Al Bridge
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1891-02-25
Deathday 1957-12-27 (66 years old)
Place of Birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As Alan Bridge, Alfred Morton Bridge
Al 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.
Known For
Actor
as Banker (uncredited)
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
as Pop Wade
as Walt Stone
as Marshal
as Homesteader McGraw
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
as Lem Shaver
as Sam Sickle
as John Biddle
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Jake Ledbetter
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
as Conover
as Sheriff
as Wyckoff
as Elmer Hood
as Sheriff
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
as House Detective
as Judge Kormac
as Sam Slade
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
as Harry Franzmeirer
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
as Florida Club Bartender
as Police Captain (uncredited)
as Sheriff
as (uncredited)
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
as Wild Bill Hickock
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
as Honest John Richards
as Sam Bartlett
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Detective Flynn
as Turner
as Captain Allen
as Police Inspector Blake
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Dr. Hicks
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
as Sheriff Mack
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)
as Political Boss
as Mr. Johnson
as Bum (uncredited)
as Jailer
as Matt Warner
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
as Captain Peterson
as Conductor
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Mace Arnold
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
as Worker (uncredited)
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
as Trustee
as Man
as Guard (uncredited)
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
as Tom Houston
as The Mister
as Townsman at Meeting House
as Plainview Lawman
as Dawson (uncredited)
as Rawlings
as Jamison
as Captain of Police
as Mr. Matthews
as First Steward (uncredited)
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
as Bob Cameron
as Ship's Captain
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
as Mr. Hillbeiner
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
as Captain
as Slave Trader
as Bert Karsin
as Sheriff
as Marshal Larsen
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
as Jeff Browning
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
as Kentuck
as Fisherman (uncredited)
as Slick Larson
as Prisoner (uncredited)
as Marshal
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
as Boss Whittaker
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
as White Rose Sailor
as Captain of the Guards
as Cpl. Dronov
as Mark Sheldon
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
as Jarvis
as Sheriff chasing Loma
as Mr. Burke
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
as Sheriff
as Scar Lewis
as Capt. Trowbridge
as Briggs
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
as Process Server (uncredited)
as Kipp Faulkner
as Dandy Morgan
as Guard (uncredited)
as Slade
as Dawson
as Babson
as Paul Wyckoff
as Alden Canfield
as Detective
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Swartzman
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
as Sam Porter
as Steele
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
as Henchman Black
as Travis
as Salty Smith
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
as Kit
as Matt Kirby
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
as Poker Player on Train
as Mitchell
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
as Jim Farley
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
as Sheriff Angel Verner
as George Tully
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
as Tom Henderson
as Mover
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Reynolds
as Gur Durkin
as Burl Adams
as Tupper
as Hack Driver
as George Hunter
as Lariat Smith
as Denver Ed
as Montana Slade
as Steve Cantrell
as Henchman Curley Bates
as Squaw O'Hara
as Tenant
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
as Bouncer (uncredited)
as Al
as Policeman (Uncredited)
as The Station Agent
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
as Steve - Rustler
as Tom Fallon
as Henchman Wooly
as Sandy Thompson
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
as Deputy Bill Gaines
as Livermore
Writer
as Screenplay