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
'Til We Meet Again
1940
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
No Time for Comedy
1940
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
Wings of the Navy
1939
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Strange Alibi
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
Command Decision
1948
Highway West
1941
Torrid Zone
1940
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Fort Osage
1952
The Man Without a Country
1937
Secret Enemies
1942
Dark Victory
1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
Task Force
1949
The Bill of Rights
1939
On Trial
1939
Missing Witnesses
1937
Wings for the Eagle
1942
Flight Angels
1940
The Letter
1940
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
March On, Marines
1940
Possessed
1947
When the Redskins Rode
1951
Luxury Liner
1948
Garden of the Moon
1938
Racket Busters
1938
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Sealed Verdict
1948
Going Places
1938
Trouble Makers
1948
Hard to Get
1938
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939