Al Bridge
Al Bridge is known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Strangers on a Train (1951), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939).
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.
Questions about Al Bridge
How many Al Bridge films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 138 films with Al Bridge, from 1931 to 1954.
What is the best rated Al Bridge film?
The best rated Al Bridge film in the catalogue is It's a Wonderful Life (1946), rated 8.3.
What was the first Al Bridge film?
The first Al Bridge film in the catalogue is Blonde Venus, from 1932.
Who has Al Bridge worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Al Bridge shares the most credits with Preston Sturges (6 films), Robert Warwick (4 films) and Stuart Gilmore (4 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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8.3 It's a Wonderful Life
1946
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7.7 Strangers on a Train
1951
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7.8 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
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7.4 A Night at the Opera
1935
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6.9 Saboteur
1942
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7.3 The Lady Eve
1941
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7.4 Sullivan's Travels
1941
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7.2 The Awful Truth
1937
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6.9 I Married a Witch
1942
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7.0 Jezebel
1938
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7.5 The Roaring Twenties
1939
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7.5 The Little Foxes
1941
Full filmography
197 films — 138 in the catalogue
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5.5 Hell's Outpost
1954 · Banker (uncredited)
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5.2 Jubilee Trail
1954 · Mr. Turner (uncredited)
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7.0 Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954 · Hotel Desk Clerk
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6.5 Iron Mountain Trail
1953 · Marshal
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6.5 Barbed Wire
1952 · Homesteader McGraw
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5.9 We're Not Married!
1952 · Detective Magnus (uncredited)
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8.0 The Last Musketeer
1952 · Lem Shaver
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6.7 Utah Wagon Train
1951 · Sam Sickle
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6.0 All That I Have
1951 · John Biddle
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7.7
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Tennis Judge (uncredited)
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8.0 In Old Amarillo
1951 · Sheriff (uncredited)
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7.0 Oh! Susanna
1951 · Jake Ledbetter
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6.3 Hunt the Man Down
1950 · Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
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6.0 California Passage
1950 · Conover
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7.0 A Woman of Distinction
1950 · Editor
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10.0 Squadron of Doom
1949 · Wyckoff
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7.5 The Devil's Henchmen
1949 · Elmer Hood
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5.9 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Sheriff
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6.8 The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
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6.5 Quick on the Trigger
1948 · Judge Kormac
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7.2 Unfaithfully Yours
1948 · House Detective
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6.2 Silver River
1948 · Sam Slade
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6.7 T-Men
1947 · Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
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8.0 Messenger of Peace
1947 · Harry Franzmeirer
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7.0 Black Gold
1947 · Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
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5.5 The Fabulous Joe
1947 · Florida Club Bartender
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6.0 Down to Earth
1947 · Police Captain (uncredited)
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7.0 Robin Hood Of Texas
1947 · Sheriff
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6.5 Framed
1947 · (uncredited)
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5.6 Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947 · Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
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6.4 The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Wild Bill Hickock
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6.2 Nora Prentiss
1947 · New York City Policeman (uncredited)
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6.8 California
1947 · Town Marshal (uncredited)
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6.7 The Mighty McGurk
1947 · Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
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7.0 Singin' in the Corn
1946 · Honest John Richards
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6.1 Alias Mr. Twilight
1946 · Sam Bartlett
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8.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Sheriff (uncredited)
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9.0 Cross My Heart
1946 · Detective Flynn
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4.9 Below the Deadline
1946 · Turner
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6.2 Charlie Chan no Bairro Chinês
1946 · Captain Allen
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5.3 The Falcon's Alibi
1946 · Police Inspector Blake
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6.2 Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Detective Smiley (uncredited)
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8.5 Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
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6.7 Road to Utopia
1946 · Ship Captain (uncredited)
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6.5 They Were Expendable
1945 · Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
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6.4 She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945 · Conductor (uncredited)
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6.1 Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
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6.0 Salty O'Rourke
1945 · Bartender (uncredited)
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6.6 Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945 · Dr. Hicks
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7.5 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945 · Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
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6.2 The Jade Mask
1945 · Sheriff Mack
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6.3 The Missing Juror
1944 · Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
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6.8 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Mr. Johnson
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7.1 Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Political Boss
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8.0 Nobody's Darling
1943 · Bum (uncredited)
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6.3 Idaho
1943 · Jailer
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9.0 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943 · Matt Warner
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6.9
I Married a Witch
1942 · Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
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7.0 A Man's World
1942 · Captain Peterson
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7.0 The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Conductor
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7.3 The Talk of the Town
1942 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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8.0 Bad Men of the Hills
1942 · Mace Arnold
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5.6 Lady in a Jam
1942 · Furniture Mover (uncredited)
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5.5 Meet the Stewarts
1942 · Police Turnkey (uncredited)
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6.9 In This Our Life
1942 · Worker (uncredited)
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6.9
Saboteur
1942 · Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
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6.4 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 · Trustee
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7.3 The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Hobo
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5.5 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Man
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6.5 Pardon My Stripes
1942 · Guard (uncredited)
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5.8 Honolulu Lu
1941 · Shooting Gallery Proprietor
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7.0 Fighting Bill Fargo
1941 · Tom Houston
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7.4
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · The Mister
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6.4 Honky Tonk
1941 · Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
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6.1 Badlands of Dakota
1941 · Plainview Lawman
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7.5
The Little Foxes
1941 · Dawson (uncredited)
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6.7 Rawhide Rangers
1941 · Rawlings
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6.5 Law of the Range
1941 · Jamison
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5.4 Lady from Louisiana
1941 · Captain of Police
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5.7 The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Mr. Matthews
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7.3
The Lady Eve
1941 · First Steward (uncredited)
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4.8 The Kid's Last Ride
1941 · Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
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6.5 The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Flop House Manager (uncredited)
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9.0 The Lone Rider Rides On
1941 · Bob Cameron
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6.8 The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940 · Ship's Captain
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5.8 Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
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7.0 Christmas in July
1940 · Mr. Hillbeiner
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6.7 Flowing Gold
1940 · Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
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6.2 When the Daltons Rode
1940
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7.0 Winners of the West
1940 · Captain
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6.4 Dark Command
1940 · Slave Trader
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8.0 Blazing Six Shooters
1940 · Bert Karsin
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6.2 The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940 · Sheriff
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9.0 Pioneers of the Frontier
1940 · Marshal Larsen
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6.4 My Little Chickadee
1940 · Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
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8.0 The Stranger from Texas
1939 · Jeff Browning
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7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Ship Captain (uncredited)
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7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Senator Dwight (uncredited)
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6.0 Oklahoma Frontier
1939 · Kentuck
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6.1 Thunder Afloat
1939 · Fisherman (uncredited)
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10.0 The Man from Sundown
1939 · Slick Larson
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6.3 Sons of Liberty
1939 · Prisoner (uncredited)
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4.5 Blue Montana Skies
1939 · Marshal
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6.1 Buck Rogers
1939 · Dynamo Room Floor Guard
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7.0 Romance of the Redwoods
1939 · Boss Whittaker
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6.0 The Oklahoma Kid
1939 · Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
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4.5 The Phantom Creeps
1939 · White Rose Sailor
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5.7 Devil's Island
1939 · Captain of the Guards
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5.8 Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Cpl. Dronov
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8.0 Colorado Trail
1938 · Mark Sheldon
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6.6 Marie Antoinette
1938 · Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
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9.0 Highway Patrol
1938 · Jarvis
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6.0 Gunsmoke Trail
1938 · Sheriff chasing Loma
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6.4 Crime School
1938 · Mr. Burke
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7.5 Two Gun Justice
1938 · Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
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7.0
Jezebel
1938 · New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
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7.5 Born to Be Wild
1938 · Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
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10.0 Little Miss Roughneck
1938 · Sheriff
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5.0 Heróis do Rancho
1938 · Scar Lewis
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7.0 Tim Tyler's Luck
1937 · Capt. Trowbridge
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5.5 Springtime in the Rockies
1937 · Briggs
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7.2
The Awful Truth
1937 · Motor Cop (uncredited)
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7.0 Dead End
1937 · Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
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9.0 Western Gold
1937 · Holman (as Alan Bridge)
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5.9 They Won't Forget
1937 · Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
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8.0 Wild West Days
1937 · Steve Claggett, Henchman
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6.5 One Man Justice
1937 · Red Grindy
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5.9 Woman Chases Man
1937 · Process Server (uncredited)
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10.0 Two Gun Law
1937 · Kipp Faulkner
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7.5 Borderland
1937 · Dandy Morgan
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7.1 You Only Live Once
1937 · Guard (uncredited)
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8.0 Westbound Mail
1937 · 'Bull' Feeney
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5.4 Jungle Jim
1937 · Slade
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3.0 Dodge City Trail
1936 · Dawson
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5.3 Missão Bem Cumprida
1936 · Babson
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7.0 Ace Drummond
1936 · Paul Wyckoff
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7.0 Em Pé de Guerra
1936 · Alden Canfield
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6.8 They Met in a Taxi
1936 · Detective
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8.0 Crash Donovan
1936 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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6.4 Public Enemy's Wife
1936 · Swartzman
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7.1 These Three
1936 · Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
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5.8 Call of the Prairie
1936 · Sam Porter
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5.5 The Lawless Nineties
1936 · Steele
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8.0 The Bridge of Sighs
1936 · Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
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5.7 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Henchman Black
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5.7 Fast Bullets
1936 · Travis
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9.0 Gallant Defender
1935 · Salty Smith
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7.4
A Night at the Opera
1935 · Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
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4.9 Rendezvous
1935 · Sergeant (uncredited)
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4.9 The New Frontier
1935 · Kit
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5.3 Melody Trail
1935 · Matt Kirby
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6.3 Valley of Wanted Men
1935 · Ranger Sergeant Parsons
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6.3 Confidential
1935 · Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
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6.2 Alibi Racket
1935 · Chief Inspector August Wilmer
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6.4 The Gay Deception
1935 · Jail Attendant (uncredited)
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6.5 Diamond Jim
1935 · Poker Player on Train
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7.3 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935 · Mitchell
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7.1 The Murder Man
1935 · Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
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10.0 Silent Valley
1935 · Jim Farley
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7.2 Alias Mary Dow
1935 · Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
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6.3 Circumstantial Evidence
1935 · John Cassidy (uncredited)
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6.3 Transient Lady
1935 · Sheriff Angel Verner
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5.4 North of Arizona
1935 · George Tully
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9.0 Outlaw Rule
1935 · Deputy Bat Lindstrom
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6.5 A Montanha Misteriosa
1934 · Tom Henderson
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6.0 The Curtain Falls
1934 · Mover
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6.7 We're Not Dressing
1934 · Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
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6.3 Honor of the Range
1934 · Townsman (uncredited)
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4.7 Twin Husbands
1933 · Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
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6.5 Fighting With Kit Carson
1933 · Reynolds
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9.0 Fighting Texans
1933 · Gur Durkin
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10.0 The Lone Avenger
1933 · Burl Adams
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7.3 Son of the Border
1933 · Tupper
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10.0 Black Beauty
1933 · Hack Driver
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5.3 Sucker Money
1933 · George Hunter
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5.5 Drum Taps
1933 · Lariat Smith
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5.5 The Cheyenne Kid
1933 · Denver Ed
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6.5 When a Man Rides Alone
1933 · Montana Slade
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5.0 The Wyoming Whirlwind
1932 · Steve Cantrell
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5.7 The Devil Horse
1932 · Henchman Curley Bates
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9.0 The Forty-Niners
1932 · Squaw O'Hara
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6.3 Slightly Married
1932 · Tenant
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6.0 The Cowboy Counsellor
1932 · Sheriff Matt Farraday
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6.8 Blonde Venus
1932 · Bouncer (uncredited)
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5.0 Broadway to Cheyenne
1932 · Al
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5.2 The Thirteenth Guest
1932 · Policeman (uncredited)
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5.4 The Hurricane Express
1932 · The Station Agent
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6.8 Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
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7.5 A Man's Land
1932 · Steve - Rustler
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7.0 The Spirit of the West
1932 · Tom Fallon
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5.8 Police Court
1932
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5.5 South of Santa Fe
1932 · Henchman Wooly
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6.5 Galloping Thru
1931 · Sandy Thompson
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10.0 The Ridin' Fool
1931 · Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
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9.0 A Rider of the Plains
1931 · Deputy Bill Gaines
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8.0 God's Country and the Man
1931 · Livermore
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7.0
The She Wolf
1919
People data: TMDb.
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