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Al Bridge was an American character actor who played mostly small roles in over 270 films between 1931 and 1954. Bridge's persona was an unpleasant, gravel-voiced man with an untidy moustache. Sometimes credited as Alan Bridge, and frequently not credited onscreen at all, he appeared in many westerns, especially in the Hopalong Cassidy series, where he played crooked sheriffs and henchmen.
Birth Name
Alfred Morton Bridge
Born
Thursday, 26 February 1891
Died
Friday, 27 December 1957
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Buck Rogers | Dynamo Room Guard | 1977 |
| Hell's Outpost | Banker | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Pete | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Mr. Wilson | 1954 |
| Jubilee Trail | Mr. Turner | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Pop Wade / Walt Stone (as Alan Bridge) | 1954 |
| Iron Mountain Trail | The Marshal / Marshal | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | (as Alan Bridge) | 1953 |
| Planet Outlaws | Dynamo Room Guard | 1953 |
| My Hero | George the Chauffeur | 1952 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Buck Rogers | Dynamo Room Guard | 1977 |
| Hell's Outpost | Banker | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Pete | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Mr. Wilson | 1954 |
| Jubilee Trail | Mr. Turner | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Pop Wade / Walt Stone (as Alan Bridge) | 1954 |
| Iron Mountain Trail | The Marshal / Marshal | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | (as Alan Bridge) | 1953 |
| Planet Outlaws | Dynamo Room Guard | 1953 |
| My Hero | George the Chauffeur | 1952 |
| Barbed Wire | Homesteader McGraw / McGraw | 1952 |
| We're Not Married! | Det. Magnus | 1952 |
| The Unexpected | Lajon | 1952 |
| The Last Musketeer | Lem Shaver | 1952 |
| Utah Wagon Train | Sam Sickle | 1951 |
| All That I Have | John Biddle, Gardener / John Biddle | 1951 |
| Strangers on a Train | Tennis Judge | 1951 |
| In Old Amarillo | Sheriff | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Sheriff | 1951 |
| The Range Rider | Sheriff / Sheriff Rawlins / Sheriff Clark / Pop Begley / Outpost Depot Man / Marshal Thomas / Jed, wagon driver / Ed Fallon | 1951 |
| Oh! Susanna | Jake Ledbetter | 1951 |
| Hunt the Man Down | Ulysses Grant Sheldon | 1950 |
| California Passage | Conover | 1950 |
| The Bigelow Theatre | (as Alan Bridge) | 1950 |
| The Tougher They Come | Jensen | 1950 |
| North of the Great Divide | Henry Gates | 1950 |
| The Gene Autry Show | Sheriff | 1950 |
| A Woman of Distinction | Editor | 1950 |
| The Traveling Saleswoman | P. Carter | 1950 |
| Squadron of Doom | Wyckoff | 1949 |
| Roseanna McCoy | Medicine Seller | 1949 |
| The Devil's Henchman | Elmer Hood | 1949 |
| Trail of the Yukon | Old Man | 1949 |
| The Doolins of Oklahoma | Deputy Sheriff | 1949 |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | Sheriff Ambrose / Sheriff | 1949 |
| South of St. Louis | Farmer | 1949 |
| That Wonderful Urge | Conovan | 1948 |
| The Paleface | Governor's Horseman | 1948 |
| Quick on the Trigger | Judge Kormac | 1948 |
| Unfaithfully Yours | House Detective | 1948 |
| Silver River | Sam Slade | 1948 |
| Smart Woman | Hotel Clerk | 1948 |
| Fury at Furnace Creek | Lawyer | 1948 |
| Road to Rio | Ship's Officer | 1947 |
| T-Men | Agent in Phone Booth | 1947 |
| Last Days of Boot Hill | Forrest Brent aka Lucky Thorpe | 1947 |
| Unconquered | Militiaman at Fair | 1947 |
| Black Gold | Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian | 1947 |
| The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival | Bartender | 1947 |
| The Fabulous Joe | Florida Club Bartender | 1947 |
| Song of the Thin Man | Nagle - Waterfront Policeman | 1947 |
| Down to Earth | Police Captain | 1947 |
| Michigan Kid | Sheriff | 1947 |
| Robin Hood of Texas | Sheriff | 1947 |
| Dick Tracy's Dilemma | Mr. Cudd | 1947 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Wild Bill Hickock | 1947 |
| Framed | Judge | 1947 |
| Nora Prentiss | New York City Policeman | 1947 |
| California | Town Marshal | 1947 |
| Cross My Heart | Det. Flynn / Detective Flynn | 1947 |
| The Mighty McGurk | Toothless Derelict | 1947 |
| Singin' in the Corn | Honest John Richards | 1946 |
| Alias Mr. Twilight | Sam Bartlett | 1946 |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Sheriff | 1946 |
| Below the Deadline | Turner | 1946 |
| Cowboy Blues | Jim Peters | 1946 |
| My Pal Trigger | Henry Wallace | 1946 |
| Shadows Over Chinatown | Capt. Allen / Captain Allen | 1946 |
| The Falcon's Alibi | Police Inspector Blake | 1946 |
| Miss Susie Slagle's | Cab Driver | 1946 |
| Deadline at Dawn | Detective Smiley | 1946 |
| Two Years Before the Mast | Publisher | 1946 |
| They Were Expendable | Lieutenant Colonel | 1945 |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | Conductor | 1945 |
| Saratoga Trunk | Soule Gang Engineer | 1945 |
| Road to Utopia | Ship Captain | 1945 |
| Blazing the Western Trail | Forrest Brent | 1945 |
| The Clock | Second Subway Official | 1945 |
| Both Barrels Blazing | Lucky Thorpe | 1945 |
| The Unseen | Truck Driver | 1945 |
| Escape in the Desert | Citizen Gunman | 1945 |
| Salty O'Rourke | Bartender | 1945 |
| Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Dr. Hicks | 1945 |
| A Guy, a Gal and a Pal | Mayor | 1945 |
| A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Cheap Charlie | 1945 |
| The Jade Mask | Sheriff Mack | 1945 |
| The Missing Juror | Deputy Sheriff Ben / Deputy Sheriff Ben (Uncredited) | 1944 |
| The Princess and the Pirate | Pirate | 1944 |
| The Unwritten Code | Sheriff | 1944 |
| The Merry Monahans | Man on Train | 1944 |
| Cry of the Werewolf | Coroner at Inquest | 1944 |
| Hail the Conquering Hero | Political Boss | 1944 |
| The Great Moment | Mr. Stone | 1944 |
| And the Angels Sing | Squad Car Policeman | 1944 |
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Mr. Johnson | 1943 |
| Nobody's Darling | Bum | 1943 |
| Petticoat Larceny | Jack Goss | 1943 |
| The Man from Thunder River | Prospector | 1943 |
| Idaho | Jailer | 1943 |
| Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Matt Warner | 1943 |
| The Traitor Within | Henchman | 1942 |
| I Married a Witch | Second Prison Guard | 1942 |
| A Man's World | Capt. Peterson / Captain Peterson | 1942 |
| Bells of Capistrano | Westfall Saloon Bartender | 1942 |
| The Palm Beach Story | Conductor | 1942 |
| The Talk of the Town | Desk Sergeant | 1942 |
| Bad Men of the Hills | Sheriff Mace Arnold / Mace Arnold | 1942 |
| Men of Texas | Goodrich | 1942 |
| Lady in a Jam | Furniture Mover | 1942 |
| Juke Girl | Farmer Hiring Bean Pickers | 1942 |
| Meet the Stewarts | Police Turnkey | 1942 |
| In This Our Life | Worker | 1942 |
| Saboteur | Marine MP Sergeant | 1942 |
| The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Trustee | 1942 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Cutler Man in Barrel Room | 1942 |
| The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Ship's Officer on Bridge | 1942 |
| The Man Who Returned to Life | Hobo | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Man | 1942 |
| Pardon My Stripes | Guard | 1942 |
| West of Tombstone | U. S. Marshal | 1942 |
| Sealed Lips | Newspaper Morgue Attendant | 1942 |
| Road Agent | Rancher | 1941 |
| Honolulu Lu | Shooting Gallery Proprietor | 1941 |
| Fighting Bill Fargo | Tom Houston | 1941 |
| Sullivan's Travels | The Mister | 1941 |
| Tuxedo Junction | Chief Conway | 1941 |
| Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House | 1941 |
| Badlands of Dakota | Plainview Lawman | 1941 |
| The Little Foxes | Dawson | 1941 |
| Wild Geese Calling | Undetermined Minor Role | 1941 |
| Rags to Riches | Policeman | 1941 |
| Rawhide Rangers | Rawlings | 1941 |
| Law of the Range | Jamison | 1941 |
| The Big Boss | Minor Role | 1941 |
| Lady from Louisiana | Captain of Police | 1941 |
| The Lady from Cheyenne | Mr. Matthews | 1941 |
| Road to Zanzibar | Colonial Policeman with Inspector | 1941 |
| Double Date | Sergeant O'Rourke | 1941 |
| The Lady Eve | First Steward | 1941 |
| The Kid's Last Ride | Bob Harmon, aka Jim Breeden / Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden | 1941 |
| The Face Behind the Mask | Flop House Manager | 1941 |
| The Lone Rider Rides On | Bob Cameron | 1941 |
| The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Ship's Captain | 1940 |
| Santa Fe Trail | Palmyra Townsman | 1940 |
| Christmas in July | Mr. Hillbeiner | 1940 |
| Barnyard Follies | Policeman | 1940 |
| Diamond Frontier | Guard | 1940 |
| Flowing Gold | Highway Patrolman | 1940 |
| When the Daltons Rode | Townsman | 1940 |
| Winners of the West | Captain / Captain [Ch. 13] | 1940 |
| Passport to Alcatraz | James Carver | 1940 |
| If I Had My Way | Doorman | 1940 |
| Blazing Six Shooters | Bert Karsin | 1940 |
| Dark Command | Slave Trader | 1940 |
| The Courageous Dr. Christian | Sheriff | 1940 |
| My Little Chickadee | Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey | 1940 |
| Pioneers of the Frontier | Marshal Larsen | 1940 |
| West of Carson City | Foreman of the Jury | 1940 |
| My Son Is Guilty | Police Lieutenant at Holdup | 1939 |
| The Stranger from Texas | Jeff Browning | 1939 |
| The Roaring Twenties | Ship Captain | 1939 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Dwight | 1939 |
| Oklahoma Frontier | Kentuck | 1939 |
| No Place to Go | Frank Crowley | 1939 |
| Thunder Afloat | Fisherman | 1939 |
| The Man from Sundown | Slick Larson | 1939 |
| Sons of Liberty | Prisoner | 1939 |
| Blue Montana Skies | Marshal | 1939 |
| Buck Rogers | Dynamo Room Floor Guard | 1939 |
| Romance of the Redwoods | Boss Whittaker | 1939 |
| The Oklahoma Kid | Would-Be Settler | 1939 |
| Risky Business | Cop | 1939 |
| Frontiers of '49 | Army Sergeant | 1939 |
| Devil's Island | Captain of the Guards | 1939 |
| The Phantom Creeps | White Rose Sailor | 1939 |
| Adventure in Sahara | Cpl. Dronov | 1938 |
| Down in 'Arkansaw' | Jake | 1938 |
| Marie Antoinette | Official in Passport Office | 1938 |
| Flaming Frontiers | John Merkle [Chs. 6-7] | 1938 |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Blackie | 1938 |
| Highway Patrol | Jarvis | 1938 |
| Reformatory | Guard | 1938 |
| Gunsmoke Trail | Sheriff / Sheriff chasing Loma | 1938 |
| Crime School | Mr. Burke | 1938 |
| Two Gun Justice | Sheriff (as Al Bridges) / Sheriff | 1938 |
| Jezebel | New Orleans Sheriff | 1938 |
| Born to Be Wild | Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe | 1938 |
| Little Miss Roughneck | Sheriff | 1938 |
| Partners of the Plains | Scar Lewis | 1938 |
| Tim Tyler's Luck | Capt. Trowbridge / Capt. Trowbridge [Ch. 1] | 1937 |
| Springtime in the Rockies | Briggs | 1937 |
| The Awful Truth | Motor Cop | 1937 |
| Dead End | Policeman in Drina's Apartment | 1937 |
| Western Gold | Holman | 1937 |
| They Won't Forget | Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion | 1937 |
| Wild West Days | Steve Claggett / Steve Claggett, Henchman | 1937 |
| One Man Justice | Red Grindy | 1937 |
| Married Before Breakfast | Police Driver | 1937 |
| Woman Chases Man | Process Server | 1937 |
| Two Gun Law | Kipp Faulkner | 1937 |
| Song of the City | Captain | 1937 |
| Borderland | Dandy Morgan - Henchman / Dandy Morgan | 1937 |
| You Only Live Once | Guard | 1937 |
| Westbound Mail | 'Bull' Feeney | 1937 |
| Jungle Jim | Slade | 1937 |
| Dodge City Trail | Dawson | 1936 |
| Trail Dust | Tom Babson / Babson | 1936 |
| Ace Drummond | Paul Wyckoff | 1936 |
| The Three Mesquiteers | Olin Canfield / Alden Canfield | 1936 |
| They Met in a Taxi | Detective | 1936 |
| Crash Donovan | Desk Sergeant | 1936 |
| Public Enemy's Wife | Swartzman | 1936 |
| And So They Were Married | Motorcycle Cop | 1936 |
| These Three | Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur | 1936 |
| Call of the Prairie | Sam Porter | 1936 |
| The Music Goes 'Round | Police Inspector | 1936 |
| The Count Takes the Count | 3rd Motorcycle Cop | 1936 |
| The Lawless Nineties | Steele | 1936 |
| The Bridge of Sighs | Ballistics Expert | 1936 |
| The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Black - Henchman / Henchman Black | 1936 |
| Fast Bullets | Travis | 1936 |
| Gallant Defender | Salty Smith | 1935 |
| A Night at the Opera | Immigration Inspector | 1935 |
| Rendezvous | Sergeant | 1935 |
| The New Frontier | Kit | 1935 |
| Melody Trail | Matt Kirby | 1935 |
| Valley of Wanted Men | Ranger Sergeant Parsons | 1935 |
| Confidential | Hanover - Walsh's Henchman | 1935 |
| Alibi Racket | Chief Inspector August Wilmer | 1935 |
| The Gay Deception | Jail Attendant | 1935 |
| Diamond Jim | Poker Player on Train | 1935 |
| The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Henchman Mitchell [Chs. 1-6, 10] / Mitchell | 1935 |
| The Murder Man | Judge John C. Garfield | 1935 |
| The Headline Woman | Baker, Editor | 1935 |
| Silent Valley | Jim Farley (Frank in credits) / Jim Farley | 1935 |
| Alias Mary Dow | Ditch-Digger | 1935 |
| Circumstantial Evidence | John Cassidy | 1935 |
| Transient Lady | Sheriff Angel Verner | 1935 |
| Outlaw Rule | Deputy Bat Lindstrom | 1935 |
| North of Arizona | George Tully | 1935 |
| Mystery Mountain | Tom Henderson | 1934 |
| The Curtain Falls | Mover | 1934 |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Henchman Tucker [Chs. 3-12] | 1934 |
| We're Not Dressing | Ship's Officer - Rescue Party | 1934 |
| Honor of the Range | Townsman | 1934 |
| The Trumpet Blows | Policeman | 1934 |
| Looking for Trouble | Lineman | 1934 |
| Good Dame | Patrol Car Cop | 1934 |
| Public Stenographer | Detective Scott | 1934 |
| Murder on the Campus | Grimes, City Editor | 1933 |
| Twin Husbands | Highway Patrolman | 1933 |
| The Trail Drive | Henchman Bucko | 1933 |
| Fighting with Kit Carson | Henchman Reynolds [Chs. 1-7, 10, 12] / Reynolds | 1933 |
| Fighting Texans | Gus Durkin / Gur Durkin | 1933 |
| Sunset Pass | Tom | 1933 |
| The Lone Avenger | Burl Adams | 1933 |
| Son of the Border | Tupper | 1933 |
| Black Beauty | Hack Driver | 1933 |
| The Thundering Herd | Catlee - Pruitt's Henchman | 1933 |
| Sucker Money | George Hunter | 1933 |
| Drum Taps | Lariat Smith | 1933 |
| The Cheyenne Kid | Denver Ed | 1933 |
| When a Man Rides Alone | Montana Slade | 1933 |
| The Wyoming Whirlwind | Steve Cantrell | 1932 |
| The Devil Horse | Curley Bates - Henchman / Henchman Curley Bates | 1932 |
| The Forty-Niners | Squaw O'Hara | 1932 |
| Slightly Married | Tenant | 1932 |
| The Cowboy Counsellor | Sheriff Matt Farraday | 1932 |
| Blonde Venus | Bouncer | 1932 |
| Broadway to Cheyenne | Al | 1932 |
| The Thirteenth Guest | Policeman / Policeman (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| The Hurricane Express | Carlson / The Station Agent | 1932 |
| Million Dollar Legs | Secret Emissary #3 | 1932 |
| A Man's Land | Steve - Rustler | 1932 |
| Unholy Love | Police Sergeant | 1932 |
| Spirit of the West | Tom Fallon | 1932 |
| Police Court | (as Alan Bridge) | 1932 |
| South of Santa Fe | Henchman Bully | 1932 |
| Partners of the Trail | Henchman | 1931 |
| The Ridin' Fool | Nikkos / Nikkos (as Al Bridges) | 1931 |
| Rider of the Plains | Deputy Bill Gaines | 1931 |
| God's Country and the Man | Livermore | 1931 |
