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Iron Mountain Trail

as Marshal

1953
Barbed Wire

as Homesteader McGraw

1952
The Last Musketeer

as Lem Shaver

1952
Squadron of Doom

as Wyckoff

1949
Unfaithfully Yours

as House Detective

1948
Silver River

as Sam Slade

1948
Shadows Over Chinatown

as Captain Allen

1946
The Falcon's Alibi

as Police Inspector Blake

1946
Alias Mr. Twilight

as Sam Bartlett

1946
Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask

as Sheriff Mack

1945
Hail the Conquering Hero

as Political Boss

1944
Blazing Six Shooters

as Bert Karsin

1940
Sons of Liberty

as Prisoner (uncredited)

1939
Blue Montana Skies

as Marshal

1939
Partners of the Plains

as Scar Lewis

1938
Adventure in Sahara

as Cpl. Dronov

1938
Gunsmoke Trail

as Sheriff chasing Loma

1938
Borderland

as Dandy Morgan

1937
Woman Chases Man

as Process Server (uncredited)

1937
Jungle Jim

as Slade

1937
Call of the Prairie

as Sam Porter

1936
The Lawless Nineties

as Steele

1936
The Three Mesquiteers

as Alden Canfield

1936
Dodge City Trail

as Dawson

1936
Alibi Racket

as Chief Inspector August Wilmer

1935
Valley of Wanted Men

as Ranger Sergeant Parsons

1935
Gallant Defender

as Salty Smith

1935
Al Bridge Al Bridge

Birthday

1891-02-26

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.
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