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
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Personal Info

Id

120785

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-25

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

  • Alan Bridge
  • Alfred Morton Bridge
  • Content Score

    100

    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    Salty O'Rourke

    Salty O'Rour

    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

    The Sin of H

    The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    The Affairs

    Nobody's Darling

    Nobody's Dar

    The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Bea

    The Devil's Henchman

    The Devil's

    The Bridge of Sighs

    The Bridge o

    Blonde Venus

    Blonde Venus

    Dead End

    Dead End

    Christmas in July

    Christmas in

    Framed

    Framed

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    Hail the Con

    A Man's Land

    A Man's Land

    The Forty-Niners

    The Forty-Ni

    The Ridin' Fool

    The Ridin' F

    Two Gun Justice

    Two Gun Just

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle

    Western Gold

    Western Gold

    Below the Deadline

    Below the De

    The Stranger from Texas

    The Stranger

    Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be W

    Shadows Over Chinatown

    Shadows Over

    The Jade Mask

    The Jade Mas

    The Hurricane Express

    The Hurrican

    Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trai

    The Falcon's Alibi

    The Falcon's

    Springtime in the Rockies

    Springtime i

    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

    Thunderhead:

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    Squadron of

    Fighting With Kit Carson

    Fighting Wit

    Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Tru

    The Mighty McGurk

    The Mighty M

    They Won't Forget

    They Won't F

    A Night at the Opera

    A Night at t

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    Pardon My St

    Crime School

    Crime School

    The Murder Man

    The Murder M

    Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

    Alias Mary Dow

    Alias Mary D

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    The Lawless

    She Wouldn't Say Yes

    She Wouldn't

    In Old Amarillo

    In Old Amari

    Fast Bullets

    Fast Bullets

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    The Kid's La

    The Cowboy Counsellor

    The Cowboy C

    The Lone Avenger

    The Lone Ave

    Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    Valley of Wanted Men

    Valley of Wa

    The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

    The Adventur

    Gallant Defender

    Gallant Defe

    Ace Drummond

    Ace Drummond

    Public Enemy's Wife

    Public Enemy

    Melody Trail

    Melody Trail

    Black Gold

    Black Gold

    The New Frontier

    The New Fron

    Jungle Jim

    Jungle Jim

    North of Arizona

    North of Ari

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    Alias Mr. Tw

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    Sons of Libe

    Honor of the Range

    Honor of the

    Hell's Outpost

    Hell's Outpo

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    Son of the B

    Slightly Married

    Slightly Mar

    The Gay Deception

    The Gay Dece

    We're Not Married!

    We're Not Ma

    The Wyoming Whirlwind

    The Wyoming

    Drum Taps

    Drum Taps

    Mystery Mountain

    Mystery Moun

    Down to Earth

    Down to Eart

    Partners of the Plains

    Partners of

    Wild West Days

    Wild West Da

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    Rawhide Rang

    Gunsmoke Trail

    Gunsmoke Tra

    They Met in a Taxi

    They Met in

    The Spirit of the West

    The Spirit o

    Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases

    The Curtain Falls

    The Curtain

    The Phantom Creeps

    The Phantom

    Cross My Heart

    Cross My Hea

    Transient Lady

    Transient La

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    The Greater

    Trail Dust

    Trail Dust

    Buck Rogers

    Buck Rogers

    Devil's Island

    Devil's Isla

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    The Man Who

    Borderland

    Borderland

    The Oklahoma Kid

    The Oklahoma

    Thunder Afloat

    Thunder Aflo

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Go

    The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring

    Confidential

    Confidential

    Call of the Prairie

    Call of the

    Adventure in Sahara

    Adventure in

    Quick on the Trigger

    Quick on the

    It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonde

    Deadline at Dawn

    Deadline at

    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    The Beautifu

    Dick Tracy's Dilemma

    Dick Tracy's

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventur

    Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Ste

    T-Men

    T-Men

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    The Green Ho

    The Lady Eve

    The Lady Eve

    The Awful Truth

    The Awful Tr

    Oh! Susanna

    Oh! Susanna

    The Cheyenne Kid

    The Cheyenne

    The Devil Horse

    The Devil Ho

    Saboteur

    Saboteur

    Unfaithfully Yours

    Unfaithfully

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    Oklahoma Fro

    Romance of the Redwoods

    Romance of t

    The Lady from Cheyenne

    The Lady fro

    When the Daltons Rode

    When the Dal

    Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Tra

    Dark Command

    Dark Command

    My Little Chickadee

    My Little Ch

    Winners of the West

    Winners of t

    Dodge City Trail

    Dodge City T

    Two Gun Law

    Two Gun Law

    The Man from Sundown

    The Man from

    The Little Foxes

    The Little F

    Flowing Gold

    Flowing Gold

    Jezebel

    Jezebel

    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    The Courageo

    California Passage

    California P

    Robin Hood Of Texas

    Robin Hood O

    Tim Tyler's Luck

    Tim Tyler's

    Diamond Jim

    Diamond Jim

    Honolulu Lu

    Honolulu Lu

    Sucker Money

    Sucker Money

    Utah Wagon Train

    Utah Wagon T

    Blazing Six Shooters

    Blazing Six

    I Married a Witch

    I Married a

    The Last Musketeer

    The Last Mus

    Bad Men of the Hills

    Bad Men of t

    Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's T

    Pioneers of the Frontier

    Pioneers of

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    Fighting Bil

    Law of the Range

    Law of the R

    The Lone Rider Rides On

    The Lone Rid

    Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

    Tenting Toni

    Silver River

    Silver River

    Badlands of Dakota

    Badlands of

    Lady from Louisiana

    Lady from Lo

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hi

    Silent Valley

    Silent Valle

    Idaho

    Idaho

    Honky Tonk

    Honky Tonk

    Million Dollar Legs

    Million Doll

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    All That I H

    Colorado Trail

    Colorado Tra

    Outlaw Rule

    Outlaw Rule

    These Three

    These Three

    Crash Donovan

    Crash Donova

    Singin' in the Corn

    Singin' in t

    Road to Utopia

    Road to Utop

    Hunt the Man Down

    Hunt the Man

    The Three Mesquiteers

    The Three Me

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    Born in Free

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows

    You Only Live Once

    You Only Liv

    A Man's World

    A Man's Worl

    Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoin

    In This Our Life

    In This Our

    Alibi Racket

    Alibi Racket

    They Were Expendable

    They Were Ex

    South of Santa Fe

    South of San

    Little Miss Roughneck

    Little Miss

    God's Country and the Man

    God's Countr

    Blue Montana Skies

    Blue Montana

    Iron Mountain Trail

    Iron Mountai

    When a Man Rides Alone

    When a Man R

    The Fabulous Joe

    The Fabulous

    Police Court

    Police Court

    The Missing Juror

    The Missing

    The Thirteenth Guest

    The Thirteen

    Galloping Thru

    Galloping Th

    Broadway to Cheyenne

    Broadway to

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    Black Beauty

    Fighting Texans

    Fighting Tex

    The Doolins of Oklahoma

    The Doolins

    California

    California

    Lady in a Jam

    Lady in a Ja

    Nora Prentiss

    Nora Prentis

    The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Beh

    Circumstantial Evidence

    Circumstanti

    Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on

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    No title found

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    1954

    Hell's Outpost

    asBanker (uncredited)

    1954

    Jubilee Trail

    asMr. Turner (uncredited)

    1954

    Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

    asHotel Desk Clerk

    1953

    Iron Mountain Trail

    asMarshal

    1952

    Barbed Wire

    asHomesteader McGraw

    1952

    We're Not Married!

    asDetective Magnus (uncredited)

    1952

    The Last Musketeer

    asLem Shaver

    1951

    Utah Wagon Train

    asSam Sickle

    1951

    All That I Have

    asJohn Biddle

    1951

    Strangers on a Train

    asTennis Judge (uncredited)

    1951

    In Old Amarillo

    asSheriff (uncredited)

    1951

    Oh! Susanna

    asJake Ledbetter

    1950

    Hunt the Man Down

    asUlysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)

    1950

    California Passage

    asConover

    1949

    Squadron of Doom

    asWyckoff

    1949

    The Devil's Henchman

    asElmer Hood

    1949

    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    asSheriff

    1949

    The Doolins of Oklahoma

    asDeputy Sheriff (uncredited)

    1948

    Unfaithfully Yours

    asHouse Detective

    1948

    Quick on the Trigger

    asJudge Kormac

    1948

    Silver River

    asSam Slade

    1947

    T-Men

    asAgent in Phone Booth (uncredited)

    1947

    Messenger of Peace

    asHarry Franzmeirer

    1947

    Black Gold

    asDr. Jonas - Veterinarian

    1947

    The Fabulous Joe

    asFlorida Club Bartender

    1947

    Down to Earth

    asPolice Captain (uncredited)

    1947

    Robin Hood Of Texas

    asSheriff

    1947

    Framed

    as(uncredited)

    1947

    Dick Tracy's Dilemma

    asMr. Cudd (uncredited)

    1947

    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

    asWild Bill Hickock

    1947

    Nora Prentiss

    asNew York City Policeman (uncredited)

    1947

    California

    asTown Marshal (uncredited)

    1947

    The Mighty McGurk

    asToothless Derelict (uncredited)

    1946

    Singin' in the Corn

    asHonest John Richards

    1946

    Alias Mr. Twilight

    asSam Bartlett

    1946

    It's a Wonderful Life

    asSheriff (uncredited)

    1946

    Cross My Heart

    asDetective Flynn

    1946

    Below the Deadline

    asTurner

    1946

    Shadows Over Chinatown

    asCaptain Allen

    1946

    The Falcon's Alibi

    asPolice Inspector Blake

    1946

    Deadline at Dawn

    asDetective Smiley (uncredited)

    1946

    Road to Utopia

    asShip Captain (uncredited)

    1945

    They Were Expendable

    asLieutenant Colonel (uncredited)

    1945

    She Wouldn't Say Yes

    asConductor (uncredited)

    1945

    Saratoga Trunk

    asSoule Gang Engineer (uncredited)

    1945

    Salty O'Rourke

    asBartender (uncredited)

    1945

    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

    asDr. Hicks

    1945

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    asCheap Charlie (uncredited)

    1945

    The Jade Mask

    asSheriff Mack

    1944

    The Missing Juror

    asDeputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)

    1944

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    asMr. Johnson

    1944

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    asPolitical Boss

    1943

    Nobody's Darling

    asBum (uncredited)

    1943

    Idaho

    asJailer

    1943

    Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

    asMatt Warner

    1942

    I Married a Witch

    asSecond Prison Guard (uncredited)

    1942

    A Man's World

    asCaptain Peterson

    1942

    The Palm Beach Story

    asConductor

    1942

    The Talk of the Town

    asDesk Sergeant (uncredited)

    1942

    Bad Men of the Hills

    asMace Arnold

    1942

    Lady in a Jam

    asFurniture Mover (uncredited)

    1942

    Meet the Stewarts

    asPolice Turnkey (uncredited)

    1942

    In This Our Life

    asWorker (uncredited)

    1942

    Saboteur

    asMarine MP Sergeant (uncredited)

    1942

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    asTrustee

    1942

    The Man Who Returned to Life

    asHobo

    1942

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    asMan

    1942

    Pardon My Stripes

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1941

    Honolulu Lu

    asShooting Gallery Proprietor

    1941

    Fighting Bill Fargo

    asTom Houston

    1941

    Sullivan's Travels

    asThe Mister

    1941

    Honky Tonk

    asTownsman at Meeting House

    1941

    Badlands of Dakota

    asPlainview Lawman

    1941

    The Little Foxes

    asDawson (uncredited)

    1941

    Rawhide Rangers

    asRawlings

    1941

    Law of the Range

    asJamison

    1941

    Lady from Louisiana

    asCaptain of Police

    1941

    The Lady from Cheyenne

    asMr. Matthews

    1941

    The Lady Eve

    asFirst Steward (uncredited)

    1941

    The Kid's Last Ride

    asBob Harmon / Jim Breeden

    1941

    The Face Behind the Mask

    asFlop House Manager (uncredited)

    1941

    The Lone Rider Rides On

    asBob Cameron

    1940

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    asShip's Captain

    1940

    Santa Fe Trail

    asPalmyra Townsman (uncredited)

    1940

    Christmas in July

    asMr. Hillbeiner

    1940

    Flowing Gold

    asHighway Patrolman (uncredited)

    1940

    When the Daltons Rode

    as

    1940

    Winners of the West

    asCaptain

    1940

    Dark Command

    asSlave Trader

    1940

    Blazing Six Shooters

    asBert Karsin

    1940

    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    asSheriff

    1940

    Pioneers of the Frontier

    asMarshal Larsen

    1940

    My Little Chickadee

    asBarfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)

    1939

    The Stranger from Texas

    asJeff Browning

    1939

    The Roaring Twenties

    asShip Captain (uncredited)

    1939

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    asSenator Dwight (uncredited)

    1939

    Oklahoma Frontier

    asKentuck

    1939

    Thunder Afloat

    asFisherman (uncredited)

    1939

    The Man from Sundown

    asSlick Larson

    1939

    Sons of Liberty

    asPrisoner (uncredited)

    1939

    Blue Montana Skies

    asMarshal

    1939

    Buck Rogers

    asDynamo Room Floor Guard

    1939

    Romance of the Redwoods

    asBoss Whittaker

    1939

    The Oklahoma Kid

    asWould-Be Settler (uncredited)

    1939

    The Phantom Creeps

    asWhite Rose Sailor

    1939

    Devil's Island

    asCaptain of the Guards

    1938

    Adventure in Sahara

    asCpl. Dronov

    1938

    Colorado Trail

    asMark Sheldon

    1938

    Marie Antoinette

    asOfficial in Passport Office (uncredited)

    1938

    Highway Patrol

    asJarvis

    1938

    Gunsmoke Trail

    asSheriff chasing Loma

    1938

    Crime School

    asMr. Burke

    1938

    Two Gun Justice

    asSheriff (as Al Bridges)

    1938

    Jezebel

    asNew Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)

    1938

    Born to Be Wild

    asKennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)

    1938

    Little Miss Roughneck

    asSheriff

    1938

    Partners of the Plains

    asScar Lewis

    1937

    Tim Tyler's Luck

    asCapt. Trowbridge

    1937

    Springtime in the Rockies

    asBriggs

    1937

    The Awful Truth

    asMotor Cop (uncredited)

    1937

    Dead End

    asPoliceman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)

    1937

    Western Gold

    asHolman (as Alan Bridge)

    1937

    They Won't Forget

    asMob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)

    1937

    Wild West Days

    asSteve Claggett, Henchman

    1937

    Woman Chases Man

    asProcess Server (uncredited)

    1937

    Two Gun Law

    asKipp Faulkner

    1937

    Borderland

    asDandy Morgan

    1937

    You Only Live Once

    asGuard (uncredited)

    1937

    Jungle Jim

    asSlade

    1936

    Dodge City Trail

    asDawson

    1936

    Trail Dust

    asBabson

    1936

    Ace Drummond

    asPaul Wyckoff

    1936

    The Three Mesquiteers

    asAlden Canfield

    1936

    They Met in a Taxi

    asDetective

    1936

    Crash Donovan

    asDesk Sergeant (uncredited)

    1936

    Public Enemy's Wife

    asSwartzman

    1936

    These Three

    asMrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)

    1936

    Call of the Prairie

    asSam Porter

    1936

    The Lawless Nineties

    asSteele

    1936

    The Bridge of Sighs

    asBallistics Expert (uncredited)

    1936

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    asHenchman Black

    1936

    Fast Bullets

    asTravis

    1935

    Gallant Defender

    asSalty Smith

    1935

    A Night at the Opera

    asImmigration Inspector (uncredited)

    1935

    Rendezvous

    asSergeant (uncredited)

    1935

    The New Frontier

    asKit

    1935

    Melody Trail

    asMatt Kirby

    1935

    Valley of Wanted Men

    asRanger Sergeant Parsons

    1935

    Confidential

    asHanover - Walsh's Henchman

    1935

    Alibi Racket

    asChief Inspector August Wilmer

    1935

    The Gay Deception

    asJail Attendant (uncredited)

    1935

    Diamond Jim

    asPoker Player on Train

    1935

    The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

    asMitchell

    1935

    The Murder Man

    asJudge John C. Garfield (uncredited)

    1935

    Silent Valley

    asJim Farley

    1935

    Alias Mary Dow

    asDitch-Digger (uncredited)

    1935

    Circumstantial Evidence

    asJohn Cassidy (uncredited)

    1935

    Transient Lady

    asSheriff Angel Verner

    1935

    North of Arizona

    asGeorge Tully

    1935

    Outlaw Rule

    asDeputy Bat Lindstrom

    1934

    Mystery Mountain

    asTom Henderson

    1934

    The Curtain Falls

    asMover

    1934

    Honor of the Range

    asTownsman (uncredited)

    1933

    Fighting With Kit Carson

    asReynolds

    1933

    Fighting Texans

    asGur Durkin

    1933

    The Lone Avenger

    asBurl Adams

    1933

    Son of the Border

    asTupper

    1933

    Black Beauty

    asHack Driver

    1933

    Sucker Money

    asGeorge Hunter

    1933

    Drum Taps

    asLariat Smith

    1933

    The Cheyenne Kid

    asDenver Ed

    1933

    When a Man Rides Alone

    asMontana Slade

    1932

    The Wyoming Whirlwind

    asSteve Cantrell

    1932

    The Devil Horse

    asHenchman Curley Bates

    1932

    The Forty-Niners

    asSquaw O'Hara

    1932

    Slightly Married

    asTenant

    1932

    The Cowboy Counsellor

    asSheriff Matt Farraday

    1932

    Blonde Venus

    asBouncer (uncredited)

    1932

    Broadway to Cheyenne

    asAl

    1932

    The Thirteenth Guest

    asPoliceman (Uncredited)

    1932

    The Hurricane Express

    asThe Station Agent

    1932

    Million Dollar Legs

    asSecret Emissary #3 (uncredited)

    1932

    A Man's Land

    asSteve - Rustler

    1932

    The Spirit of the West

    asTom Fallon

    1932

    Police Court

    as

    1932

    South of Santa Fe

    asHenchman Wooly

    1931

    Galloping Thru

    asSandy Thompson

    1931

    The Ridin' Fool

    asNikkos (as Al Bridges)

    1931

    The Greater Love

    asDeputy Bill Gaines

    1931

    God's Country and the Man

    asLivermore

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asPop Wade

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSheriff (uncredited)

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSheriff

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asWalt Stone