John Ridgely
1909-09-06 (1909)Chicago, Illinois, USAActing
Biography
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.
Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace
MOVIE • 1944
The Big Sleep
MOVIE • 1946
My Reputation
MOVIE • 1946
God Is My Co-Pilot
MOVIE • 1945
The Greatest Show on Earth
MOVIE • 1952
They Drive by Night
MOVIE • 1940
A Place in the Sun
MOVIE • 1951
Possessed
MOVIE • 1947
That's My Man
MOVIE • 1947
Nancy Drew… Detective
MOVIE • 1938
Forbidden Valley
MOVIE • 1938
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
MOVIE • 1951
Backfire
MOVIE • 1950
Service with the Colors
MOVIE • 1940
Half Angel
MOVIE • 1951
The Roaring Twenties
MOVIE • 1939
Everybody's Hobby
MOVIE • 1939
The Letter
MOVIE • 1940