Al Bridge
Acting
- Born:
- 1891-02-25
- Died:
- 1957-12-27
- Place of birth:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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). 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.
Known For
Filmography
Hell's Outpost
Jubilee Trail
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Annie Oakley
Iron Mountain Trail
Barbed Wire
We're Not Married!
The Last Musketeer
Utah Wagon Train
All That I Have
Strangers on a Train
In Old Amarillo
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Oh! Susanna
Hunt the Man Down
California Passage
The Gene Autry Show
A Woman of Distinction
Squadron of Doom
The Devil's Henchmen
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Quick on the Trigger
Unfaithfully Yours
Silver River
T-Men
Messenger of Peace
Black Gold
The Fabulous Joe
Down to Earth
Robin Hood Of Texas
Framed
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Nora Prentiss
California
The Mighty McGurk
Singin' in the Corn
Alias Mr. Twilight
It's a Wonderful Life
Cross My Heart
Below the Deadline
My Pal Trigger
Shadows Over Chinatown
The Falcon's Alibi
Deadline at Dawn
Miss Susie Slagle's
Road to Utopia
They Were Expendable
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Saratoga Trunk
Salty O'Rourke
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Jade Mask
The Missing Juror
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hail the Conquering Hero
Nobody's Darling
Idaho