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.
Top Filmography
The Big Sleep
1946 // MOVIE
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944 // MOVIE
A Place in the Sun
1951 // MOVIE
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952 // MOVIE
The Roaring Twenties
1939 // MOVIE
The Letter
1940 // MOVIE
Dark Victory
1939 // MOVIE
They Drive by Night
1940 // MOVIE
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 // MOVIE
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 // MOVIE
Possessed
1947 // MOVIE
Destination Tokyo
1943 // MOVIE
The Return of Doctor X
1939 // MOVIE
Each Dawn I Die
1939 // MOVIE
Air Force
1943 // MOVIE