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John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Actor · Born 1909-09-06 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Big Sleep (1946) — Eddie Mars
  2. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — Officer Saunders
  3. A Place in the Sun (1951) — Coroner
  4. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) — Assistant Manager
  5. The Roaring Twenties (1939) — Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
  6. The Letter (1940) — Driver (uncredited)
  7. Dark Victory (1939) — Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
  8. They Drive by Night (1940) — Hank Dawson (uncredited)
  9. They Died with Their Boots On (1941) — 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
  10. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) — Radio Man
  11. Possessed (1947) — Harker
  12. Destination Tokyo (1943) — Reserve Officer Raymond
  13. Air Force (1943) — Pilot
  14. Each Dawn I Die (1939) — Reporter (uncredited)
  15. The Return of Doctor X (1939) — Rodgers
  16. Room for One More (1952) — Harry Foreman
  17. Border Incident (1949) — Mr. Neley
  18. Brother Orchid (1940) — Texas Pearson
  19. They Made Me a Criminal (1939) — Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
  20. Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) — Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
  21. Backfire (1950) — Plainclothesman (uncredited)
  22. Cry Wolf (1947) — Jackson Laidell
  23. Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) — Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
  24. The Man I Love (1946) — Roy Otis
  25. High Wall (1947) — Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
  26. Hollywood Canteen (1944) — Self
  27. The Fighting 69th (1940) — Moran (uncredited)
  28. Invisible Stripes (1939) — Employment Clerk (uncredited)
  29. The Iron Curtain (1948)
  30. King of the Underworld (1939) — Jerry
  31. The Big Shot (1942) — Tim
  32. You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) — Gas Station Proprietor
  33. Northern Pursuit (1943) — Jim Austen
  34. Command Decision (1948) — James Carwood
  35. Nora Prentiss (1947) — Walter Bailey
  36. My Reputation (1946) — Cary Abbott
  37. Nancy Drew… Detective (1938) — Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
  38. Edge of Doom (1950) — Detective #1
  39. Off Limits (1952) — Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
  40. The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) — Arch