Al Bridge

Known for ActingBorn 1891-02-25Died 1957-12-27Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.Read more

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Squadron of Doom

The Man from Sundown

Little Miss Roughneck

Two Gun Law

Silent Valley

The Lone Avenger

Black Beauty

The Ridin' Fool

Cross My Heart

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

The Lone Rider Rides On

Pioneers of the Frontier

Highway Patrol

Western Gold

Gallant Defender

Outlaw Rule

Fighting Texans

The Forty-Niners

A Rider of the Plains

Miss Susie Slagle's

It's a Wonderful Life

The Last Musketeer

In Old Amarillo

Messenger of Peace

Nobody's Darling

The Man Who Returned to Life

Bad Men of the Hills

Blazing Six Shooters

The Stranger from Texas

Colorado Trail

Wild West Days

Westbound Mail

The Bridge of Sighs

Crash Donovan

God's Country and the Man

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Strangers on a Train

The Devil's Henchmen

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

The Little Foxes

The Roaring Twenties

Two Gun Justice

Born to Be Wild

Borderland

A Man's Land

Sullivan's Travels

A Night at the Opera

The Talk of the Town