Al Bridge
Acting
Born February 25, 1891 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
It's a Wonderful Life
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Gene Autry Show
Annie Oakley
Strangers on a Train
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Awful Truth
Sullivan's Travels
Hail the Conquering Hero
They Were Expendable
The Roaring Twenties
Jezebel
The Little Foxes
A Night at the Opera
The Lady Eve
I Married a Witch
Westbound Mail
The Palm Beach Story
Down to Earth
A Volta do Besouro Verde
Dead End
Santa Fe Trail
T-Men
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Saboteur
You Only Live Once
In This Our Life
Marie Antoinette
Silver River
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
The Talk of the Town
Salty O'Rourke
Transient Lady
Ace Drummond
We're Not Married!
Honky Tonk
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
Unfaithfully Yours
The Oklahoma Kid
The Face Behind the Mask