John Ridgely
Acting · Born 1909-09-06 · age 58 at death · Chicago, 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.
Titles
The Big Sleep
Arsenic and Old Lace
A Place in the Sun
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Roaring Twenties
The Letter
Dark Victory
They Drive by Night
They Died with Their Boots On
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Possessed
Destination Tokyo
Each Dawn I Die
Air Force
The Return of Doctor X
Room for One More
Border Incident
Brother Orchid
They Made Me a Criminal
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Backfire
Cry Wolf
Nancy Drew... Reporter
High Wall
The Man I Love
Invisible Stripes
The Fighting 69th
The Iron Curtain
King of the Underworld
The Big Shot
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Command Decision
Nora Prentiss
Northern Pursuit
My Reputation
Nancy Drew… Detective
Edge of Doom
The Wagons Roll at Night
Off Limits
Danger Signal
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Racket Busters
Task Force
Castle on the Hudson
Pride of the Marines
Teddy the Rough Rider
Torrid Zone
The Man Without a Country
Saddle Tramp
Dangerously They Live
No Time for Comedy
God Is My Co-Pilot
Saturday's Children
Bullet Scars
'Til We Meet Again
Blondes at Work
The Lost Volcano
Angels Wash Their Faces
My Bill
Alice in Movieland