John Ridgely
Born: 1909-09-06
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
The Big Sleep
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Greatest Show on Earth
A Place in the Sun
They Died with Their Boots On
They Drive by Night
Dangerously They Live
The Roaring Twenties
The Letter
God Is My Co-Pilot
Top Movie Credits
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer Saunders
The Greatest Show on Earth
Assistant Manager
A Place in the Sun
Coroner
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Hank Dawson (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live
John, Nazi Henchman
The Roaring Twenties
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
The Letter
Driver (uncredited)
God Is My Co-Pilot
David 'Tex' Hill