Al Bridge

Al Bridge

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…

Filmography

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Hell's Outpost ★ 5.5 Hell's Outpost 1954 Jubilee Trail ★ 5.2 Jubilee Trail 1954 Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake ★ 7.0 Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake 1954 Annie Oakley ★ 5.6 Annie Oakley 1954 Iron Mountain Trail ★ 6.5 Iron Mountain Trail 1953 Barbed Wire ★ 6.5 Barbed Wire 1952 We're Not Married! ★ 5.9 We're Not Married! 1952 The Last Musketeer ★ 8.0 The Last Musketeer 1952 Utah Wagon Train ★ 6.7 Utah Wagon Train 1951 All That I Have ★ 6.0 All That I Have 1951 Strangers on a Train ★ 7.7 Strangers on a Train 1951 In Old Amarillo ★ 8.0 In Old Amarillo 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ★ 5.3 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1951 Oh! Susanna ★ 7.0 Oh! Susanna 1951 Hunt the Man Down ★ 6.3 Hunt the Man Down 1950 California Passage ★ 6.5 California Passage 1950 The Gene Autry Show ★ 4.7 The Gene Autry Show 1950 A Woman of Distinction ★ 7.0 A Woman of Distinction 1950 Squadron of Doom ★ 10.0 Squadron of Doom 1949 The Devil's Henchmen ★ 7.5 The Devil's Henchmen 1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend ★ 5.9 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend 1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma ★ 6.8 The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949 Quick on the Trigger ★ 6.5 Quick on the Trigger 1948 Unfaithfully Yours ★ 7.2 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Silver River ★ 6.1 Silver River 1948 T-Men ★ 6.8 T-Men 1947 Messenger of Peace ★ 8.0 Messenger of Peace 1947 Black Gold ★ 7.0 Black Gold 1947 The Fabulous Joe ★ 5.5 The Fabulous Joe 1947 Down to Earth ★ 6.0 Down to Earth 1947 Robin Hood Of Texas ★ 7.0 Robin Hood Of Texas 1947 Framed ★ 6.5 Framed 1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma ★ 5.5 Dick Tracy's Dilemma 1947 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock ★ 6.4 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947 Nora Prentiss ★ 6.2 Nora Prentiss 1947 California ★ 6.8 California 1947 The Mighty McGurk ★ 6.7 The Mighty McGurk 1947 Singin' in the Corn ★ 7.0 Singin' in the Corn 1946 Alias Mr. Twilight ★ 6.1 Alias Mr. Twilight 1946 It's a Wonderful Life ★ 8.3 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Cross My Heart ★ 9.0 Cross My Heart 1946 Below the Deadline ★ 4.9 Below the Deadline 1946 Shadows Over Chinatown ★ 6.2 Shadows Over Chinatown 1946 The Falcon's Alibi ★ 5.3 The Falcon's Alibi 1946 Deadline at Dawn ★ 6.2 Deadline at Dawn 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's ★ 8.5 Miss Susie Slagle's 1946 Road to Utopia ★ 6.7 Road to Utopia 1946 They Were Expendable ★ 6.5 They Were Expendable 1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes ★ 6.4 She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945 Saratoga Trunk ★ 6.1 Saratoga Trunk 1945 Salty O'Rourke ★ 6.0 Salty O'Rourke 1945 Thunderhead: Son of Flicka ★ 6.6 Thunderhead: Son of Flicka 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ★ 7.5 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 The Jade Mask ★ 6.1 The Jade Mask 1945 The Missing Juror ★ 6.3 The Missing Juror 1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ★ 6.9 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 Hail the Conquering Hero ★ 7.1 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Nobody's Darling ★ 8.0 Nobody's Darling 1943 Idaho ★ 6.3 Idaho 1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground ★ 9.0 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground 1943 I Married a Witch ★ 6.9 I Married a Witch 1942 A Man's World ★ 7.0 A Man's World 1942 The Palm Beach Story ★ 7.0 The Palm Beach Story 1942 The Talk of the Town ★ 7.3 The Talk of the Town 1942 Bad Men of the Hills ★ 8.0 Bad Men of the Hills 1942 Lady in a Jam ★ 5.6 Lady in a Jam 1942 Meet the Stewarts ★ 5.5 Meet the Stewarts 1942 In This Our Life ★ 6.9 In This Our Life 1942 Saboteur ★ 6.9 Saboteur 1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine ★ 6.5 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine 1942 The Man Who Returned to Life ★ 7.3 The Man Who Returned to Life 1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides ★ 5.5 Wild Bill Hickok Rides 1942 Pardon My Stripes ★ 6.5 Pardon My Stripes 1942 Honolulu Lu ★ 5.8 Honolulu Lu 1941 Fighting Bill Fargo ★ 7.0 Fighting Bill Fargo 1941 Sullivan's Travels ★ 7.4 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Honky Tonk ★ 6.4 Honky Tonk 1941 Badlands of Dakota ★ 6.1 Badlands of Dakota 1941 The Little Foxes ★ 7.5 The Little Foxes 1941 Rawhide Rangers ★ 6.7 Rawhide Rangers 1941