John Ridgely
Known For
Acting
Born
1909-09-06 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
1968-01-18
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.
Most Known For
Destination Tokyo
as Reserve Officer Raymond
Half Angel
as Tim McCarey
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
My Reputation
as Cary Abbott
Forbidden Valley
as Duke Lafferty
Tucson
as Ben
Knockout
as Pat Martin
Brother Orchid
as Texas Pearson
The Congregation
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Assistant Manager
A Place in the Sun
as Coroner
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Officer Saunders
Command Decision
as James Carwood
They Died with Their Boots On
as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
The Letter
as Driver (uncredited)
Possessed
as Harker
They Drive by Night
as Hank Dawson (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Radio Man
Backfire
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)