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
Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer Saunders
A Place in the Sun
Coroner
The Greatest Show on Earth
Assistant Manager
The Roaring Twenties
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
The Letter
Driver (uncredited)
Dark Victory
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Hank Dawson (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Radio Man
Possessed
Harker
Destination Tokyo
Reserve Officer Raymond
Air Force
Pilot
Each Dawn I Die
Reporter (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
Rodgers
Room for One More
Harry Foreman
Border Incident
Mr. Neley
Brother Orchid
Texas Pearson
They Made Me a Criminal
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
Backfire
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Cry Wolf
Jackson Laidell
The Man I Love
Roy Otis
High Wall
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Invisible Stripes
Employment Clerk (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Moran (uncredited)
The Big Shot
Tim
King of the Underworld
Jerry
The Iron Curtain
Northern Pursuit
Jim Austen
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Gas Station Proprietor
Nora Prentiss
Walter Bailey
Command Decision
James Carwood
My Reputation
Cary Abbott
Edge of Doom
Detective #1
Nancy Drew… Detective
Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
The Wagons Roll at Night
Arch
Off Limits
Lt. Cmdr. Parnell