John Ridgely
Acting
Born: 1909-09-06 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Ridgely (born John Huntington Rea, September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits. He appeared in the 1946 Humphrey Bogart film The Big Sleep as blackmailing gangster Eddie Mars and had a memorable role as a suffering heart patient in the film noir Nora Prentiss (1947). He appeared in a large number of other Warner Bros. films in the 1930s and 1940s. Freelancing after 1948, John Ridgely continued to essay general-purpose parts until he left films in 1953. Thereafter, he worked in summer-theater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968.
Known For
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
A Place in the Sun
Coroner
Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer Saunders
Half Angel
Tim McCarey
The Greatest Show on Earth
Assistant Manager
Destination Tokyo
Reserve Officer Raymond
On Dress Parade
Fort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant (uncredited)
Dark Victory
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
John, Nazi Henchman
Fort Osage
Henry Travers
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Air Force
Pilot
Border Incident
Mr. Neley
The Congregation
The Letter
Driver (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Hank Dawson (uncredited)
Knockout
Pat Martin
High Wall
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Backfire
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Everybody's Hobby
Ranger Mike Morgan
My Reputation
Cary Abbott
Forbidden Valley
Duke Lafferty
Million Dollar Baby
Ollie Ward
Nora Prentiss
Walter Bailey
The Roaring Twenties
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
The Doughgirls
Julian Cadman
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
Tucson
Ben
Possessed
Harker
Edge of Doom
Detective #1
Task Force
Dixie Rankin
Invisible Stripes
Employment Clerk (uncredited)
Command Decision
James Carwood
Angels Wash Their Faces
Reporter at Pillory (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Radio Man
Off Limits
Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
Room for One More
Harry Foreman
Cry Wolf
Jackson Laidell
Saddle Tramp
Slim