9.0
9.0
Son of the Border
1933
as Tupper
Al Bridge
Acting
Born:February 25, 1891
Died:December 27, 1957(aged 66)
Birthplace:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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 (158 movies)
7.5
7.5
The Little Foxes
1941
as Dawson (uncredited)
7.4
7.4
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as The Mister
7.3
7.3
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
7.2
7.2
The Awful Truth
1937
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
7.2
7.2
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
as House Detective
7.1
7.1
These Three
1936
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Political Boss
7.0
7.0
Born to Be Wild
1938
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Flowing Gold
1940
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
6.9
6.9
Christmas in July
1940
as Mr. Hillbeiner
6.8
6.8
I Married a Witch
1942
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Blonde Venus
1932
as Bouncer (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
In This Our Life
1942
as Worker (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
as Mr. Johnson
6.7
6.7
We're Not Dressing
1934
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
as Dr. Hicks
6.7
6.7
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
as Mitchell
6.6
6.6
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
6.5
6.5
Ace Drummond
1936
as Paul Wyckoff
6.5
6.5
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Framed
1947
as (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Dark Command
1940
as Slave Trader
6.3
6.3
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Wild Bill Hickock
6.3
6.3
Crime School
1938
as Mr. Burke
6.2
6.2
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Prisoner (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Alias Mary Dow
1935
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
A Woman of Distinction
1950
as Editor
6.1
6.1
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
The Jade Mask
1945
as Sheriff Mack
6.1
6.1
Nora Prentiss
1947
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
The Bridge of Sighs
1936
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Black Gold
1947
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
6.0
6.0
In Old Amarillo
1951
as Sheriff (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Buck Rogers
1939
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
6.0
6.0
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Galloping Thru
1931
as Sandy Thompson
6.0
6.0
A Man's Land
1932
as Steve - Rustler
6.0
6.0
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
as Boss Whittaker
6.0
6.0
Pardon My Stripes
1942
as Guard (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941
as Tom Houston
6.0
6.0
Iron Mountain Trail
1953
as Marshal
6.0
6.0
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Reynolds
6.0
6.0
Alibi Racket
1935
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
6.0
6.0
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Hobo
6.0
6.0
The Missing Juror
1944
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)
6.0
6.0
A Man's World
1942
as Captain Peterson
6.0
6.0
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
as Elmer Hood
6.0
6.0
Two Gun Justice
1938
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
6.0
6.0
Quick on the Trigger
1948
as Judge Kormac
5.9
5.9
Silver River
1948
as Sam Slade
5.9
5.9
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Down to Earth
1947
as Police Captain (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Plainview Lawman
5.9
5.9
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Conductor (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
as Captain Allen
5.8
5.8
Confidential
1935
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
5.8
5.8
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Swartzman
5.8
5.8
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as Sheriff
5.7
5.7
The Cowboy Counsellor
1932
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
5.7
5.7
Idaho
1943
as Jailer
5.7
5.7
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
We're Not Married!
1952
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Woman Chases Man
1937
as Process Server (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Transient Lady
1935
as Sheriff Angel Verner
5.5
5.5
Adventure in Sahara
1938
as Cpl. Dronov
5.5
5.5
Slightly Married
1932
as Tenant
5.5
5.5
They Met in a Taxi
1936
as Detective
5.4
5.4
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
5.4
5.4
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940
as Sheriff
5.3
5.3
Lady from Louisiana
1941
as Captain of Police
5.3
5.3
Salty O'Rourke
1945
as Bartender (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
Alias Mr. Twilight
1946
as Sam Bartlett
5.2
5.2
The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Station Agent
5.2
5.2
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as Steele
5.2
5.2
The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Florida Club Bartender
5.0
5.0
The Three Mesquiteers
1936
as Alden Canfield
5.0
5.0
Gunsmoke Trail
1938
as Sheriff chasing Loma
5.0
5.0
The Curtain Falls
1934
as Mover
5.0
5.0
Barbed Wire
1952
as Homesteader McGraw
5.0
5.0
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Rawlings
5.0
5.0
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Jake Ledbetter
5.0
5.0
Law of the Range
1941
as Jamison
5.0
5.0
Police Court
1932
5.0
5.0
Honor of the Range
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Borderland
1937
as Dandy Morgan
5.0
5.0
All That I Have
1951
as John Biddle
5.0
5.0
Utah Wagon Train
1951
as Sam Sickle
5.0
5.0
Hell's Outpost
1954
as Banker (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
as Police Inspector Blake
4.8
4.8
Jungle Jim
1937
as Slade
4.7
4.7
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Sam Porter
4.7
4.7
Sucker Money
1933
as George Hunter
4.7
4.7
Melody Trail
1935
as Matt Kirby
4.7
4.7
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
as Briggs
4.6
4.6
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Mr. Matthews
4.6
4.6
The New Frontier
1935
as Kit
4.5
4.5
Valley of Wanted Men
1935
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
4.5
4.5
Drum Taps
1933
as Lariat Smith
4.5
4.5
Fast Bullets
1936
as Travis
4.3
4.3
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932
as Al
4.3
4.3
Below the Deadline
1946
as Turner
4.3
4.3
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
4.2
4.2
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
4.2
4.2
North of Arizona
1935
as George Tully
4.2
4.2
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as White Rose Sailor
4.0
4.0
The Devil Horse
1932
as Henchman Curley Bates
4.0
4.0
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Henchman Black
4.0
4.0
California Passage
1950
as Conover
4.0
4.0
Trail Dust
1936
as Babson
3.7
3.7
The Kid's Last Ride
1941
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
3.6
3.6
Twin Husbands
1933
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
3.0
3.0
Partners of the Plains
1938
as Scar Lewis
3.0
3.0
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932
as Steve Cantrell
3.0
3.0
South of Santa Fe
1932
as Henchman Wooly
3.0
3.0
When a Man Rides Alone
1933
as Montana Slade
3.0
3.0
Dodge City Trail
1936
as Dawson
2.0
2.0
Blue Montana Skies
1939
as Marshal
Crash Donovan
1936
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Silent Valley
1935
as Jim Farley
Squadron of Doom
1949
as Wyckoff
Singin' in the Corn
1946
as Honest John Richards
Black Beauty
1933
as Hack Driver
Colorado Trail
1938
as Mark Sheldon
Outlaw Rule
1935
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Highway Patrol
1938
as Jarvis
The Lone Avenger
1933
as Burl Adams
The Cheyenne Kid
1933
as Denver Ed
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954
as Hotel Desk Clerk
God's Country and the Man
1931
Screenplay
Fighting Texans
1933
as Gur Durkin
The Stranger from Texas
1939
as Jeff Browning
The Ridin' Fool
1931
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941
as Bob Cameron
The Last Musketeer
1952
as Lem Shaver
Western Gold
1937
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Gallant Defender
1935
as Salty Smith
Messenger of Peace
1947
as Harry Franzmeirer
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
as Matt Warner
Cross My Heart
1946
as Detective Flynn
The Forty-Niners
1932
as Squaw O'Hara
Wild West Days
1937
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
Bad Men of the Hills
1942
as Mace Arnold
The Spirit of the West
1932
as Tom Fallon
A Rider of the Plains
1931
as Deputy Bill Gaines
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
as Capt. Trowbridge
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940
as Marshal Larsen
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947
as Sheriff
The Man from Sundown
1939
as Slick Larson
Two Gun Law
1937
as Kipp Faulkner
Nobody's Darling
1943
as Bum (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Kentuck
Mystery Mountain
1934
as Tom Henderson
Little Miss Roughneck
1938
as Sheriff
Blazing Six Shooters
1940
as Bert Karsin
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