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John Ridgely
Actor
Died January 18, 1968 (58 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1952 | The Greatest Show on Earth · as Assistant Manager |
| 1952 | Room for One More · as Harry Foreman |
| 1952 | Rebound (TV Series) · as Niles |
| 1951 | A Place in the Sun · as Coroner |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil · as Doctor (Uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Last Outpost · as Sam McQuade |
| 1951 | When Worlds Collide · as Chief Customs Inspector |
| 1951 | When the Redskins Rode · as Christopher Gist |
| 1950 | Backfire · as Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom · as Detective #1 |
| 1950 | The Lost Volcano · as Fred Barton |
| 1950 | Dangerous Assignment (TV Series) · as Allen |
| 1949 | Border Incident · as Mr. Neley |
| 1949 | Task Force · as Dixie Rankin |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling · as Burke |
| 1948 | Command Decision · as James Carwood |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner · as Chief Officer Carver |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Chief investigator of drowning |
| 1947 | Cry Wolf · as Jackson Laidell |
| 1947 | Cheyenne · as Chalkeye |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep · as Eddie Mars |
| 1946 | The Man I Love · as Roy Otis |
| 1946 | My Reputation · as Cary Abbott |
| 1946 | Two Guys from Milwaukee · as Mike Collins |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot · as David 'Tex' Hill |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace · as Officer Saunders |
| 1943 | Air Force · as Pilot |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo · as Reserve Officer Raymond |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit · as Jim Austen |
| 1942 | The Man Who Came to Dinner · as Radio Man |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On · as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night · as Arch |
| 1941 | Million Dollar Baby · as Ollie Ward |
| 1940 | The Letter · as Driver (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson · as Intake Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid · as Texas Pearson |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American · as Reporter |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th · as Moran (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Torrid Zone · as Gardner |
| 1940 | Flight Angels · as Lt. Parsons |
| 1940 | River's End · as Jeffers |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night · as Hank Dawson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Return of Doctor X · as Rodgers |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter · as Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal · as Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter) |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld · as Jerry |
| 1939 | Dark Victory · as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die · as Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties · as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase · as Reporter |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes · as Employment Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder · as Gas Station Proprietor |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy · as Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy · as Dan Morrison |
| 1939 | Inside Information · as Policeman |
| 1938 | Going Places · as Desk Clerk |
| 1937 | Hollywood Hotel · as Tall Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1935 | Streamline Express · as Train Steward (uncredited) |