Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1891-02-25
- Day of Death1957-12-27 (66 years)
- Place of BirthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also Known AsAlan BridgeAlfred 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1954
Hell's Outpost
As: Banker (uncredited)
- 1954
Jubilee Trail
As: Mr. Turner (uncredited)
- 1954
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
As: Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1954
Annie Oakley
As: Pop Wade
- 1954
Annie Oakley
As: Walt Stone
- 1953
Iron Mountain Trail
As: Marshal
- 1952
Barbed Wire
As: Homesteader McGraw
- 1952
We're Not Married!
As: Detective Magnus (uncredited)
1952The Last Musketeer
As: Lem Shaver
1951Utah Wagon Train
As: Sam Sickle
1951All That I Have
As: John Biddle
- 1951
Strangers on a Train
As: Tennis Judge (uncredited)
1951In Old Amarillo
As: Sheriff (uncredited)
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
As: Sheriff (uncredited)
1951Oh! Susanna
As: Jake Ledbetter
1950Hunt the Man Down
As: Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
1950California Passage
As: Conover
1950The Gene Autry Show
As: Sheriff
1950A Woman of Distinction
As: Editor
1949The Devil's Henchmen
As: Elmer Hood
1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
As: Sheriff
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma
As: Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1948Unfaithfully Yours
As: House Detective
1948Quick on the Trigger
As: Judge Kormac
1948Silver River
As: Sam Slade
1947T-Men
As: Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
1947Black Gold
As: Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
1947The Fabulous Joe
As: Florida Club Bartender
1947Down to Earth
As: Police Captain (uncredited)
1947Robin Hood Of Texas
As: Sheriff
1947Framed
As: (uncredited)
1947Dick Tracy's Dilemma
As: Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
1947The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
As: Wild Bill Hickock
1947Nora Prentiss
As: New York City Policeman (uncredited)
1947California
As: Town Marshal (uncredited)
1947The Mighty McGurk
As: Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
1946Singin' in the Corn
As: Honest John Richards
1946Alias Mr. Twilight
As: Sam Bartlett
- 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
As: Sheriff (uncredited)
1946Cross My Heart
As: Detective Flynn
1946Below the Deadline
As: Turner
1946Shadows Over Chinatown
As: Captain Allen
1946The Falcon's Alibi
As: Police Inspector Blake
1946Deadline at Dawn
As: Detective Smiley (uncredited)
1946Road to Utopia
As: Ship Captain (uncredited)
1945They Were Expendable
As: Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
1945She Wouldn't Say Yes
As: Conductor (uncredited)
1945Saratoga Trunk
As: Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
1945Salty O'Rourke
As: Bartender (uncredited)
1945Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
As: Dr. Hicks
1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
As: Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
1945The Jade Mask
As: Sheriff Mack
1944The Missing Juror
As: Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
1944The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
As: Mr. Johnson
1944Hail the Conquering Hero
As: Political Boss
1943Nobody's Darling
As: Bum (uncredited)
1943Idaho
As: Jailer
1943Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
As: Matt Warner
1942I Married a Witch
As: Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
1942A Man's World
As: Captain Peterson
1942The Palm Beach Story
As: Conductor
1942The Talk of the Town
As: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1942Bad Men of the Hills
As: Mace Arnold
1942Lady in a Jam
As: Furniture Mover (uncredited)
1942Meet the Stewarts
As: Police Turnkey (uncredited)
1942In This Our Life
As: Worker (uncredited)
- 1942
Saboteur
As: Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
1942The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
As: Trustee
1942The Man Who Returned to Life
As: Hobo
1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides
As: Man
1942Pardon My Stripes
As: Guard (uncredited)
1941Honolulu Lu
As: Shooting Gallery Proprietor
1941Fighting Bill Fargo
As: Tom Houston
1941Sullivan's Travels
As: The Mister
1941Honky Tonk
As: Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
1941Badlands of Dakota
As: Plainview Lawman
1941The Little Foxes
As: Dawson (uncredited)
1941Rawhide Rangers
As: Rawlings
1941Law of the Range
As: Jamison
1941Lady from Louisiana
As: Captain of Police
1941The Lady from Cheyenne
As: Mr. Matthews
1941The Lady Eve
As: First Steward (uncredited)
1941The Kid's Last Ride
As: Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
1941The Face Behind the Mask
As: Flop House Manager (uncredited)
1941The Lone Rider Rides On
As: Bob Cameron
1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
As: Ship's Captain
1940Santa Fe Trail
As: Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
1940Christmas in July
As: Mr. Hillbeiner
1940Flowing Gold
As: Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
1940Winners of the West
As: Captain
1940Dark Command
As: Slave Trader
1940Blazing Six Shooters
As: Bert Karsin
1940The Courageous Dr. Christian
As: Sheriff
1940Pioneers of the Frontier
As: Marshal Larsen
1940My Little Chickadee
As: Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
1939The Stranger from Texas
As: Jeff Browning
1939The Roaring Twenties
As: Ship Captain (uncredited)
- 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
As: Senator Dwight (uncredited)
1939Oklahoma Frontier
As: Kentuck
1939Thunder Afloat
As: Fisherman (uncredited)
1939The Man from Sundown
As: Slick Larson
1939Sons of Liberty
As: Prisoner (uncredited)
1939Blue Montana Skies
As: Marshal
1939Buck Rogers
As: Dynamo Room Floor Guard
1939Romance of the Redwoods
As: Boss Whittaker
1939The Oklahoma Kid
As: Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
1939The Phantom Creeps
As: White Rose Sailor
1939Devil's Island
As: Captain of the Guards
1938Adventure in Sahara
As: Cpl. Dronov
1938Colorado Trail
As: Mark Sheldon
1938Marie Antoinette
As: Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
1938Gunsmoke Trail
As: Sheriff chasing Loma
1938Crime School
As: Mr. Burke
1938Two Gun Justice
As: Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
1938Jezebel
As: New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
1938Born to Be Wild
As: Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
1938Little Miss Roughneck
As: Sheriff
1938Partners of the Plains
As: Scar Lewis
1937Tim Tyler's Luck
As: Capt. Trowbridge
1937Springtime in the Rockies
As: Briggs
1937The Awful Truth
As: Motor Cop (uncredited)
1937Dead End
As: Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
1937Western Gold
As: Holman (as Alan Bridge)
1937They Won't Forget
As: Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
1937Wild West Days
As: Steve Claggett, Henchman
1937One Man Justice
As: Red Grindy
1937Woman Chases Man
As: Process Server (uncredited)
1937Two Gun Law
As: Kipp Faulkner
1937Borderland
As: Dandy Morgan
1937You Only Live Once
As: Guard (uncredited)
1937Westbound Mail
As: 'Bull' Feeney
1937Jungle Jim
As: Slade
1936Dodge City Trail
As: Dawson
1936Trail Dust
As: Babson
1936Ace Drummond
As: Paul Wyckoff
1936The Three Mesquiteers
As: Alden Canfield
1936They Met in a Taxi
As: Detective
1936Crash Donovan
As: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1936Public Enemy's Wife
As: Swartzman
1936These Three
As: Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
1936Call of the Prairie
As: Sam Porter
1936The Lawless Nineties
As: Steele
1936The Bridge of Sighs
As: Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
1936The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
As: Henchman Black
1936Fast Bullets
As: Travis
1935Gallant Defender
As: Salty Smith
- 1935
A Night at the Opera
As: Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
1935Rendezvous
As: Sergeant (uncredited)
1935The New Frontier
As: Kit
1935Melody Trail
As: Matt Kirby
1935Valley of Wanted Men
As: Ranger Sergeant Parsons
1935Confidential
As: Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
1935Alibi Racket
As: Chief Inspector August Wilmer
1935The Gay Deception
As: Jail Attendant (uncredited)
1935Diamond Jim
As: Poker Player on Train
1935The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
As: Mitchell
1935The Murder Man
As: Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
1935Silent Valley
As: Jim Farley
1935Alias Mary Dow
As: Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
1935Circumstantial Evidence
As: John Cassidy (uncredited)
1935Transient Lady
As: Sheriff Angel Verner
1935North of Arizona
As: George Tully
1935Outlaw Rule
As: Deputy Bat Lindstrom
1934Mystery Mountain
As: Tom Henderson
1934The Curtain Falls
As: Mover
1934We're Not Dressing
As: Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
1934Honor of the Range
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1933Twin Husbands
As: Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
1933Fighting With Kit Carson
As: Reynolds
1933Fighting Texans
As: Gur Durkin
1933The Lone Avenger
As: Burl Adams
1933Son of the Border
As: Tupper
1933Black Beauty
As: Hack Driver
1933Sucker Money
As: George Hunter
1933Drum Taps
As: Lariat Smith
1933The Cheyenne Kid
As: Denver Ed
1933When a Man Rides Alone
As: Montana Slade
1932The Wyoming Whirlwind
As: Steve Cantrell
1932The Devil Horse
As: Henchman Curley Bates
1932The Forty-Niners
As: Squaw O'Hara
1932Slightly Married
As: Tenant
1932The Cowboy Counsellor
As: Sheriff Matt Farraday
1932Blonde Venus
As: Bouncer (uncredited)
1932Broadway to Cheyenne
As: Al
1932The Thirteenth Guest
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1932The Hurricane Express
As: The Station Agent
1932Million Dollar Legs
As: Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
1932A Man's Land
As: Steve - Rustler
1932The Spirit of the West
As: Tom Fallon
1932South of Santa Fe
As: Henchman Wooly
1931Galloping Thru
As: Sandy Thompson
1931The Ridin' Fool
As: Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
1931A Rider of the Plains
As: Deputy Bill Gaines
1931God's Country and the Man
As: Livermore