Birthday
1891/02/25
Day of death
1957/12/27 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Alan Bridge, Alfred Morton 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...Read more
(1945) Salty O'Rourke
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1947) The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Wild Bill Hickock
(1942) The Talk of the Town
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1942) The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Trustee
(1943) Nobody's Darling
as Bum (uncredited)
(1942) The Palm Beach Story
as Conductor
(1949) The Devil's Henchman
as Elmer Hood
(1936) The Bridge of Sighs
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
(1932) Blonde Venus
as Bouncer (uncredited)
(1937) Dead End
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1940) Christmas in July
as Mr. Hillbeiner
(1947) Framed
as (uncredited)
(1944) Hail the Conquering Hero
as Political Boss
(1932) A Man's Land
as Steve - Rustler
(1932) The Forty-Niners
as Squaw O'Hara
(1931) The Ridin' Fool
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
(1938) Two Gun Justice
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
(1944) The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Mr. Johnson
(1937) Western Gold
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
(1946) Below the Deadline
as Turner
(1939) The Stranger from Texas
as Jeff Browning
(1938) Born to Be Wild
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
(1945) The Jade Mask
as Sheriff Mack
(1946) Shadows Over Chinatown
as Captain Allen
(1932) The Hurricane Express
as The Station Agent
(1954) Jubilee Trail
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
(1946) The Falcon's Alibi
as Police Inspector Blake
(1937) Springtime in the Rockies
as Briggs
(1945) Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Dr. Hicks
(1949) Squadron of Doom
as Wyckoff
(1933) Fighting With Kit Carson
as Reynolds
(1945) Saratoga Trunk
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
(1947) The Mighty McGurk
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
(1942) Pardon My Stripes
as Guard (uncredited)
(1937) They Won't Forget
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
(1935) A Night at the Opera
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
(1938) Crime School
as Mr. Burke
(1935) The Murder Man
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
(1935) Rendezvous
as Sergeant (uncredited)
(1935) Alias Mary Dow
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
(1936) The Lawless Nineties
as Steele
(1945) She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Conductor
(1951) In Old Amarillo
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1936) Fast Bullets
as Travis
(1941) The Kid's Last Ride
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
(1932) The Cowboy Counsellor
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
(1933) The Lone Avenger
as Burl Adams
(1952) Barbed Wire
as Homesteader McGraw
(1935) Valley of Wanted Men
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
(1935) The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Mitchell
(1935) Gallant Defender
as Salty Smith
(1936) Ace Drummond
as Paul Wyckoff
(1936) Public Enemy's Wife
as Swartzman
(1935) Melody Trail
as Matt Kirby
(1947) Black Gold
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
(1935) The New Frontier
as Kit
(1937) Jungle Jim
as Slade
(1935) North of Arizona
as George Tully
(1946) Alias Mr. Twilight
as Sam Bartlett
(1939) Sons of Liberty
as Prisoner (uncredited)
(1934) Honor of the Range
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1954) Hell's Outpost
as Banker (uncredited)
(1933) Son of the Border
as Tupper
(1932) Slightly Married
as Tenant
(1935) The Gay Deception
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
(1952) We're Not Married!
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
(1932) The Wyoming Whirlwind
as Steve Cantrell
(1933) Drum Taps
as Lariat Smith
(1934) Mystery Mountain
as Tom Henderson
(1947) Down to Earth
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1938) Partners of the Plains
as Scar Lewis
(1937) Wild West Days
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
(1941) Rawhide Rangers
as Rawlings
(1938) Gunsmoke Trail
as Sheriff chasing Loma
(1936) They Met in a Taxi
as Detective
(1932) The Spirit of the West
as Tom Fallon
(1937) Woman Chases Man
as Process Server (uncredited)
(1934) The Curtain Falls
as Mover
(1939) The Phantom Creeps
as White Rose Sailor
(1946) Cross My Heart
as Detective Flynn
(1935) Transient Lady
as Sheriff Angel Verner
(1931) The Greater Love
as Deputy Bill Gaines
(1936) Trail Dust
as Babson
(1939) Buck Rogers
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
(1939) Devil's Island
as Captain of the Guards
(1942) The Man Who Returned to Life
as Hobo
(1937) Borderland
as Dandy Morgan
(1939) The Oklahoma Kid
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
(1939) Thunder Afloat
as Fisherman (uncredited)
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
(1939) The Roaring Twenties
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1935) Confidential
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
(1936) Call of the Prairie
as Sam Porter
(1938) Adventure in Sahara
as Cpl. Dronov
(1948) Quick on the Trigger
as Judge Kormac
(1946) It's a Wonderful Life
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1946) Deadline at Dawn
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
(1949) The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Sheriff
(1947) Dick Tracy's Dilemma
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
(1936) The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Henchman Black
(1942) Meet the Stewarts
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
(1947) T-Men
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
(1940) The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Ship's Captain
(1941) The Lady Eve
as First Steward (uncredited)
(1937) The Awful Truth
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
(1951) Oh! Susanna
as Jake Ledbetter
(1933) The Cheyenne Kid
as Denver Ed
(1932) The Devil Horse
as Henchman Curley Bates
(1942) Saboteur
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
(1938) Highway Patrol
as Jarvis
(1948) Unfaithfully Yours
as House Detective
(1939) Oklahoma Frontier
as Kentuck
(1939) Romance of the Redwoods
as Boss Whittaker
(1941) The Lady from Cheyenne
as Mr. Matthews
(1940) When the Daltons Rode
as ---
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
(1940) Dark Command
as Slave Trader
(1940) My Little Chickadee
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
(1940) Winners of the West
as Captain
(1936) Dodge City Trail
as Dawson
(1937) Two Gun Law
as Kipp Faulkner
(1939) The Man from Sundown
as Slick Larson
(1941) The Little Foxes
as Dawson (uncredited)
(1940) Flowing Gold
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
(1938) Jezebel
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
(1940) The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Sheriff
(1950) California Passage
as Conover
(1947) Robin Hood Of Texas
as Sheriff
(1937) Tim Tyler's Luck
as Capt. Trowbridge
(1935) Diamond Jim
as Poker Player on Train
(1941) Honolulu Lu
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
(1947) Messenger of Peace
as Harry Franzmeirer
(1933) Sucker Money
as George Hunter
(1951) Utah Wagon Train
as Sam Sickle
(1940) Blazing Six Shooters
as Bert Karsin
(1942) I Married a Witch
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1952) The Last Musketeer
as Lem Shaver
(1942) Bad Men of the Hills
as Mace Arnold
(1941) Sullivan's Travels
as The Mister
(1940) Pioneers of the Frontier
as Marshal Larsen
(1941) Fighting Bill Fargo
as Tom Houston
(1941) Law of the Range
as Jamison
(1941) The Lone Rider Rides On
as Bob Cameron
(1943) Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Matt Warner
(1948) Silver River
as Sam Slade
(1941) Badlands of Dakota
as Plainview Lawman
(1941) Lady from Louisiana
as Captain of Police
(1942) Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Man
(1935) Silent Valley
as Jim Farley
(1943) Idaho
as Jailer
(1941) Honky Tonk
as Townsman at Meeting House
(1932) Million Dollar Legs
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
(1951) All That I Have
as John Biddle
(1938) Colorado Trail
as Mark Sheldon
(1935) Outlaw Rule
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
(1936) These Three
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1936) Crash Donovan
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1946) Singin' in the Corn
as Honest John Richards
(1946) Road to Utopia
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1950) Hunt the Man Down
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
(1936) The Three Mesquiteers
as Alden Canfield
(1954) Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1945) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
(1937) You Only Live Once
as Guard (uncredited)
(1942) A Man's World
as Captain Peterson
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
(1942) In This Our Life
as Worker (uncredited)
(1935) Alibi Racket
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
(1945) They Were Expendable
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
(1932) South of Santa Fe
as Henchman Wooly
(1938) Little Miss Roughneck
as Sheriff
(1931) God's Country and the Man
as Livermore
(1939) Blue Montana Skies
as Marshal
(1953) Iron Mountain Trail
as Marshal
(1933) When a Man Rides Alone
as Montana Slade
(1947) The Fabulous Joe
as Florida Club Bartender
(1932) Police Court
as ---
(1944) The Missing Juror
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited)
(1932) The Thirteenth Guest
as Policeman (Uncredited)
(1931) Galloping Thru
as Sandy Thompson
(1932) Broadway to Cheyenne
as Al
(1933) Black Beauty
as Hack Driver
(1933) Fighting Texans
as Gur Durkin
(1949) The Doolins of Oklahoma
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
(1947) California
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
(1942) Lady in a Jam
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
(1947) Nora Prentiss
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
(1941) The Face Behind the Mask
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
(1935) Circumstantial Evidence
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
(1954) Annie Oakley
as Pop Wade
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Sheriff
(1954) Annie Oakley
as Walt Stone