John Ridgely

John Ridgely

1909-09-06 – 1968-01-18 (age 58) Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep

1946

as Eddie Mars

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

as Officer Saunders

The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth

1952

as Assistant Manager

A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun

1951

as Coroner

The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties

1939

as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)

The Letter
The Letter

1940

as Driver (uncredited)

Dark Victory
Dark Victory

1939

as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)

Cry Wolf
Cry Wolf

1947

as Jackson Laidell

They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night

1940

as Hank Dawson (uncredited)

Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo

1943

as Reserve Officer Raymond

Air Force
Air Force

1943

as Pilot

The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th

1940

as Moran (uncredited)

Possessed
Possessed

1947

as Harker

Half Angel
Half Angel

1951

as Tim McCarey

The Man Who Came to Dinner
Backfire
Backfire

1950

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes
Invisible Stripes

1939

as Employment Clerk (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die
Each Dawn I Die

1939

as Reporter (uncredited)

Knockout
Knockout

1941

as Pat Martin