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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.
Birthday: February 25, 1891
Death: December 27, 1957

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August 21, 1947

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December 02, 1948

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May 27, 1949

May 20, 1947

January 13, 1936

May 28, 1942

December 15, 1947

December 24, 1940

February 25, 1941

October 21, 1937

March 01, 1951

January 20, 1933

November 01, 1932

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June 27, 1938

December 10, 1948

October 09, 1939

March 29, 1939

April 11, 1941

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December 20, 1940

April 15, 1940

February 09, 1940

July 02, 1940

December 12, 1936

April 06, 1937

July 14, 1939

August 29, 1941

August 24, 1940

March 26, 1938

April 04, 1940

December 15, 1950

July 15, 1947

December 27, 1937

September 01, 1935

December 11, 1941

October 30, 1947

February 28, 1933

October 14, 1951

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October 30, 1942

March 01, 1952

August 13, 1942

November 30, 1941

February 14, 1940

December 09, 1941

June 20, 1941

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February 05, 1943

May 20, 1948

September 15, 1941

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January 31, 1942

May 02, 1935

March 10, 1943

October 01, 1941

July 08, 1932

October 01, 1951

September 08, 1938

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March 18, 1936

August 01, 1936

December 26, 1946

February 27, 1946

December 26, 1950

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March 29, 1954

February 28, 1945

January 23, 1937

September 17, 1942

August 26, 1938

May 08, 1942

September 14, 1935

December 07, 1945

January 08, 1932

January 23, 1938

May 03, 1939

May 08, 1953

January 14, 1933

August 28, 1947

February 19, 1932

November 16, 1944

August 09, 1932

December 05, 1931

September 09, 1932

April 01, 1933

June 15, 1933

May 27, 1949

February 21, 1947

June 19, 1942

February 22, 1947

January 16, 1941

March 30, 1935

June 27, 1951

March 16, 1950

November 29, 1933

April 27, 1934

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