Director

Al Bridge

Acting

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 120785

IMDb ID: nm0108653

Known for: Acting

Born: February 25, 1891

Died: December 27, 1957

Age: 66

Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1931 - 1954

Years active: 24

Average TMDB rating: 6.71

Wikidata: Q4703610

Also known as

Alan Bridge • Alfred Morton Bridge

Frequent jobs

Screenplay (1)

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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.