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