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), he and his sister, future actress Loie Bridge, were raised by their mother Loie and her second husband, butcher Wilmer Shinn. Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe which also included several of his relatives. The 1920 census showed him on tour in Kansas City, Missouri. 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.
Movie | Hell's Outpost | Banker (uncredited) | 1954-12-15 |
Movie | Jubilee Trail | Mr. Turner (uncredited) | 1954-05-15 |
Movie | Iron Mountain Trail | Marshal | 1953-05-08 |
Movie | We're Not Married! | Detective Magnus (uncredited) | 1952-07-11 |
Movie | The Last Musketeer | Lem Shaver | 1952-03-01 |
Movie | Barbed Wire | Homesteader McGraw | 1952-07-25 |
Movie | Oh! Susanna | Jake Ledbetter | 1951-03-01 |
Movie | In Old Amarillo | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1951-05-15 |
Movie | All That I Have | John Biddle | 1951-10-01 |
Movie | Utah Wagon Train | Sam Sickle | 1951-10-14 |
Movie | California Passage | Conover | 1950-12-15 |
Movie | Hunt the Man Down | Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited) | 1950-12-26 |
Movie | Squadron of Doom | Wyckoff | 1949-12-15 |
Movie | The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Sheriff | 1949-05-27 |
Movie | Quick on the Trigger | Judge Kormac | 1948-12-02 |
Movie | Silver River | Sam Slade | 1948-05-20 |
Movie | Unfaithfully Yours | House Detective | 1948-12-10 |
Movie | Framed | (uncredited) | 1947-05-25 |
Movie | Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Mr. Cudd (uncredited) | 1947-05-20 |
Movie | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Wild Bill Hickock | 1947-04-04 |
Movie | The Mighty McGurk | Toothless Derelict (uncredited) | 1947-01-02 |
Movie | Down to Earth | Police Captain (uncredited) | 1947-08-21 |
Movie | Robin Hood Of Texas | Sheriff | 1947-07-15 |
Movie | Black Gold | Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947-09-16 |
Movie | T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
Movie | The Fabulous Joe | Florida Club Bartender | 1947-08-28 |
Movie | Deadline at Dawn | Detective Smiley (uncredited) | 1946-03-18 |
Movie | Road to Utopia | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1946-02-27 |
Movie | Shadows Over Chinatown | Captain Allen | 1946-06-27 |
Movie | The Falcon's Alibi | Police Inspector Blake | 1946-04-12 |
Movie | Below the Deadline | Turner | 1946-08-03 |
Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
Movie | Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946-12-24 |
Movie | Cross My Heart | Detective Flynn | 1946-12-18 |
Movie | Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Dr. Hicks | 1945-03-15 |
Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cheap Charlie (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
Movie | Salty O'Rourke | Bartender (uncredited) | 1945-03-22 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask | Sheriff Mack | 1945-01-26 |
Movie | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Conductor (uncredited) | 1945-11-29 |
Movie | They Were Expendable | Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited) | 1945-12-07 |
Movie | Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
Movie | The Unseen | Truck Driver | 1945-05-12 |
Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Political Boss | 1944-08-09 |
Movie | The Missing Juror | Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) | 1944-11-16 |
Movie | Idaho | Jailer | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Matt Warner | 1943-02-05 |
Movie | Nobody's Darling | Bum (uncredited) | 1943-08-27 |
Movie | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Mr. Johnson | 1943-12-12 |
Movie | Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942-03-27 |
Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942-01-31 |
Movie | In This Our Life | Worker (uncredited) | 1942-05-08 |
Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Conductor | 1942-08-28 |
Movie | The Talk of the Town | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | 1942-08-20 |
Movie | I Married a Witch | Second Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1942-10-30 |
Movie | Bad Men of the Hills | Mace Arnold | 1942-08-13 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941-04-22 |
Movie | The Lady Eve | First Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
Movie | The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941-02-10 |
Movie | Rawhide Rangers | Rawlings | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941-01-10 |
Movie | Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941-06-20 |
Movie | Sullivan's Travels | The Mister | 1941-11-30 |
Movie | Honolulu Lu | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | 1941-12-11 |
Movie | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House | 1941-10-01 |
Movie | Fighting Bill Fargo | Tom Houston | 1941-12-09 |
Movie | Badlands Of Dakota | Plainview Lawman | 1941-09-15 |
Movie | The Little Foxes | Dawson (uncredited) | 1941-08-29 |
Movie | Blazing Six Shooters | Bert Karsin | 1940-04-10 |
Movie | The Courageous Dr. Christian | Sheriff | 1940-04-04 |
Movie | My Little Chickadee | Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
Movie | Dark Command | Slave Trader | 1940-04-15 |
Movie | Pioneers of the Frontier | Marshal Larsen | 1940-02-14 |
Movie | Winners of the West | Captain | 1940-07-02 |
Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Ship's Captain | 1940-12-24 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Palmyra Townsman (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Christmas in July | Mr. Hillbeiner | 1940-10-25 |
Movie | When the Daltons Rode | 1940-08-23 | |
Movie | Flowing Gold | Highway Patrolman (uncredited) | 1940-08-24 |
Movie | Romance of the Redwoods | Boss Whittaker | 1939-03-29 |
Movie | Buck Rogers | Dynamo Room Floor Guard | 1939-04-10 |
Movie | The Oklahoma Kid | Would-Be Settler (uncredited) | 1939-03-11 |
Movie | The Phantom Creeps | White Rose Sailor | 1939-01-07 |
Movie | Blue Montana Skies | Marshal | 1939-05-03 |
Movie | Devil's Island | Captain of the Guards | 1939-01-07 |
Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
Movie | The Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939-12-02 |
Movie | Sons of Liberty | Prisoner (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
Movie | Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939-10-09 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | Thunder Afloat | Fisherman (uncredited) | 1939-09-15 |
Movie | The Man from Sundown | Slick Larson | 1939-07-14 |
Movie | Born to Be Wild | Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited) | 1938-02-16 |
Movie | Little Miss Roughneck | Sheriff | 1938-01-23 |
Movie | Partners of the Plains | Scar Lewis | 1938-01-14 |
Movie | Jezebel | New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Crime School | Mr. Burke | 1938-05-10 |
Movie | Two Gun Justice | Sheriff (as Al Bridges) | 1938-04-29 |
Movie | Marie Antoinette | Official in Passport Office (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
Movie | Adventure in Sahara | Cpl. Dronov | 1938-11-15 |
Movie | Gunsmoke Trail | Sheriff chasing Loma | 1938-05-26 |
Movie | Woman Chases Man | Process Server (uncredited) | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | Borderland | Dandy Morgan | 1937-02-26 |
Movie | Jungle Jim | Slade | 1937-01-18 |
Movie | Wild West Days | Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937-07-05 |
Movie | You Only Live Once | Guard (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
Movie | Two Gun Law | Kipp Faulkner | 1937-04-06 |
Movie | They Won't Forget | Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited) | 1937-07-14 |
Movie | Dead End | Policeman in Drina's Apartment (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | The Awful Truth | Motor Cop (uncredited) | 1937-10-21 |
Movie | Western Gold | Holman (as Alan Bridge) | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Tim Tyler's Luck | Capt. Trowbridge | 1937-12-27 |
Movie | The Bridge of Sighs | Ballistics Expert (uncredited) | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | The Lawless Nineties | Steele | 1936-02-15 |
Movie | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Henchman Black | 1936-01-13 |
Movie | These Three | Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited) | 1936-03-18 |
Movie | Fast Bullets | Travis | 1936-01-01 |
Movie | Call of the Prairie | Sam Porter | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | Dodge City Trail | Dawson | 1936-12-12 |
Movie | Public Enemy's Wife | Swartzman | 1936-07-24 |
Movie | Ace Drummond | Paul Wyckoff | 1936-10-18 |
Movie | Trail Dust | Babson | 1936-12-11 |
Movie | The Three Mesquiteers | Alden Canfield | 1936-09-22 |
Movie | They Met in a Taxi | Detective | 1936-09-08 |
Movie | The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Mitchell | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935-09-01 |
Movie | Silent Valley | Jim Farley | 1935-05-02 |
Movie | The Gay Deception | Jail Attendant (uncredited) | 1935-09-13 |
Movie | North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935-03-04 |
Movie | Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger (uncredited) | 1935-05-01 |
Movie | Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935-11-29 |
Movie | Rendezvous | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | Alibi Racket | Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935-09-14 |
Movie | The New Frontier | Kit | 1935-10-25 |
Movie | A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector (uncredited) | 1935-11-15 |
Movie | Confidential | Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935-10-16 |
Movie | Valley of Wanted Men | Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935-10-19 |
Movie | Melody Trail | Matt Kirby | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Honor of the Range | Townsman (uncredited) | 1934-04-15 |
Movie | The Curtain Falls | Mover | 1934-10-02 |
Movie | Mystery Mountain | Tom Henderson | 1934-12-02 |
Movie | Drum Taps | Lariat Smith | 1933-01-23 |
Movie | When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933-01-14 |
Movie | Sucker Money | George Hunter | 1933-02-28 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933-01-20 |
Movie | Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933-05-05 |
Movie | Fighting With Kit Carson | Reynolds | 1933-07-01 |
Movie | The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933-05-14 |
Movie | Million Dollar Legs | Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited) | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | A Man's Land | Steve - Rustler | 1932-06-10 |
Movie | Police Court | 1932-02-19 | |
Movie | South of Santa Fe | Henchman Wooly | 1932-01-08 |
Movie | The Hurricane Express | The Station Agent | 1932-08-01 |
Movie | The Spirit of the West | Tom Fallon | 1932-03-01 |
Movie | Broadway to Cheyenne | Al | 1932-09-09 |
Movie | The Devil Horse | Henchman Curley Bates | 1932-11-01 |
Movie | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932-12-30 |
Movie | The Thirteenth Guest | Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932-08-09 |
Movie | The Forty-Niners | Squaw O'Hara | 1932-10-27 |
Movie | Slightly Married | Tenant | 1932-10-15 |
Movie | Blonde Venus | Bouncer (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
Movie | Galloping Thru | Sandy Thompson | 1931-12-05 |
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