
John Ridgely
Department: Acting
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

Arsenic and Old Lace
1944

The Big Sleep
1946

Possessed
1947

Destination Tokyo
1943

Nancy Drew… Detective
1938

The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941

They Made Me a Criminal
1939

Nora Prentiss
1947

Brother Orchid
1940

The Man I Love
1946

The Greatest Show on Earth
1952

Backfire
1950

Border Incident
1949

High Wall
1947

Danger Signal
1945

Edge of Doom
1950

Cry Wolf
1947

Air Force
1943

Hollywood Canteen
1944

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939

Highway West
1941

Room for One More
1952

The Big Shot
1942

Dangerously They Live
1941

Strange Alibi
1941

Pride of the Marines
1945

Northern Pursuit
1943

The Patient in Room 18
1938

Alice in Movieland
1940

Million Dollar Baby
1941

The Doughgirls
1944

Wings for the Eagle
1942

God Is My Co-Pilot
1945

Luxury Liner
1948

My Reputation
1946

Flight Angels
1940

Wings of the Navy
1939

Off Limits
1952

The Lost Volcano
1950

Quiet, Please
1939

The Petty Girl
1950

Half Angel
1951

The Last Outpost
1951

That Way with Women
1947

Secret Enemies
1942

Blondes at Work
1938

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939

Private Detective
1939

Torchy Gets Her Man
1938

Knockout
1941

He Couldn't Say No
1938

River's End
1940

Once More, My Darling
1949

As You Were
1951

Everybody's Hobby
1939

Bullet Scars
1942

Indianapolis Speedway
1939

Saddle Tramp
1950

White Banners
1938

Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951

That's My Man
1947

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941

The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940

Going Places
1938

Fort Osage
1952

Sealed Verdict
1948

Racket Busters
1938

Boy Meets Girl
1938

Angels Wash Their Faces
1939

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938

Command Decision
1948

Garden of the Moon
1938

My Bill
1938

Naughty But Nice
1939

Secret Service of the Air
1939

Kid Nightingale
1939

Smashing the Money Ring
1939

Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938

Streamline Express
1935

King of the Underworld
1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939

Women in the Wind
1939

Dark Victory
1939

A Child is Born
1939

Each Dawn I Die
1939

The Return of Doctor X
1939

The Roaring Twenties
1939

Service with the Colors
1940

March On, Marines
1940

Missing Witnesses
1937

Torchy Blane in Panama
1938

Pal, Canine Detective
1950

Task Force
1949

The Fighting 69th
1940

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939

Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939

Trouble Makers
1948

When the Redskins Rode
1951

Tucson
1949

Saturday's Children
1940

No Time for Comedy
1940

The Letter
1940

Castle on the Hudson
1940

Torrid Zone
1940

They Drive by Night
1940

'Til We Meet Again
1940

Lady with Red Hair
1940

Father Is A Prince
1940

Navy Blues
1941

At the Stroke of Twelve
1941

A Place in the Sun
1951

Thunder in God's Country
1951

Forbidden Valley
1938

The Cowboy Quarterback
1939

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

Beauty on Parade
1950

The Spy Ring
1938

The Great Mr. Nobody
1941

Teddy the Rough Rider
1940

Steel Against the Sky
1941

Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946

On Trial
1939

The Bill of Rights
1939

Night Wind
1948

On Dress Parade
1939

The Man Without a Country
1937

Slapsie Maxie's
1939

Hard to Get
1938

Here Comes Happiness
1941

The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939

Money and the Woman
1940

Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
1941

You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939

Invisible Stripes
1939

The Blue Veil
1951

Spills for Thrills
1940

The Wagons Roll at Night
1941

Western Trails
1938

South Sea Sinner
1950

Mountain Fighters
1943

Proceed and Report
1943

The Congregation
1952

Rookie Fireman
1950

Pal's Gallant Journey
1951

The Iron Curtain
1948