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.
Acting (190 movies)
Salty O'Rourke
1945
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
The Talk of the Town
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
Nobody's Darling
1943
The Palm Beach Story
1942
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
The Bridge of Sighs
1936
Blonde Venus
1932
Dead End
1937
Christmas in July
1940
Framed
1947
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
A Man's Land
1932
The Forty-Niners
1932
The Ridin' Fool
1931
Two Gun Justice
1938
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
Western Gold
1937
Below the Deadline
1946
The Stranger from Texas
1939
Born to Be Wild
1938
The Jade Mask
1945
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
The Hurricane Express
1932
Jubilee Trail
1954
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
Saratoga Trunk
1945
The Mighty McGurk
1947
Pardon My Stripes
1942
They Won't Forget
1937
A Night at the Opera
1935
Crime School
1938
The Murder Man
1935
Rendezvous
1935
Alias Mary Dow
1935
The Lawless Nineties
1936
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
In Old Amarillo
1951
Fast Bullets
1936
The Kid's Last Ride
1941
The Cowboy Counsellor
1932
The Lone Avenger
1933
Barbed Wire
1952
Valley of Wanted Men
1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
Gallant Defender
1935
Ace Drummond
1936
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
Melody Trail
1935
Black Gold
1947
The New Frontier
1935
Jungle Jim
1937
North of Arizona
1935
Alias Mr. Twilight
1946
Sons of Liberty
1939
Honor of the Range
1934
Hell's Outpost
1954
Son of the Border
1933
Slightly Married
1932
The Gay Deception
1935
We're Not Married!
1952
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932
Drum Taps
1933
Mystery Mountain
1934
Down to Earth
1947
Partners of the Plains
1938
Wild West Days
1937
Rawhide Rangers
1941
Gunsmoke Trail
1938
They Met in a Taxi
1936
The Spirit of the West
1932
Woman Chases Man
1937
The Curtain Falls
1934
The Phantom Creeps
1939
Cross My Heart
1946
Transient Lady
1935
A Rider of the Plains
1931
Trail Dust
1936
Buck Rogers
1939
Devil's Island
1939
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
Borderland
1937
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
Thunder Afloat
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Confidential
1935
Call of the Prairie
1936
Adventure in Sahara
1938
Quick on the Trigger
1948
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Deadline at Dawn
1946
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
Meet the Stewarts
1942
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| God's Country and the Man | 1931 | Screenplay |