Acting
John Ridgely — Movies and TV Shows
Also known as: John Huntington Rea, John Ridgeley, John Ridgley
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.
Popular movie credits
The Big Sleep
The Greatest Show on Earth
A Place in the Sun
Arsenic and Old Lace
They Died with Their Boots On
Dark Victory
My Reputation
The Roaring Twenties
Air Force
Destination Tokyo
Command Decision
The Big Shot
They Drive by Night
Backfire
Each Dawn I Die
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