It's a Wonderful Life1946
As Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Al Bridge
Born
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)
Strangers on a Train1951
As Tennis Judge (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939
As Senator Dwight (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
A Night at the Opera1935
As Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Saboteur1942
As Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
You Only Live Once1937
As Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
I Married a Witch1942
As Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Lady Eve1941
As First Steward (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Santa Fe Trail1940
As Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Little Foxes1941
As Dawson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
We're Not Married!1952
As Detective Magnus (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sullivan's Travels1941
As The Mister
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Talk of the Town1942
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Jezebel1938
As New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!1940
As Ship's Captain
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Palm Beach Story1942
As Conductor
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dick Tracy's Dilemma1947
As Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Awful Truth1937
As Motor Cop (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1944
As Mr. Johnson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Nora Prentiss1947
As New York City Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dark Command1940
As Slave Trader
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Blonde Venus1932
As Bouncer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
They Were Expendable1945
As Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945
As Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Marie Antoinette1938
As Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Honky Tonk1941
As Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Unfaithfully Yours1948
As House Detective
TMDb 7.3 / 10
T-Men1947
As Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock1947
As Wild Bill Hickock
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dead End1937
As Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
In This Our Life1942
As Worker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Roaring Twenties1939
As Ship Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend1949
As Sheriff
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Ace Drummond1936
As Paul Wyckoff
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Transient Lady1935
As Sheriff Angel Verner
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Down to Earth1947
As Police Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Face Behind the Mask1941
As Flop House Manager (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Silver River1948
As Sam Slade
TMDb 6.1 / 10
These Three1936
As Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Road to Utopia1946
As Ship Captain (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Meet the Stewarts1942
As Police Turnkey (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Badlands of Dakota1941
As Plainview Lawman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hail the Conquering Hero1944
As Political Boss
TMDb 7.1 / 10
When the Daltons Rode1940
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Oklahoma Kid1939
As Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
They Won't Forget1937
As Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Oh! Susanna1951
As Jake Ledbetter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Christmas in July1940
As Mr. Hillbeiner
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Devil's Henchmen1949
As Elmer Hood
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Man's World1942
As Captain Peterson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Deadline at Dawn1946
As Detective Smiley (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hunt the Man Down1950
As Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Framed1947
As (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Salty O'Rourke1945
As Bartender (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Public Enemy's Wife1936
As Swartzman
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Doolins of Oklahoma1949
As Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942
As Man
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Phantom Creeps1939
As White Rose Sailor
TMDb 4.5 / 10
We're Not Dressing1934
As Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lady in a Jam1942
As Furniture Mover (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Winners of the West1940
As Captain
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Saratoga Trunk1945
As Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Devil's Island1939
As Captain of the Guards
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Robin Hood Of Texas1947
As Sheriff
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Call of the Prairie1936
As Sam Porter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Murder Man1935
As Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty1935
As Mitchell
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Son of the Border1933
As Tupper
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Romance of the Redwoods1939
As Boss Whittaker
TMDb 7.0 / 10
California1947
As Town Marshal (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Miss Susie Slagle's1946
As Cab Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Lady from Cheyenne1941
As Mr. Matthews
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Fighting With Kit Carson1933
As Reynolds
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Gay Deception1935
As Jail Attendant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Woman of Distinction1950
As Editor
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lawless Nineties1936
As Steele
TMDb 5.5 / 10
She Wouldn't Say Yes1945
As Conductor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Falcon's Alibi1946
As Police Inspector Blake
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Born to Be Wild1938
As Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake1954
As Hotel Desk Clerk
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell1936
As Henchman Black
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Westbound Mail1937
As 'Bull' Feeney
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Courageous Dr. Christian1940
As Sheriff
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Crash Donovan1936
As Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine1942
As Trustee
TMDb 6.4 / 10
They Met in a Taxi1936
As Detective
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Rendezvous1935
As Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka1945
As Dr. Hicks
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Rider of the Plains1931
As Deputy Bill Gaines
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Mighty McGurk1947
As Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Springtime in the Rockies1937
As Briggs
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Pioneers of the Frontier1940
As Marshal Larsen
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Honolulu Lu1941
As Shooting Gallery Proprietor
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Black Gold1947
As Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground1943
As Matt Warner
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jubilee Trail1954
As Mr. Turner (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Galloping Thru1931
As Sandy Thompson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Buck Rogers1939
As Dynamo Room Floor Guard
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Tim Tyler's Luck1937
As Capt. Trowbridge
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Partners of the Plains1938
As Scar Lewis
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Man Who Returned to Life1942
As Hobo
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Diamond Jim1935
As Poker Player on Train
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Thunder Afloat1939
As Fisherman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Bridge of Sighs1936
As Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
My Little Chickadee1940
As Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Missing Juror1944
As Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Cross My Heart1946
As Detective Flynn
TMDb 9.0 / 10
All That I Have1951
As John Biddle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sons of Liberty1939
As Prisoner (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Crime School1938
As Mr. Burke
TMDb 6.4 / 10
One Man Justice1937
As Red Grindy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Flowing Gold1940
As Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Valley of Wanted Men1935
As Ranger Sergeant Parsons
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Alias Mary Dow1935
As Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Honor of the Range1934
As Townsman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Adventure in Sahara1938
As Cpl. Dronov
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Thirteenth Guest1932
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Singin' in the Corn1946
As Honest John Richards
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hell's Outpost1954
As Banker (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Stranger from Texas1939
As Jeff Browning
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Oklahoma Frontier1939
As Kentuck
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Hurricane Express1932
As The Station Agent
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Iron Mountain Trail1953
As Marshal
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shadows Over Chinatown1946
As Captain Allen
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Kid's Last Ride1941
As Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Lone Rider Rides On1941
As Bob Cameron
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bad Men of the Hills1942
As Mace Arnold
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Million Dollar Legs1932
As Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Law of the Range1941
As Jamison
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Three Mesquiteers1936
As Alden Canfield
TMDb 7.0 / 10
California Passage1950
As Conover
TMDb 6.0 / 10
When a Man Rides Alone1933
As Montana Slade
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Slightly Married1932
As Tenant
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Quick on the Trigger1948
As Judge Kormac
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Man from Sundown1939
As Slick Larson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Barbed Wire1952
As Homesteader McGraw
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The New Frontier1935
As Kit
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Nobody's Darling1943
As Bum (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Fabulous Joe1947
As Florida Club Bartender
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Wyoming Whirlwind1932
As Steve Cantrell
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Police Court1932
TMDb 5.8 / 10
South of Santa Fe1932
As Henchman Wooly
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Below the Deadline1946
As Turner
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Twin Husbands1933
As Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Idaho1943
As Jailer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Squadron of Doom1949
As Wyckoff
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Confidential1935
As Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Trail Dust1936
As Babson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sucker Money1933
As George Hunter
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lady from Louisiana1941
As Captain of Police
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Western Gold1937
As Holman (as Alan Bridge)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Devil Horse1932
As Henchman Curley Bates
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Dodge City Trail1936
As Dawson
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Woman Chases Man1937
As Process Server (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
God's Country and the Man1931
As Livermore
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Jade Mask1945
As Sheriff Mack
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Drum Taps1933
As Lariat Smith
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Blue Montana Skies1939
As Marshal
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Cheyenne Kid1933
As Denver Ed
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The She Wolf
The She Wolf1919
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Man's Land1932
As Steve - Rustler
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Last Musketeer1952
As Lem Shaver
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Alias Mr. Twilight1946
As Sam Bartlett
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Circumstantial Evidence1935
As John Cassidy (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Spirit of the West1932
As Tom Fallon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Broadway to Cheyenne1932
As Al
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Borderland1937
As Dandy Morgan
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Melody Trail1935
As Matt Kirby
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Ridin' Fool1931
As Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Gallant Defender1935
As Salty Smith
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Fighting Texans1933
As Gur Durkin
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Pardon My Stripes1942
As Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Black Beauty1933
As Hack Driver
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Little Miss Roughneck1938
As Sheriff
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Two Gun Justice1938
As Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Cowboy Counsellor1932
As Sheriff Matt Farraday
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Alibi Racket1935
As Chief Inspector August Wilmer
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fast Bullets1936
As Travis
TMDb 5.7 / 10
In Old Amarillo1951
As Sheriff (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Utah Wagon Train1951
As Sam Sickle
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Gunsmoke Trail1938
As Sheriff chasing Loma
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Messenger of Peace1947
As Harry Franzmeirer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mystery Mountain1934
As Tom Henderson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Curtain Falls1934
As Mover
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Forty-Niners1932
As Squaw O'Hara
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Colorado Trail1938
As Mark Sheldon
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Wild West Days1937
As Steve Claggett, Henchman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol1938
As Jarvis
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jungle Jim1937
As Slade
TMDb 5.4 / 10
North of Arizona1935
As George Tully
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Two Gun Law1937
As Kipp Faulkner
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Lone Avenger1933
As Burl Adams
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Blazing Six Shooters1940
As Bert Karsin
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Outlaw Rule1935
As Deputy Bat Lindstrom
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Silent Valley1935
As Jim Farley
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Fighting Bill Fargo1941
As Tom Houston
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Rawhide Rangers1941
As Rawlings
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb