Actor
John Ridgely
Born 1909 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Acting
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars · 1946
Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer Saunders · 1944
A Place in the Sun
Coroner · 1951
The Roaring Twenties
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited) · 1939
The Letter
Driver (uncredited) · 1940
The Greatest Show on Earth
Assistant Manager · 1952
Dark Victory
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited) · 1939
They Drive by Night
Hank Dawson (uncredited) · 1940
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Radio Man · 1941
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited) · 1941
Possessed
Harker · 1947
Destination Tokyo
Reserve Officer Raymond · 1943
Each Dawn I Die
Reporter (uncredited) · 1939
Border Incident
Mr. Neley · 1949
Air Force
Pilot · 1943
Room for One More
Harry Foreman · 1952
Hollywood Canteen
Self · 1944
Brother Orchid
Texas Pearson · 1940
The Return of Doctor X
Rodgers · 1939
My Reputation
Cary Abbott · 1946
They Made Me a Criminal
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter) · 1939
Thunder in God's Country
Bill Stafford · 1951
Pal, Canine Detective
Gary's Father · 1950
High Wall
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley) · 1947