
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 |