Al Bridge

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BIRTHDAY

February 26, 1891

Philadelphia, PA

DIED

December 27, 1957

RECENT CREDITS

Last Days of Boot Hill (FILM) Jan. 20, 2005

Road to Zanzibar (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

The Paleface (FILM) Oct. 30, 1948

Road to Rio (FILM) Jan. 1, 1947

T-Men (FILM) Jan. 1, 1947

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BIOGRAPHY

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In films from 1931, Alan Bridge was always immediately recognizable thanks to his gravel voice, unkempt moustache and sour-persimmon disposition. Bridge spent a lot of time in westerns, playing crooked sheriffs and two-bit political hacks; he showed up in so many Hopalong Cassidy westerns that he was practically a series regular. From 1940's Christmas in July onward, the actor was one of the most ubiquitous members of writer/director Preston Sturges' "stock company." He was at his very best as "The Mister," a vicious chain-gang overseer, in Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, and as the political-machine boss in the director's Hail the Conquering Hero, shining brightly in an extremely lengthy single-take scene with blustery Raymond Walburn. Alan Bridge also essayed amusing characterizations in Sturges' Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1946), Unfaithfully Yours (1948, as the house detective) and the director's final American film, The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend (1949).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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