John Ridgely
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John Ridgely

Sep 6, 1909 - Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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.

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Movie1944Arsenic and Old LaceOfficer Saunders
Movie1946The Big SleepEddie Mars
Movie1947PossessedChief investigator of drowning
Movie1943Destination TokyoReserve Officer Raymond
Movie1938Nancy Drew… DetectiveRadio Station Technician (uncredited)
Movie1941The Man Who Came to DinnerRadio Man
Movie1939They Made Me a CriminalCharles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Movie1947Nora PrentissWalter Bailey
Movie1940Brother OrchidTexas Pearson
Movie1946The Man I LoveRoy Otis
Movie1952The Greatest Show on EarthAssistant Manager
Movie1950BackfirePlainclothesman (uncredited)
Movie1949Border IncidentMr. Neley
Movie1947High WallAssistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Movie1945Danger SignalThomas Turner
Movie1950Edge of DoomDetective #1
Movie1947Cry WolfJackson Laidell
Movie1943Air ForcePilot
Movie1944Hollywood CanteenSelf
Movie1939Nancy Drew and the Hidden StaircaseReporter
Movie1941Highway WestAlex, Armored Car Guard
Movie1952Room for One MoreHarry Foreman
Movie1942The Big ShotTim
Movie1941Dangerously They LiveJohn, Nazi Henchman
Movie1941Strange AlibiTex Alexander (prisoner)
Movie1945Pride of the MarinesJim Merchant
Movie1943Northern PursuitJim Austen
Movie1938The Patient in Room 18Jim Warren
Movie1940Alice in MovielandBill (uncredited)
Movie1941Million Dollar BabyOllie Ward
Movie1944The DoughgirlsJulian Cadman
Movie1942Wings for the EagleAlec Johnson
Movie1945God Is My Co-PilotDavid 'Tex' Hill
Movie1948Luxury LinerChief Officer Carver
Movie1946My ReputationCary Abbott
Movie1940Flight AngelsLt. Parsons
Movie1939Wings of the NavyDan Morrison
Movie1952Off LimitsLt. Cmdr. Parnell
Movie1950The Lost VolcanoFred Barton
Movie1939Quiet, PleaseSears' Assistant (uncredited)
Movie1950The Petty GirlPatrolman
Movie1951Half AngelTim McCarey
Movie1951The Last OutpostSam McQuade
Movie1947That Way with WomenSam
Movie1942Secret EnemiesJohn Trent
Movie1938Blondes at WorkRegan
Movie1939Torchy Blane.. Playing with DynamiteReporter at Match
Movie1939Private DetectiveDonald Norton
Movie1938Torchy Gets Her ManHenchman Bugs
Movie1941KnockoutPat Martin
Movie1938He Couldn't Say NoMan-On-The-Street Reporter
Movie1940River's EndJeffers
Movie1949Once More, My DarlingBurke
Movie1951As You WereCaptain
Movie1939Everybody's HobbyRanger Mike Morgan
Movie1942Bullet ScarsHank O'Connor
Movie1939Indianapolis SpeedwayTed Horn
Movie1950Saddle TrampSlim
Movie1938White BannersCharles Ellis
Movie1951Al Jennings of OklahomaRailroad Detective Dan Hanes
Movie1947That's My ManRamsey
Movie1941Nine Lives Are Not EnoughGarage Mechanic (uncredited)
Movie1940The Man Who Talked Too MuchBrooks
Movie1938Going PlacesDesk Clerk
Movie1952Fort OsageHenry Travers
Movie1948Sealed VerdictLance Nissen
Movie1938Racket BustersYellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
Movie1938Boy Meets GirlSimmons - Friday's Film Cutter
Movie1939Angels Wash Their FacesReporter at Pillory (uncredited)
Movie1938Cowboy from BrooklynBeacon Reporter
Movie1948Command DecisionJames Carwood
Movie1938Garden of the MoonSound Control Engineer (uncredited)
Movie1938My BillMr. Martin, Florist
Movie1939Naughty But NiceHarry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)
Movie1939Secret Service of the AirJoe LeRoy
Movie1939Kid NightingaleWhitey
Movie1939Smashing the Money RingPoliceman (uncredited)
Movie1938Little Miss ThoroughbredJim (aka Slug)
Movie1935Streamline ExpressTrain Steward (uncredited)
Movie1939King of the UnderworldJerry
Movie1939Nancy Drew... ReporterBeldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Movie1939Confessions of a Nazi SpyArmy Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
Movie1939Women in the WindSalesman (uncredited)
Movie1939Dark VictoryMan Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
Movie1939A Child Is BornIntern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
Movie1939Each Dawn I DieReporter (uncredited)
Movie1939The Return of Doctor XRodgers
Movie1939The Roaring TwentiesCabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Movie1940Service with the ColorsArmy Lieutenant (uncredited)
Movie1940March On, MarinesHap
Movie1937Missing WitnessesTrain Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Movie1938Torchy Blane in PanamaSparks (as John Ridgeley)
Movie1950Pal, Canine DetectiveGary's Father
Movie1949Task ForceDixie Rankin
Movie1940The Fighting 69thMoran (uncredited)
Movie1939Torchy Blane in ChinatownOfficer (uncredited)
Movie1939Torchy Runs for MayorPhotographer in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
Movie1948Trouble Makers'Silky' Thomas
Movie1951When the Redskins RodeChristopher Gist
Movie1949TucsonBen
Movie1940Saturday's ChildrenMr. MacReady (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1940No Time for ComedyCashier (uncredited)
Movie1940The LetterDriver (uncredited)
Movie1940Castle on the HudsonIntake Guard (uncredited)
Movie1940Torrid ZoneGardner
Movie1940They Drive by NightHank Dawson (uncredited)
Movie1940'Til We Meet AgainJunior Officer (uncredited)
Movie1940Lady with Red HairActor Playing Paul (uncredited)
Movie1940Father Is A PrinceSalesman
Movie1941Navy Blues'Jersey'
Movie1941At the Stroke of TwelveReporter
Movie1951A Place in the SunCoroner
Movie1951Thunder in God's CountryBill Stafford
Movie1938Forbidden ValleyDuke Lafferty
Movie1939The Cowboy QuarterbackMr. Walters
Movie1941They Died with Their Boots On2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
Movie1950Beauty on ParadeJeffrey Woodstock
Movie1938The Spy RingSpy Ring Member (uncredited)
Movie1941The Great Mr. NobodyEddie Williams
Movie1940Teddy the Rough RiderReporter
Movie1941Steel Against the SkyJoe (uncredited)
Movie1946Two Guys from MilwaukeeMike Collins
Movie1939On TrialRadio Announcer (uncredited)
Movie1939The Bill of RightsMassachusetts Congressman
Movie1948Night WindWalters
Movie1939On Dress ParadeFort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant (uncredited)
Movie1937The Man Without a CountryShip's Officer (uncredited)
Movie1939Slapsie Maxie'sReporter (uncredited)
Movie1938Hard to GetBurke
Movie1941Here Comes HappinessJim
Movie1939The Adventures of Jane ArdenReporter
Movie1940Money and the WomanDoctor (uncredited)
Movie1941Skinnay Ennis and His OrchestraAssistant (uncredited)
Movie1939You Can't Get Away with MurderGas Station Proprietor
Movie1939Invisible StripesEmployment Clerk (uncredited)
Movie1951The Blue VeilDoctor (Uncredited)
Movie1940Spills for ThrillsMovie Director (uncredited)
Movie1941The Wagons Roll at NightArch
Movie1938Western TrailsBen McClure
Movie1950South Sea SinnerDon Williams
Movie1943Mountain FightersLt. Evers
Movie1943Proceed and ReportMurphy's pal

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