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Al Bridge

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1891-02-26

Deathday: 1957-12-27 (66 years old)

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 ed 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

all 205

Movies 202

TV Shows 3

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Al Bridge

Biography

Filmography

all 205

Movies 202

TV Shows 3

Hell's Outpost (1954)

Jubilee Trail (1954)

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954)

Annie Oakley (1954)

Iron Mountain Trail (1953)

So You're Going to the Dentist (1952)

Barbed Wire (1952)

We're Not Married! (1952)

The Last Musketeer (1952)

Utah Wagon Train (1951)

All That I Have (1951)

In Old Amarillo (1951)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)

Oh! Susanna (1951)

Hunt the Man Down (1950)

California age (1950)

The Gene Autry Show (1950)

Squadron of Doom (1949)

The Devil's Henchman (1949)

The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Quick on the Trigger (1948)

Silver River (1948)

T-Men (1947)

Last Days of Boot Hill (1947)

Messenger of Peace (1947)

Black Gold (1947)

The Fabulous Joe (1947)

Down to Earth (1947)

Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)

Framed (1947)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

California (1947)

The Mighty McGurk (1947)

Singin' in the Corn (1946)

Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Cross My Heart (1946)

Below the Deadline (1946)

Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)

The Falcon's Alibi (1946)

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

Road to Utopia (1946)

They Were Expendable (1945)

She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)

Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Blazing the Western Trail (1945)

Both Barrels Blazing (1945)

Salty O'Rourke (1945)

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask (1945)

The Missing Juror (1944)

The Unwritten Code (1944)

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943)

Nobody's Darling (1943)

Idaho (1943)

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)

I Married a Witch (1942)

A Man's World (1942)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

The Talk of the Town (1942)

Bad Men of the Hills (1942)

Meet the Stewarts (1942)

In This Our Life (1942)

Saboteur (1942)

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)

The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)