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

The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties

1939

as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun

1951

as Coroner

They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night

1940

as Hank Dawson (uncredited)

Cry Wolf
Cry Wolf

1947

as Jackson Laidell

Invisible Stripes
Invisible Stripes

1939

as Employment Clerk (uncredited)

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

1941

as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)

Room for One More
Room for One More

1952

as Harry Foreman

The Doughgirls
The Doughgirls

1944

as Julian Cadman

The Letter
The Letter

1940

as Driver (uncredited)

My Reputation
My Reputation

1946

as Cary Abbott

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

as Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)

The Last Outpost
The Last Outpost

1951

as Sam McQuade

Dark Victory
Dark Victory

1939

as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)

Money and the Woman
Money and the Woman

1940

as Doctor (uncredited)

Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss

1947

as Walter Bailey

The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th

1940

as Moran (uncredited)

Pride of the Marines
Pride of the Marines

1945

as Jim Merchant