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Al Bridge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
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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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1954
Hell's Outpost
Movie Banker (uncredited)
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1954
Jubilee Trail
Movie Mr. Turner (uncredited)
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1954
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
Movie Hotel Desk Clerk
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1954
Annie Oakley
TV show Pop Wade
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1953
Iron Mountain Trail
Movie Marshal
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1952
Barbed Wire
Movie Homesteader McGraw
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1952
We're Not Married!
Movie Detective Magnus (uncredited)
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1952
The Last Musketeer
Movie Lem Shaver
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1951
Utah Wagon Train
Movie Sam Sickle
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1951
All That I Have
Movie John Biddle
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1951
Strangers on a Train
Movie Tennis Judge (uncredited)
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1951
In Old Amarillo
Movie Sheriff (uncredited)
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1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV show Sheriff (uncredited)
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1951
Oh! Susanna
Movie Jake Ledbetter
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1950
Hunt the Man Down
Movie Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
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1950
California Passage
Movie Conover
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1950
The Gene Autry Show
TV show Sheriff
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1950
A Woman of Distinction
Movie Editor
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1949
Squadron of Doom
Movie Wyckoff
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1949
The Devil's Henchmen
Movie Elmer Hood
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1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie Sheriff
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1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
Movie Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
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1948
Quick on the Trigger
Movie Judge Kormac
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1948
Unfaithfully Yours
Movie House Detective
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1948
Silver River
Movie Sam Slade
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1947
T-Men
Movie Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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1947
Messenger of Peace
Movie Harry Franzmeirer
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1947
Black Gold
Movie Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
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1947
The Fabulous Joe
Movie Florida Club Bartender
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1947
Down to Earth
Movie Police Captain (uncredited)
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1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
Movie Sheriff
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1947
Framed
Movie (uncredited)
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1947
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Movie Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
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1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie Wild Bill Hickock
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1947
Nora Prentiss
Movie New York City Policeman (uncredited)
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1947
California
Movie Town Marshal (uncredited)
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1947
The Mighty McGurk
Movie Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
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1946
Singin' in the Corn
Movie Honest John Richards
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1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
Movie Sam Bartlett
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1946
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie Sheriff (uncredited)
