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.
Known for
The Big Sleep
Eddie Mars
Arsenic and Old Lace
Officer Saunders
Dangerously They Live
John, Nazi Henchman
They Died with Their Boots On
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Assistant Manager
The Last Outpost
Sam McQuade
Dark Victory
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
Destination Tokyo
Reserve Officer Raymond
The Roaring Twenties
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Air Force
Pilot
Room for One More
Harry Foreman
Invisible Stripes
Employment Clerk (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Coroner
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Self
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Radio Man
Cry Wolf
Jackson Laidell
The Letter
Driver (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
Jim Austen
Brother Orchid
Texas Pearson
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Reporter (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
Walter Bailey
Backfire
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Reporter
Everybody's Hobby
Ranger Mike Morgan
The Wagons Roll at Night
Arch
High Wall
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Possessed
Chief investigator of drowning
Border Incident
Mr. Neley
Pride of the Marines
Jim Merchant
Edge of Doom
Detective #1
Wings of the Navy
Dan Morrison
My Reputation
Cary Abbott
Castle on the Hudson
Intake Guard (uncredited)
Saddle Tramp
Slim
The Return of Doctor X
Rodgers
Knockout
Pat Martin
Task Force
Dixie Rankin
Naughty But Nice
Harry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)
'Til We Meet Again
Junior Officer (uncredited)
God Is My Co-Pilot
David 'Tex' Hill
Fort Osage
Henry Travers
The Blue Veil
Doctor (Uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Gas Station Proprietor
Off Limits
Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
Million Dollar Baby
Ollie Ward
The Lost Volcano
Fred Barton
The Fighting 69th
Moran (uncredited)
Angels Wash Their Faces
Reporter at Pillory (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Cashier (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Missing Witnesses
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
Joe (uncredited)
Torchy Blane in Panama
Sparks (as John Ridgeley)
Women in the Wind
Salesman (uncredited)
My Bill
Mr. Martin, Florist
King of the Underworld
Jerry
Racket Busters
Yellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
Actor Playing Paul (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict
Lance Nissen
The Petty Girl
Patrolman
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Photographer in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
The Big Shot
Tim
Hard to Get
Burke
Once More, My Darling
Burke
On Dress Parade
Fort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant (uncredited)
Torrid Zone
Gardner
Smashing the Money Ring
Policeman (uncredited)
The Man I Love
Roy Otis
Night Wind
Walters
Going Places
Desk Clerk
The Great Mr. Nobody
Eddie Williams
Thunder in God's Country
Bill Stafford
Alice in Movieland
Bill (uncredited)
Saturday's Children
Mr. MacReady (voice) (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
Salesman
The Cowboy Quarterback
Mr. Walters
Highway West
Alex, Armored Car Guard
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Garage Mechanic (uncredited)
Private Detective
Donald Norton
The Patient in Room 18
Jim Warren
Secret Enemies
John Trent
Secret Service of the Air
Joe LeRoy
Bullet Scars
Hank O'Connor
Command Decision
James Carwood
The Man Without a Country
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
The Doughgirls
Julian Cadman
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Mike Collins
The Bill of Rights
Massachusetts Congressman
Money and the Woman
Doctor (uncredited)
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Brooks
That's My Man
Ramsey
Nancy Drew… Detective
Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
Jim
Danger Signal
Thomas Turner
Strange Alibi
Tex Alexander (prisoner)
That Way with Women
Sam
White Banners
Charles Ellis
A Child Is Born
Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
Indianapolis Speedway
Ted Horn
Navy Blues
'Jersey'
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
Reporter at Match
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Reporter
Flight Angels
Lt. Parsons
Streamline Express
Train Steward (uncredited)
Teddy the Rough Rider
Reporter
They Drive by Night
Hank Dawson (uncredited)
Quiet, Please
Sears' Assistant (uncredited)
Kid Nightingale
Whitey
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Officer (uncredited)
Boy Meets Girl
Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Railroad Detective Dan Hanes
Wings for the Eagle
Alec Johnson
Blondes at Work
Regan
South Sea Sinner
Don Williams
Torchy Gets Her Man
Henchman Bugs
Spills for Thrills
Movie Director (uncredited)
The Spy Ring
Spy Ring Member (uncredited)
Slapsie Maxie's
Reporter (uncredited)
Forbidden Valley
Duke Lafferty
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Beacon Reporter
When the Redskins Rode
Christopher Gist
He Couldn't Say No
Man-On-The-Street Reporter
River's End
Jeffers
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Jim (aka Slug)
Half Angel
Tim McCarey
Garden of the Moon
Sound Control Engineer (uncredited)
Pal, Canine Detective
Gary's Father
On Trial
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Trouble Makers
'Silky' Thomas
Western Trails
Ben McClure
Luxury Liner
Chief Officer Carver
Beauty on Parade
Jeffrey Woodstock
March On, Marines
Hap
Service with the Colors
Army Lieutenant (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve
Reporter
As You Were
Captain
Tucson
Ben
Mountain Fighters
Lt. Evers
Proceed and Report
Murphy's pal
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Assistant (uncredited)