Al Bridge

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.

Cast

Salty O'Rourke

(Bartender (uncredited))

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

(Wild Bill Hickock)

The Talk of the Town

(Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

(Trustee)

Nobody's Darling

(Bum (uncredited))

The Palm Beach Story

(Conductor)

The Devil's Henchman

(Elmer Hood)

The Bridge of Sighs

(Ballistics Expert (uncredited))

Blonde Venus

(Bouncer (uncredited))

Dead End

(Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited))

Christmas in July

(Mr. Hillbeiner)

Framed

((uncredited))

Hail the Conquering Hero

(Political Boss)

A Man's Land

(Steve - Rustler)

The Forty-Niners

(Squaw O'Hara)

The Ridin' Fool

(Nikkos (as Al Bridges))

Two Gun Justice

(Sheriff (as Al Bridges))

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

(Mr. Johnson)

Western Gold

(Holman (as Alan Bridge))

Below the Deadline

(Turner)

The Stranger from Texas

(Jeff Browning)

Born to Be Wild

(Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited))

Shadows Over Chinatown

(Captain Allen)

Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask

(Sheriff Mack)

The Hurricane Express

(The Station Agent)

Jubilee Trail

(Mr. Turner (uncredited))

The Falcon's Alibi

(Police Inspector Blake)

Springtime in the Rockies

(Briggs)

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

(Dr. Hicks)

Squadron of Doom

(Wyckoff)

Fighting With Kit Carson

(Reynolds)

Saratoga Trunk

(Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited))

The Mighty McGurk

(Toothless Derelict (uncredited))

Pardon My Stripes

(Guard (uncredited))

They Won't Forget

(Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited))

A Night at the Opera

(Immigration Inspector (uncredited))

Crime School

(Mr. Burke)

The Murder Man

(Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited))

Rendezvous

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Alias Mary Dow

(Ditch-Digger (uncredited))

The Lawless Nineties

(Steele)

She Wouldn't Say Yes

(Conductor (uncredited))

In Old Amarillo

(Sheriff (uncredited))

Fast Bullets

(Travis)

The Kid's Last Ride

(Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden)

The Cowboy Counsellor

(Sheriff Matt Farraday)

The Lone Avenger

(Burl Adams)

Barbed Wire

(Homesteader McGraw)

Valley of Wanted Men

(Ranger Sergeant Parsons)

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

(Mitchell)

Gallant Defender

(Salty Smith)

Ace Drummond

(Paul Wyckoff)

Public Enemy's Wife

(Swartzman)

Melody Trail

(Matt Kirby)

Black Gold

(Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian)

The New Frontier

(Kit)

Jungle Jim

(Slade)

North of Arizona

(George Tully)

Alias Mr. Twilight

(Sam Bartlett)

Sons of Liberty

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Honor of the Range

(Townsman (uncredited))

Hell's Outpost

(Banker (uncredited))

Son of the Border

(Tupper)

Slightly Married

(Tenant)

The Gay Deception

(Jail Attendant (uncredited))

We're Not Married!

(Detective Magnus (uncredited))

The Wyoming Whirlwind

(Steve Cantrell)

Drum Taps

(Lariat Smith)

Mystery Mountain

(Tom Henderson)

Down to Earth

(Police Captain (uncredited))

Partners of the Plains

(Scar Lewis)

Wild West Days

(Steve Claggett, Henchman)

Rawhide Rangers

(Rawlings)

Gunsmoke Trail

(Sheriff chasing Loma)

They Met in a Taxi

(Detective)

The Spirit of the West

(Tom Fallon)

Woman Chases Man

(Process Server (uncredited))

The Curtain Falls

(Mover)

The Phantom Creeps

(White Rose Sailor)

Cross My Heart

(Detective Flynn)

Transient Lady

(Sheriff Angel Verner)

The Greater Love

(Deputy Bill Gaines)

Trail Dust

(Babson)

Buck Rogers

(Dynamo Room Floor Guard)

Devil's Island

(Captain of the Guards)

The Man Who Returned to Life

Borderland

(Dandy Morgan)

The Oklahoma Kid

(Would-Be Settler (uncredited))

Thunder Afloat

(Fisherman (uncredited))

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(Senator Dwight (uncredited))

The Roaring Twenties

(Ship Captain (uncredited))

Confidential

(Hanover - Walsh's Henchman)

Call of the Prairie

(Sam Porter)

Adventure in Sahara

(Cpl. Dronov)

Quick on the Trigger

(Judge Kormac)

It's a Wonderful Life

(Sheriff (uncredited))

Deadline at Dawn

(Detective Smiley (uncredited))

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

(Sheriff)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

(Mr. Cudd (uncredited))

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

(Henchman Black)

T-Men

(Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited))

Meet the Stewarts

(Police Turnkey (uncredited))

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

(Ship's Captain)

The Lady Eve

(First Steward (uncredited))

The Awful Truth

(Motor Cop (uncredited))

Oh! Susanna

(Jake Ledbetter)

The Cheyenne Kid

(Denver Ed)

The Devil Horse

(Henchman Curley Bates)

Saboteur

(Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited))

Highway Patrol

(Jarvis)

Unfaithfully Yours

(House Detective)

Oklahoma Frontier

(Kentuck)

Romance of the Redwoods

(Boss Whittaker)

The Lady from Cheyenne

(Mr. Matthews)

When the Daltons Rode

Santa Fe Trail

(Palmyra Townsman (uncredited))

Dark Command

(Slave Trader)

My Little Chickadee

(Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited))

Winners of the West

(Captain)

Dodge City Trail

(Dawson)

Two Gun Law

(Kipp Faulkner)

The Man from Sundown

(Slick Larson)

The Little Foxes

(Dawson (uncredited))

Flowing Gold

(Highway Patrolman (uncredited))

Jezebel

(New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited))

The Courageous Dr. Christian

(Sheriff)

California Passage

(Conover)

Robin Hood Of Texas

(Sheriff)

Tim Tyler's Luck

(Capt. Trowbridge)

Diamond Jim

(Poker Player on Train)

Honolulu Lu

(Shooting Gallery Proprietor)

Sucker Money

(George Hunter)

Messenger of Peace

(Harry Franzmeirer)

Utah Wagon Train

(Sam Sickle)

Blazing Six Shooters

(Bert Karsin)

I Married a Witch

(Second Prison Guard (uncredited))

The Last Musketeer

(Lem Shaver)

Bad Men of the Hills

(Mace Arnold)

Sullivan's Travels

(The Mister)

Pioneers of the Frontier

(Marshal Larsen)

Fighting Bill Fargo

(Tom Houston)

The Lone Rider Rides On

(Bob Cameron)

Law of the Range

(Jamison)

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

(Matt Warner)

Silver River

(Sam Slade)

Badlands Of Dakota

(Plainview Lawman)

Lady from Louisiana

(Captain of Police)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

(Man)

Silent Valley

(Jim Farley)

Idaho

(Jailer)

Honky Tonk

(Townsman at Meeting House)

Million Dollar Legs

(Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited))

All That I Have

(John Biddle)

Colorado Trail

(Mark Sheldon)

Outlaw Rule

(Deputy Bat Lindstrom)

These Three

(Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited))

Crash Donovan

(Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

Singin' in the Corn

(Honest John Richards)

Road to Utopia

(Ship Captain (uncredited))

Hunt the Man Down

(Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited))

The Three Mesquiteers

(Alden Canfield)

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

(Hotel Desk Clerk)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

(Cheap Charlie (uncredited))

You Only Live Once

(Guard (uncredited))

A Man's World

(Captain Peterson)

Marie Antoinette

(Official in Passport Office (uncredited))

In This Our Life

(Worker (uncredited))

Alibi Racket

(Chief Inspector August Wilmer)

They Were Expendable

(Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited))

South of Santa Fe

(Henchman Wooly)

Little Miss Roughneck

(Sheriff)

God's Country and the Man

(Livermore)

Blue Montana Skies

(Marshal)

Iron Mountain Trail

(Marshal)

When a Man Rides Alone

(Montana Slade)

The Fabulous Joe

(Florida Club Bartender)

Police Court

The Missing Juror

(Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited))

The Thirteenth Guest

(Policeman (Uncredited))

Galloping Thru

(Sandy Thompson)

Broadway to Cheyenne

(Al)

Black Beauty

(Hack Driver)

Fighting Texans

(Gur Durkin)

The Doolins of Oklahoma

(Deputy Sheriff (uncredited))

California

(Town Marshal (uncredited))

Annie Oakley

(Pop Wade)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

(Sheriff (uncredited))

The Gene Autry Show

(Sheriff)

Annie Oakley

(Walt Stone)