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