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Al Bridge

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1891-02-25

Day of Death

1957-12-27

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Al Bridge

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.

Filmography (197)

⭐ 5.5 Role: Banker (uncredited)

Hell's Outpost

1954
⭐ 5.2 Role: Mr. Turner (uncredited)

Jubilee Trail

1954
⭐ 7.0 Role: Hotel Desk Clerk

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

1954
⭐ 6.5 Role: Marshal

Iron Mountain Trail

1953
⭐ 6.5 Role: Homesteader McGraw

Barbed Wire

1952
⭐ 5.9 Role: Detective Magnus (uncredited)

We're Not Married!

1952
⭐ 8.0 Role: Lem Shaver

The Last Musketeer

1952
⭐ 6.7 Role: Sam Sickle

Utah Wagon Train

1951
⭐ 6.0 Role: John Biddle

All That I Have

1951
⭐ 7.7 Role: Tennis Judge (uncredited)

Strangers on a Train

1951
⭐ 8.0 Role: Sheriff (uncredited)

In Old Amarillo

1951
⭐ 7.0 Role: Jake Ledbetter

Oh! Susanna

1951
⭐ 6.3 Role: Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)

Hunt the Man Down

1950
⭐ 6.5 Role: Conover

California Passage

1950
⭐ 7.0 Role: Editor

A Woman of Distinction

1950