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