John Ridgely
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
Top 40 Movies
Strange Alibi
1941
On Trial
1939
Highway West
1941
Trouble Makers
1948
Racket Busters
1938
Flight Angels
1940
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
1941
Private Detective
1939
Fort Osage
1952
Steel Against the Sky
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
The Lost Volcano
1950
Dark Victory
1939
Command Decision
1948
Missing Witnesses
1937
Lady with Red Hair
1940
Sealed Verdict
1948
Secret Enemies
1942
Wings of the Navy
1939
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Destination Tokyo
1943
March On, Marines
1940
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Going Places
1938
The Big Sleep
1946
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
A Place in the Sun
1951
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
My Reputation
1946
The Roaring Twenties
1939
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Room for One More
1952
Tucson
1949
Half Angel
1951
Backfire
1950
Hollywood Canteen
1944
Brother Orchid
1940
Forbidden Valley
1938