Acting
John Ridgely
Born 1909-09-06 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Died 1968-01-18
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 Letter
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Big Sleep
Hollywood Canteen
A Place in the Sun
Air Force
They Died with Their Boots On
The Greatest Show on Earth
Destination Tokyo
The Roaring Twenties
Dark Victory
They Drive by Night
The Doughgirls
Invisible Stripes
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
That Way with Women
Danger Signal
Pride of the Marines
The Man Who Talked Too Much
They Made Me a Criminal
Each Dawn I Die
Backfire
The Return of Doctor X
King of the Underworld
Possessed
Torrid Zone
The Blue Veil
Saddle Tramp
When the Redskins Rode
Edge of Doom
Room for One More
Off Limits
Task Force
Alice in Movieland
Command Decision
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Boy Meets Girl
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Nine Lives Are Not Enough