John Ridgely
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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.
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.
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
141 titles
Thunder in God's Country
Saturday's Children
Slapsie Maxie's
On Trial
Pride of the Marines
Alice in Movieland
Father Is A Prince
No Time for Comedy
Night Wind
King of the Underworld
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Secret Service of the Air
On Dress Parade
Torchy Gets Her Man
Nancy Drew… Detective
The Iron Curtain
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
The Great Mr. Nobody
Women in the Wind
Private Detective
A Child is Born
The Man Without a Country
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Garden of the Moon
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