John Ridgely

Known for ActingBorn 1909-09-06Died 1968-01-18Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

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Thunder in God's Country

Pal, Canine Detective

The Congregation

Beauty on Parade

Night Wind

Western Trails

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Big Sleep

The Doughgirls

As You Were

South Sea Sinner

Rookie Fireman

Tucson

The Roaring Twenties

A Place in the Sun

My Reputation

Hollywood Canteen

The Letter

God Is My Co-Pilot

Strange Alibi

A Child is Born

Pal's Gallant Journey

Task Force

Sealed Verdict

Border Incident

Torrid Zone

Castle on the Hudson

Private Detective

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

He Couldn't Say No

Forbidden Valley

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Possessed

Missing Witnesses

They Drive by Night

Saturday's Children

Dark Victory

Destination Tokyo

The Blue Veil

Lady with Red Hair

Boy Meets Girl

Teddy the Rough Rider

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Garden of the Moon

Each Dawn I Die

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Women in the Wind

That Way with Women