Acting
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.
Filmography
Jubilee Trail
Film · 1954
Hell's Outpost
Film · 1954
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Film · 1954
Annie Oakley
Series · 1954
Annie Oakley
Series · 1954
Iron Mountain Trail
Film · 1953
Barbed Wire
Film · 1952
We're Not Married!
Film · 1952
The Last Musketeer
Film · 1952
In Old Amarillo
Film · 1951
Oh! Susanna
Film · 1951
Utah Wagon Train
Film · 1951
All That I Have
Film · 1951
Strangers on a Train
Film · 1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Series · 1951
California Passage
Film · 1950
Hunt the Man Down
Film · 1950
A Woman of Distinction
Film · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
The Devil's Henchmen
Film · 1949
Squadron of Doom
Film · 1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Film · 1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Film · 1949
Quick on the Trigger
Film · 1948
Unfaithfully Yours
Film · 1948
Silver River
Film · 1948
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Film · 1947
Framed
Film · 1947
The Mighty McGurk
Film · 1947
Black Gold
Film · 1947
Down to Earth
Film · 1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Film · 1947
T-Men
Film · 1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
Film · 1947
Messenger of Peace
Film · 1947
The Fabulous Joe
Film · 1947
California
Film · 1947
Nora Prentiss
Film · 1947
Below the Deadline
Film · 1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
Film · 1946
The Falcon's Alibi
Film · 1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
Film · 1946
Cross My Heart
Film · 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Film · 1946
Deadline at Dawn
Film · 1946
Singin' in the Corn
Film · 1946
Road to Utopia
Film · 1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
Film · 1946
Salty O'Rourke
Film · 1945
The Jade Mask
Film · 1945
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Film · 1945
Saratoga Trunk
Film · 1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Film · 1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Film · 1945
They Were Expendable
Film · 1945
Hail the Conquering Hero
Film · 1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Film · 1944
The Missing Juror
Film · 1944
Nobody's Darling
Film · 1943
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Film · 1943
Idaho
Film · 1943
The Talk of the Town
Film · 1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Film · 1942
The Palm Beach Story
Film · 1942
Pardon My Stripes
Film · 1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Film · 1942
Meet the Stewarts
Film · 1942
Saboteur
Film · 1942
I Married a Witch
Film · 1942
Bad Men of the Hills
Film · 1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Film · 1942
A Man's World
Film · 1942
In This Our Life
Film · 1942
Lady in a Jam
Film · 1942
The Kid's Last Ride
Film · 1941
Rawhide Rangers
Film · 1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Film · 1941
The Little Foxes
Film · 1941
Honolulu Lu
Film · 1941
Sullivan's Travels
Film · 1941
Fighting Bill Fargo
Film · 1941
Law of the Range
Film · 1941
The Lone Rider Rides On
Film · 1941
Badlands of Dakota
Film · 1941
Lady from Louisiana
Film · 1941
Honky Tonk
Film · 1941
The Face Behind the Mask
Film · 1941
The Lady Eve
Film · 1941
Christmas in July
Film · 1940
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Film · 1940
When the Daltons Rode
Film · 1940
Santa Fe Trail
Film · 1940
Dark Command
Film · 1940
My Little Chickadee
Film · 1940
Winners of the West
Film · 1940
Flowing Gold
Film · 1940
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Film · 1940
Blazing Six Shooters
Film · 1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
Film · 1940
The Stranger from Texas
Film · 1939
Sons of Liberty
Film · 1939
The Phantom Creeps
Film · 1939
Buck Rogers
Film · 1939
Devil's Island
Film · 1939
The Oklahoma Kid
Film · 1939
Thunder Afloat
Film · 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Film · 1939
The Roaring Twenties
Film · 1939
Oklahoma Frontier
Film · 1939
Romance of the Redwoods
Film · 1939
The Man from Sundown
Film · 1939
Blue Montana Skies
Film · 1939
Two Gun Justice
Film · 1938
Born to Be Wild
Film · 1938
Crime School
Film · 1938
Partners of the Plains
Film · 1938
Gunsmoke Trail
Film · 1938
Adventure in Sahara
Film · 1938
Highway Patrol
Film · 1938
Jezebel
Film · 1938
Colorado Trail
Film · 1938
Marie Antoinette
Film · 1938
Little Miss Roughneck
Film · 1938
Dead End
Film · 1937
Western Gold
Film · 1937
Springtime in the Rockies
Film · 1937
They Won't Forget
Film · 1937
Jungle Jim
Film · 1937
Wild West Days
Film · 1937
Woman Chases Man
Film · 1937
Borderland
Film · 1937
The Awful Truth
Film · 1937
Two Gun Law
Film · 1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
Film · 1937
You Only Live Once
Film · 1937
Westbound Mail
Film · 1937
One Man Justice
Film · 1937
The Bridge of Sighs
Film · 1936
The Lawless Nineties
Film · 1936
Fast Bullets
Film · 1936
Ace Drummond
Film · 1936
Public Enemy's Wife
Film · 1936
They Met in a Taxi
Film · 1936
Trail Dust
Film · 1936
Call of the Prairie
Film · 1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Film · 1936
Dodge City Trail
Film · 1936
These Three
Film · 1936
Crash Donovan
Film · 1936
The Three Mesquiteers
Film · 1936
A Night at the Opera
Film · 1935
The Murder Man
Film · 1935
Rendezvous
Film · 1935
Alias Mary Dow
Film · 1935
Valley of Wanted Men
Film · 1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Film · 1935
Gallant Defender
Film · 1935
Melody Trail
Film · 1935
The New Frontier
Film · 1935
North of Arizona
Film · 1935
The Gay Deception
Film · 1935
Transient Lady
Film · 1935
Confidential
Film · 1935
Diamond Jim
Film · 1935
Silent Valley
Film · 1935
Outlaw Rule
Film · 1935
Alibi Racket
Film · 1935
Circumstantial Evidence
Film · 1935
Honor of the Range
Film · 1934
Mystery Mountain
Film · 1934
The Curtain Falls
Film · 1934
We're Not Dressing
Film · 1934
Fighting With Kit Carson
Film · 1933
The Lone Avenger
Film · 1933
Son of the Border
Film · 1933
Drum Taps
Film · 1933
The Cheyenne Kid
Film · 1933
Sucker Money
Film · 1933
When a Man Rides Alone
Film · 1933
Black Beauty
Film · 1933
Fighting Texans
Film · 1933
Twin Husbands
Film · 1933
Blonde Venus
Film · 1932
A Man's Land
Film · 1932
The Forty-Niners
Film · 1932
The Hurricane Express
Film · 1932
The Cowboy Counsellor
Film · 1932
Slightly Married
Film · 1932
The Wyoming Whirlwind
Film · 1932
The Spirit of the West
Film · 1932
The Devil Horse
Film · 1932
Million Dollar Legs
Film · 1932
South of Santa Fe
Film · 1932
Police Court
Film · 1932
The Thirteenth Guest
Film · 1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
Film · 1932
The Ridin' Fool
Film · 1931
A Rider of the Plains
Film · 1931
God's Country and the Man
Film · 1931
Galloping Thru
Film · 1931
The She Wolf
Film · 1919