Al Bridge

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.

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-02-25

Place of birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Cast

Blonde Venus

Blonde Venus

1932

6.82

Dead End

Dead End

1937

7.00

Framed

Framed

1947

6.40

A Man's Land

A Man's Land

1932

6.00

Western Gold

Western Gold

1937

0.00

Crime School

Crime School

1938

6.30

Rendezvous

Rendezvous

1935

4.80

Fast Bullets

Fast Bullets

1936

4.50

Barbed Wire

Barbed Wire

1952

5.00

Ace Drummond

Ace Drummond

1936

6.50

Melody Trail

Melody Trail

1935

4.70

Black Gold

Black Gold

1947

6.00

Jungle Jim

Jungle Jim

1937

4.80

Drum Taps

Drum Taps

1933

4.50

Trail Dust

Trail Dust

1936

4.00

Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers

1939

6.00

Borderland

Borderland

1937

0.00

Confidential

Confidential

1935

5.60

T-Men

T-Men

1947

6.80

The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

1941

7.20

Oh! Susanna

Oh! Susanna

1951

5.00

Saboteur

Saboteur

1942

6.90

Dark Command

Dark Command

1940

6.30

Two Gun Law

Two Gun Law

1937

0.00

Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold

1940

7.00

Jezebel

Jezebel

1938

7.00

Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim

1935

6.00

Honolulu Lu

Honolulu Lu

1941

4.20

Sucker Money

Sucker Money

1933

4.70

Silver River

Silver River

1948

5.91

Idaho

Idaho

1943

5.70

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1941

6.40

Outlaw Rule

Outlaw Rule

1935

0.00

These Three

These Three

1936

7.10

Alibi Racket

Alibi Racket

1935

6.00

Police Court

Police Court

1932

5.00

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

1933

0.00

California

California

1947

6.50