Al Bridge
Acting
201
Acting Credits
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...
Known For
It's a Wonderful Life
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
Sheriff
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Sheriff (uncredited)
Annie Oakley
Pop Wade
Annie Oakley
Walt Stone
Strangers on a Train
Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Dwight (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Filmography
Jubilee Trail
1954
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Hell's Outpost
1954
as Banker (uncredited)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Annie Oakley
1954
as Pop Wade
Annie Oakley
1954
as Walt Stone
Iron Mountain Trail
1953
as Marshal
Barbed Wire
1952
as Homesteader McGraw
We're Not Married!
1952
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
The Last Musketeer
1952
as Lem Shaver
In Old Amarillo
1951
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
1951
as Jake Ledbetter
Utah Wagon Train
1951
as Sam Sickle
All That I Have
1951
as John Biddle
Strangers on a Train
1951
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Sheriff (uncredited)
California Passage
1950
as Conover
Hunt the Man Down
1950
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
A Woman of Distinction
1950
as Editor
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Sheriff
The Devil's Henchmen
1949
as Elmer Hood
Squadron of Doom
1949
as Wyckoff
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
as Sheriff
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Quick on the Trigger
1948
as Judge Kormac
Unfaithfully Yours
1948
as House Detective
Silver River
1948
as Sam Slade
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Wild Bill Hickock
Framed
1947
as (uncredited)
The Mighty McGurk
1947
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
Black Gold
1947
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
Down to Earth
1947
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
T-Men
1947
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947
as Sheriff
Messenger of Peace
1947
as Harry Franzmeirer
The Fabulous Joe
1947
as Florida Club Bartender
California
1947
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
1947
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
Below the Deadline
1946
as Turner
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
as Captain Allen
The Falcon's Alibi
1946
as Police Inspector Blake
Alias Mr. Twilight
1946
as Sam Bartlett
Cross My Heart
1946
as Detective Flynn
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
Singin' in the Corn
1946
as Honest John Richards
Road to Utopia
1946
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Salty O'Rourke
1945
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Jade Mask
1945
as Sheriff Mack
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
as Dr. Hicks
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Conductor (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
They Were Expendable
1945
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Political Boss
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Mr. Johnson
The Missing Juror
1944
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
Nobody's Darling
1943
as Bum (uncredited)
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943
as Matt Warner
Idaho
1943
as Jailer
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Trustee
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Conductor
Pardon My Stripes
1942
as Guard (uncredited)
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Hobo
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Saboteur
1942
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
1942
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
Bad Men of the Hills
1942
as Mace Arnold
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Man
A Man's World
1942
as Captain Peterson
In This Our Life
1942
as Worker (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
The Kid's Last Ride
1941
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
Rawhide Rangers
1941
as Rawlings
The Lady Eve
1941
as First Steward (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Mr. Matthews
The Little Foxes
1941
as Dawson (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as The Mister
Fighting Bill Fargo
1941
as Tom Houston
Law of the Range
1941
as Jamison
The Lone Rider Rides On
1941
as Bob Cameron
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Plainview Lawman
Lady from Louisiana
1941
as Captain of Police
Honky Tonk
1941
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
Christmas in July
1940
as Mr. Hillbeiner
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
as Ship's Captain
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
Dark Command
1940
as Slave Trader
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
Winners of the West
1940
as Captain
Flowing Gold
1940
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940
as Sheriff
Blazing Six Shooters
1940
as Bert Karsin
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940
as Marshal Larsen
The Stranger from Texas
1939
as Jeff Browning
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Prisoner (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as White Rose Sailor
Buck Rogers
1939
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
Devil's Island
1939
as Captain of the Guards
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Oklahoma Frontier
1939
as Kentuck
Romance of the Redwoods
1939
as Boss Whittaker
The Man from Sundown
1939
as Slick Larson
Blue Montana Skies
1939
as Marshal
Two Gun Justice
1938
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
Born to Be Wild
1938
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Crime School
1938
as Mr. Burke
Partners of the Plains
1938
as Scar Lewis
Gunsmoke Trail
1938
as Sheriff chasing Loma
Adventure in Sahara
1938
as Cpl. Dronov
Highway Patrol
1938
as Jarvis
Jezebel
1938
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
Colorado Trail
1938
as Mark Sheldon
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck
1938
as Sheriff
Dead End
1937
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
Western Gold
1937
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
as Briggs
They Won't Forget
1937
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Jungle Jim
1937
as Slade
Wild West Days
1937
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
Woman Chases Man
1937
as Process Server (uncredited)
Borderland
1937
as Dandy Morgan
The Awful Truth
1937
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
Two Gun Law
1937
as Kipp Faulkner
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937
as Capt. Trowbridge
You Only Live Once
1937
as Guard (uncredited)
Westbound Mail
1937
as 'Bull' Feeney
One Man Justice
1937
as Red Grindy
The Bridge of Sighs
1936
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
The Lawless Nineties
1936
as Steele
Fast Bullets
1936
as Travis
Ace Drummond
1936
as Paul Wyckoff
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Swartzman
They Met in a Taxi
1936
as Detective
Trail Dust
1936
as Babson
Call of the Prairie
1936
as Sam Porter
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
as Henchman Black
Dodge City Trail
1936
as Dawson
These Three
1936
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
1936
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Three Mesquiteers
1936
as Alden Canfield
A Night at the Opera
1935
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
The Murder Man
1935
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Rendezvous
1935
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Alias Mary Dow
1935
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Valley of Wanted Men
1935
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
as Mitchell
Gallant Defender
1935
as Salty Smith
Melody Trail
1935
as Matt Kirby
The New Frontier
1935
as Kit
North of Arizona
1935
as George Tully
The Gay Deception
1935
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
Transient Lady
1935
as Sheriff Angel Verner
Confidential
1935
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Diamond Jim
1935
as Poker Player on Train
Silent Valley
1935
as Jim Farley
Outlaw Rule
1935
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Alibi Racket
1935
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
Circumstantial Evidence
1935
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
Honor of the Range
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
Mystery Mountain
1934
as Tom Henderson
The Curtain Falls
1934
as Mover
We're Not Dressing
1934
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
Fighting With Kit Carson
1933
as Reynolds
The Lone Avenger
1933
as Burl Adams
Son of the Border
1933
as Tupper
Drum Taps
1933
as Lariat Smith
The Cheyenne Kid
1933
as Denver Ed
Sucker Money
1933
as George Hunter
When a Man Rides Alone
1933
as Montana Slade
Black Beauty
1933
as Hack Driver
Fighting Texans
1933
as Gur Durkin
Twin Husbands
1933
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
1932
as Bouncer (uncredited)
A Man's Land
1932
as Steve - Rustler
The Forty-Niners
1932
as Squaw O'Hara
The Hurricane Express
1932
as The Station Agent
The Cowboy Counsellor
1932
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
Slightly Married
1932
as Tenant
The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932
as Steve Cantrell
The Spirit of the West
1932
as Tom Fallon
The Devil Horse
1932
as Henchman Curley Bates
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
South of Santa Fe
1932
as Henchman Wooly
Police Court
1932
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Policeman (uncredited)
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932
as Al
The Ridin' Fool
1931
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
A Rider of the Plains
1931
as Deputy Bill Gaines
God's Country and the Man
1931
as Livermore
Galloping Thru
1931
as Sandy Thompson
The She Wolf
1919