Al Bridge

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

197

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-25

Day of death

1957-12-27 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 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.

Known For

  • The Gene Autry Show

    The Gene Autry Show

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

  • It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley

  • We're Not Dressing

    We're Not Dressing

  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

  • Springtime in the Rockies

    Springtime in the Rockies

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Stewarts

  • Sullivan's Travels

    Sullivan's Travels

  • The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties

  • Alias Mr. Twilight

    Alias Mr. Twilight

  • Fast Bullets

    Fast Bullets

  • The Cheyenne Kid

    The Cheyenne Kid

  • Fighting With Kit Carson

    Fighting With Kit Carson

  • Trail Dust

    Trail Dust

  • A Night at the Opera

    A Night at the Opera

  • Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

  • Fighting Bill Fargo

    Fighting Bill Fargo

  • Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

  • Adventure in Sahara

    Adventure in Sahara

  • Framed

    Framed

  • Sucker Money

    Sucker Money

  • The Kid's Last Ride

    The Kid's Last Ride

  • Two Gun Law

    Two Gun Law

  • The Fabulous Joe

    The Fabulous Joe

  • Blonde Venus

    Blonde Venus

  • A Woman of Distinction

    A Woman of Distinction

  • When the Daltons Rode

    When the Daltons Rode

  • Shadows Over Chinatown

    Shadows Over Chinatown

  • Christmas in July

    Christmas in July

  • Dead End

    Dead End

  • Son of the Border

    Son of the Border

  • The Doolins of Oklahoma

    The Doolins of Oklahoma

  • Lady from Louisiana

    Lady from Louisiana

  • Woman Chases Man

    Woman Chases Man

  • California

    California

  • Fighting Texans

    Fighting Texans

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • Broadway to Cheyenne

    Broadway to Cheyenne

  • The Lady from Cheyenne

    The Lady from Cheyenne

  • Deadline at Dawn

    Deadline at Dawn

  • Mystery Mountain

    Mystery Mountain

  • Honor of the Range

    Honor of the Range

  • The Murder Man

    The Murder Man

  • Diamond Jim

    Diamond Jim

  • The Stranger from Texas

    The Stranger from Texas

  • Winners of the West

    Winners of the West

  • Police Court

    Police Court

  • Hail the Conquering Hero

    Hail the Conquering Hero

  • The Lone Avenger

    The Lone Avenger

  • In Old Amarillo

    In Old Amarillo

  • Silver River

    Silver River

  • Romance of the Redwoods

    Romance of the Redwoods

  • The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

  • North of Arizona

    North of Arizona

  • Pioneers of the Frontier

    Pioneers of the Frontier

  • The Thirteenth Guest

    The Thirteenth Guest

  • The Lone Rider Rides On

    The Lone Rider Rides On

  • The New Frontier

    The New Frontier

  • California Passage

    California Passage

  • Badlands of Dakota

    Badlands of Dakota

  • Two Gun Justice

    Two Gun Justice

  • Lady in a Jam

    Lady in a Jam

  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

  • I Married a Witch

    I Married a Witch

  • The Man from Sundown

    The Man from Sundown

  • Wild West Days

    Wild West Days

  • The Jade Mask

    The Jade Mask

  • Messenger of Peace

    Messenger of Peace

  • Idaho

    Idaho

  • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

  • We're Not Married!

    We're Not Married!

  • South of Santa Fe

    South of Santa Fe

  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

  • Dodge City Trail

    Dodge City Trail

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  • Blue Montana Skies

    Blue Montana Skies

  • Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train

  • The Lady Eve

    The Lady Eve

  • The Oklahoma Kid

    The Oklahoma Kid

  • Rawhide Rangers

    Rawhide Rangers

  • Squadron of Doom

    Squadron of Doom

  • Road to Utopia

    Road to Utopia

  • Nobody's Darling

    Nobody's Darling

  • The Last Musketeer

    The Last Musketeer

  • My Little Chickadee

    My Little Chickadee

  • Alibi Racket

    Alibi Racket

  • The Hurricane Express

    The Hurricane Express

  • A Man's World

    A Man's World

  • God's Country and the Man

    God's Country and the Man

  • Below the Deadline

    Below the Deadline

  • Utah Wagon Train

    Utah Wagon Train

  • The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

  • Tim Tyler's Luck

    Tim Tyler's Luck

  • Confidential

    Confidential

  • The Missing Juror

    The Missing Juror

  • The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

    The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

  • The Spirit of the West

    The Spirit of the West

  • Oklahoma Frontier

    Oklahoma Frontier

  • They Met in a Taxi

    They Met in a Taxi

  • Highway Patrol

    Highway Patrol

  • Gallant Defender

    Gallant Defender

  • Nora Prentiss

    Nora Prentiss

  • Flowing Gold

    Flowing Gold

  • The Palm Beach Story

    The Palm Beach Story

  • T-Men

    T-Men

  • The Devil Horse

    The Devil Horse

  • Crime School

    Crime School

  • The Bridge of Sighs

    The Bridge of Sighs

  • Jungle Jim

    Jungle Jim

  • Borderland

    Borderland

  • Twin Husbands

    Twin Husbands

  • Blazing Six Shooters

    Blazing Six Shooters

  • Drum Taps

    Drum Taps

  • Unfaithfully Yours

    Unfaithfully Yours

  • Western Gold

    Western Gold

  • Robin Hood Of Texas

    Robin Hood Of Texas

  • Call of the Prairie

    Call of the Prairie

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

  • The Curtain Falls

    The Curtain Falls

  • Law of the Range

    Law of the Range

  • A Rider of the Plains

    A Rider of the Plains

  • Melody Trail

    Melody Trail

  • Marie Antoinette

    Marie Antoinette

  • The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Behind the Mask

  • Partners of the Plains

    Partners of the Plains

  • The Lawless Nineties

    The Lawless Nineties

  • Pardon My Stripes

    Pardon My Stripes

  • Hunt the Man Down

    Hunt the Man Down

  • These Three

    These Three

  • Crash Donovan

    Crash Donovan

  • Alias Mary Dow

    Alias Mary Dow

  • Outlaw Rule

    Outlaw Rule

  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

    The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

  • You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once

  • The Little Foxes

    The Little Foxes

  • Circumstantial Evidence

    Circumstantial Evidence

  • Quick on the Trigger

    Quick on the Trigger

  • Buck Rogers

    Buck Rogers

  • Black Gold

    Black Gold

  • The Phantom Creeps

    The Phantom Creeps

  • The Forty-Niners

    The Forty-Niners

  • Public Enemy's Wife

    Public Enemy's Wife

  • Jezebel

    Jezebel

  • Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

  • The Three Mesquiteers

    The Three Mesquiteers

  • Salty O'Rourke

    Salty O'Rourke

  • They Were Expendable

    They Were Expendable

  • The Falcon's Alibi

    The Falcon's Alibi

  • Thunder Afloat

    Thunder Afloat

  • Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Trunk

  • Down to Earth

    Down to Earth

  • Transient Lady

    Transient Lady

  • Saboteur

    Saboteur

  • Galloping Thru

    Galloping Thru

  • Hell's Outpost

    Hell's Outpost

  • She Wouldn't Say Yes

    She Wouldn't Say Yes

  • All That I Have

    All That I Have

  • The Mighty McGurk

    The Mighty McGurk

  • They Won't Forget

    They Won't Forget

  • The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

  • Dick Tracy's Dilemma

    Dick Tracy's Dilemma

  • The Gay Deception

    The Gay Deception

  • In This Our Life

    In This Our Life

  • Devil's Island

    Devil's Island

  • Oh! Susanna

    Oh! Susanna

  • Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

    Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

  • The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

    The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

  • Million Dollar Legs

    Million Dollar Legs

  • The Devil's Henchmen

    The Devil's Henchmen

  • Ace Drummond

    Ace Drummond

  • Dark Command

    Dark Command

  • The Courageous Dr. Christian

    The Courageous Dr. Christian

  • Iron Mountain Trail

    Iron Mountain Trail

  • Gunsmoke Trail

    Gunsmoke Trail

  • Little Miss Roughneck

    Little Miss Roughneck

  • Cross My Heart

    Cross My Heart

  • Slightly Married

    Slightly Married

  • The Wyoming Whirlwind

    The Wyoming Whirlwind

  • Honky Tonk

    Honky Tonk

  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

  • When a Man Rides Alone

    When a Man Rides Alone

  • Honolulu Lu

    Honolulu Lu

  • A Man's Land

    A Man's Land

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Valley of Wanted Men

    Valley of Wanted Men

  • The Ridin' Fool

    The Ridin' Fool

  • Bad Men of the Hills

    Bad Men of the Hills

  • Singin' in the Corn

    Singin' in the Corn

  • The Man Who Returned to Life

    The Man Who Returned to Life

  • The Cowboy Counsellor

    The Cowboy Counsellor

  • Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

    Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

  • Silent Valley

    Silent Valley

  • Colorado Trail

    Colorado Trail