagon Train
as Sam Sickle
★6.3
MOVIE1944
The Missing Juror
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1937
Jungle Jim
as Slade
★6.7
MOVIE1947
The Mighty McGurk
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1941
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Tom Houston
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Idaho
as Jailer
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Capt. Trowbridge
★5.0
MOVIE1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
as Al
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Gallant Defender
as Salty Smith
★6.0
MOVIE1932
The Cowboy Counsellor
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Crash Donovan
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1947
The Fabulous Joe
as Florida Club Bartender
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1941
Rawhide Rangers
as Rawlings
★9.0
MOVIE1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Matt Warner
★6.0
MOVIE1934
The Curtain Falls
as Mover
★8.0
MOVIE1951
In Old Amarillo
as Sheriff (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1938
Colorado Trail
as Mark Sheldon
★5.7
MOVIE1932
The Devil Horse
as Henchman Curley Bates
★6.0
MOVIE1951
All That I Have
as John Biddle
★5.3
MOVIE1936
Trail Dust
as Babson
★6.3
MOVIE1932
Slightly Married
as Tenant
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Oklahoma Frontier
as Kentuck
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Honor of the Range
as Townsman (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1937
Western Gold
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
★10.0
MOVIE1933
The Lone Avenger
as Burl Adams
★8.0
MOVIE1943
Nobody's Darling
as Bum (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
as Sam Bartlett
★10.0
MOVIE1939
The Man from Sundown
as Slick Larson
★5.3
MOVIE1935
Melody Trail
as Matt Kirby
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Mystery Mountain
as Tom Henderson
★5.3
MOVIE1946
The Falcon's Alibi
as Police Inspector Blake
★10.0
MOVIE1938
Little Miss Roughneck
as Sheriff
★8.0
MOVIE1939
The Stranger from Texas
as Jeff Browning
★5.4
MOVIE1935
North of Arizona
as George Tully
★6.5
MOVIE1948
Quick on the Trigger
as Judge Kormac
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Bad Men of the Hills
as Mace Arnold
★5.8
MOVIE1932
Police Court
★4.9
MOVIE1946
Below the Deadline
as Turner
★6.5
MOVIE1933
When a Man Rides Alone
as Montana Slade
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
as Marshal Larsen
★7.0
MOVIE1932
The Spirit of the West
as Tom Fallon
★5.7
MOVIE1936
Fast Bullets
as Travis
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Sheriff
★5.5
MOVIE1933
Drum Taps
as Lariat Smith
★6.3
MOVIE1935
Circumstantial Evidence
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Gunsmoke Trail
as Sheriff chasing Loma
★8.0
MOVIE1931
God's Country and the Man
as Livermore
★7.5
MOVIE1932
A Man's Land
as Steve - Rustler
★8.0
MOVIE1936
The Bridge of Sighs
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1933
The Cheyenne Kid
as Denver Ed
★4.7
MOVIE1933
Twin Husbands
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1933
Fighting Texans
as Gur Durkin
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Outlaw Rule
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
★5.3
MOVIE1933
Sucker Money
as George Hunter
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Alibi Racket
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
★5.5
MOVIE1932
South of Santa Fe
as Henchman Wooly
★10.0
MOVIE1933
Black Beauty
as Hack Driver
★10.0
MOVIE1937
Two Gun Law
as Kipp Faulkner
★7.0
MOVIE1954
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
as Hotel Desk Clerk
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Springtime in the Rockies
as Briggs
★9.0
MOVIE1932
The Forty-Niners
as Squaw O'Hara
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Two Gun Justice
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
★8.0
MOVIE1937
Wild West Days
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Highway Patrol
as Jarvis
★10.0
MOVIE1935
Silent Valley
as Jim Farley