Hotmail
Al Bridge
:
Overview
 Avg.User Rating:  0 RatingRate this person:
Actor Born: February 26, 1891 in Philadelphia, PA Death: December 27, 1957 in California Biography: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... Full Biography
| ||||||||||||
| advertisement |
Movie data provided by:
