John Ridgely
Known for ActingBorn 1909-09-06 — died 1968-01-18Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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.
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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
The Big Sleep
1946 · as Eddie Mars
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 · as Officer Saunders
A Place in the Sun
1951 · as Coroner
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 · as Assistant Manager
The Letter
1940 · as Driver (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Going Places
1938 · as Desk Clerk
Half Angel
1951 · as Tim McCarey
Air Force
1943 · as Pilot
Dangerously They Live
1941 · as John, Nazi Henchman
My Reputation
1946 · as Cary Abbott
They Drive by Night
1940 · as Hank Dawson (uncredited)
Dark Victory
1939 · as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
Naughty but Nice
1939 · as Harry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · as David 'Tex' Hill
Forbidden Valley
1938 · as Duke Lafferty
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · as Reporter (uncredited)