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
A Place in the Sun
The Greatest Show on Earth
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Letter
Air Force
They Died with Their Boots On
Room for One More
Hollywood Canteen
Possessed
Top Movie Credits
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
A Place in the Sun
Coroner
The Greatest Show on Earth
Assistant Manager
Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer Saunders
The Letter
Driver (uncredited)
Air Force
Pilot
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
Room for One More
Harry Foreman
Hollywood Canteen
Self
Possessed
Harker