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
A Place in the Sun
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Man I Love
Possessed
The Roaring Twenties
They Died with Their Boots On
The Letter
God Is My Co-Pilot
Top Movie Credits
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 Man I Love
Roy Otis
Possessed
Harker
The Roaring Twenties
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
The Letter
Driver (uncredited)
God Is My Co-Pilot
David 'Tex' Hill