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Al Bridge
Known for: ActingAl 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 56
The Awful Truth
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as Motor Cop (uncredited) 
I Married a Witch
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited) 
Nora Prentiss
as New York City Policeman (uncredited) 
Sullivan's Travels
+1
as The Mister 
In This Our Life
+1
as Worker (uncredited) 
We're Not Married!
as Detective Magnus (uncredited) 
The Little Foxes
+3
as Dawson (uncredited) 
Dark Command
+1
as Slave Trader 
The Talk of the Town
+1
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited) 
Unfaithfully Yours
+1
as House Detective 
The Kid's Last Ride
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden 
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
+5
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited) 
These Three
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) 
Christmas in July
as Mr. Hillbeiner 
Down to Earth
as Police Captain (uncredited) 
Blonde Venus
as Bouncer (uncredited) 
The Face Behind the Mask
as Flop House Manager (uncredited) 
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
+1
as Mr. Johnson 
Hail the Conquering Hero
+1
as Political Boss 
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Wild Bill Hickock 
Silver River
as Sam Slade 
Framed
as (uncredited) 
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Sheriff 
Road to Utopia
+1
as Ship Captain (uncredited) 
Born to Be Wild
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) 
Deadline at Dawn
as Detective Smiley (uncredited) 
Buck Rogers
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard 
The Phantom Creeps
as White Rose Sailor 
Idaho
+1
as Jailer 
Quick on the Trigger
as Judge Kormac 
Badlands of Dakota
as Plainview Lawman 
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Dr. Hicks 
The Lone Rider Rides On
as Bob Cameron 
The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Sheriff 
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Sheriff 
Meet the Stewarts
as Police Turnkey (uncredited) 
Romance of the Redwoods
as Boss Whittaker 
Call of the Prairie
as Sam Porter 
A Rider of the Plains
as Deputy Bill Gaines 
A Man's Land
as Steve - Rustler 
The Hurricane Express
as The Station Agent 
Saratoga Trunk
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) 
The Bridge of Sighs
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited) 
Valley of Wanted Men
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons 
Broadway to Cheyenne
+1
as Al 
A Woman of Distinction
as Editor 
Woman Chases Man
+2
as Process Server (uncredited) 
All That I Have
as John Biddle 
California Passage
as Conover 
The Jade Mask
as Sheriff Mack 
God's Country and the Man
as Livermore 
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Captain Allen 
Pioneers of the Frontier
as Marshal Larsen 
Honor of the Range
as Townsman (uncredited) 
Springtime in the Rockies
+1
as Briggs 
The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Steve Cantrell