Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
September 6, 1909
Died
January 18, 1968 (58 years old)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- John Huntington Rea
- John Ridgeley
- John Ridgley
John Ridgely
Biography
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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.
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.
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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
Acting
Off Limits
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
Room for One More
1952
A Place in the Sun
1951
Edge of Doom
1950
Backfire
1950
Border Incident
1949
Task Force
1949
Command Decision
1948
High Wall
1947
Cry Wolf
1947
Possessed
1947
Nora Prentiss
1947
The Man I Love
1946
The Big Sleep
1946
My Reputation
1946
Danger Signal
1945
Pride of the Marines
1945
Hollywood Canteen
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
Destination Tokyo
1943
Northern Pursuit
1943
Air Force
1943
The Big Shot
1942