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.
Filmography
all 205
Movies 202
TV Shows 3
Hell's Outpost (1954)
Jubilee Trail (1954)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954)
Annie Oakley (1954)
Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
So You're Going to the Dentist (1952)
Barbed Wire (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
The Last Musketeer (1952)
Utah Wagon Train (1951)
All That I Have (1951)
In Old Amarillo (1951)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
Oh! Susanna (1951)
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
The Gene Autry Show (1950)
Squadron of Doom (1949)
The Devil's Henchman (1949)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Quick on the Trigger (1948)
T-Men (1947)
Last Days of Boot Hill (1947)
Messenger of Peace (1947)
Black Gold (1947)
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
Down to Earth (1947)
Framed (1947)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
California (1947)
The Mighty McGurk (1947)
Singin' in the Corn (1946)
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Cross My Heart (1946)
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Road to Utopia (1946)
They Were Expendable (1945)
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Blazing the Western Trail (1945)
Both Barrels Blazing (1945)
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask (1945)
The Missing Juror (1944)
Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943)
Nobody's Darling (1943)
Idaho (1943)
I Married a Witch (1942)
A Man's World (1942)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Bad Men of the Hills (1942)
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
Saboteur (1942)
Pardon My Stripes (1942)
Honolulu Lu (1941)
Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Honky Tonk (1941)
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
Law of the Range (1941)
The Big Boss (1941)
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Kid's Last Ride (1941)
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Christmas in July (1940)
Flowing Gold (1940)
Dark Command (1940)
Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
No Place to Go (1939)
Thunder Afloat (1939)
The Man from Sundown (1939)
Sons of Liberty (1939)
Buck Rogers (1939)
Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Devil's Island (1939)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
Colorado Trail (1938)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
Crime School (1938)
Two Gun Justice (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
The Canary Comes Across (1938)
Partners of the Plains (1938)
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Western Gold (1937)
Dead End (1937)
They Won't Forget (1937)
Wild West Days (1937)
One Man Justice (1937)
Woman Chases Man (1937)
Two Gun Law (1937)
Borderland (1937)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Westbound Mail (1937)
Trail Dust (1936)
Ace Drummond (1936)
The Three Mesquiteers (1936)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
These Three (1936)
Call of the Prairie (1936)
The Count Takes the Count (1936)
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
Fast Bullets (1936)
Gallant Defender (1935)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rendezvous (1935)
Melody Trail (1935)
Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
Confidential (1935)
Alibi Racket (1935)
The Gay Deception (1935)
Diamond Jim (1935)
The Murder Man (1935)
Silent Valley (1935)
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
Transient Lady (1935)
North of Arizona (1935)
Outlaw Rule (1935)
Mystery Mountain (1934)
Honor of the Range (1934)
Public Stenographer (1934)
Twin Husbands (1933)
Fighting Texans (1933)
The Lone Avenger (1933)
Black Beauty (1933)
The Thundering Herd (1933)
Sucker Money (1933)
Drum Taps (1933)
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
When a Man Rides Alone (1933)
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
The Devil Horse (1932)
The Forty-Niners (1932)
The Cowboy Counsellor (1932)
Blonde Venus (1932)
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
A Man's Land (1932)
The Spirit of the West (1932)
South of Santa Fe (1932)
Galloping Thru (1931)
The Greater Love (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1891-02-26
Deathday1957-12-27 (66 years old)
Birth NameAlfred Morton Bridge
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsAlan Bridge, Alfred Morton Bridge
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