John Ridgely
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 6, 1909
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- January 18, 1968
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.
Movies with John Ridgely
- The Big Sleep 1946 · ★ 7.6
- Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 · ★ 7.6
- A Place in the Sun 1951 · ★ 7.3
- The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 · ★ 6.4
- The Roaring Twenties 1939 · ★ 7.5
- The Letter 1940 · ★ 7.3
- Dark Victory 1939 · ★ 7.0
- They Drive by Night 1940 · ★ 6.9
- They Died with Their Boots On 1941 · ★ 6.7
- The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941 · ★ 7.1
- Possessed 1947 · ★ 6.9
- Destination Tokyo 1943 · ★ 6.9
- Air Force 1943 · ★ 6.5
- Each Dawn I Die 1939 · ★ 6.9
- The Return of Doctor X 1939 · ★ 6.0
- Room for One More 1952 · ★ 6.6
- Border Incident 1949 · ★ 6.9
- Brother Orchid 1940 · ★ 6.6
- They Made Me a Criminal 1939 · ★ 6.3
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939 · ★ 6.1
- Backfire 1950 · ★ 5.9
- Nancy Drew... Reporter 1939 · ★ 6.1
- Cry Wolf 1947 · ★ 6.1
- The Man I Love 1946 · ★ 6.1
- High Wall 1947 · ★ 6.4
- Hollywood Canteen 1944 · ★ 7.3
- The Fighting 69th 1940 · ★ 5.9
- Invisible Stripes 1939 · ★ 6.2
- King of the Underworld 1939 · ★ 6.4
- The Big Shot 1942 · ★ 6.2
- Northern Pursuit 1943 · ★ 6.2
- The Iron Curtain 1948 · ★ 6.0
- You Can't Get Away with Murder 1939 · ★ 5.8
- Nora Prentiss 1947 · ★ 6.3
- Command Decision 1948 · ★ 6.6
- My Reputation 1946 · ★ 7.3
- Nancy Drew… Detective 1938 · ★ 6.5
- Edge of Doom 1950 · ★ 6.1
- The Wagons Roll at Night 1941 · ★ 6.5
- Off Limits 1952 · ★ 5.9