
Known for
Acting
Born
September 6, 1909
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
January 18, 1968 (aged 58)
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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.
1952
as Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
1952
as Assistant Manager
1952
as Henry Travers
1952
as Harry Foreman
1952
1951
as Doctor (Uncredited)
1951
as Captain
1951
as Coroner
1951
as Christopher Gist
1951
as Tim McCarey
1951
as Bill Stafford
1951
as Sam McQuade
1951
as Gary's father
1951
as Railroad Detective Dan Hanes
1950
as Slim
1950
as Gary's Father
1950
as Harry Williams
1950
as Don Williams
1950
as Patrolman
1950
as Detective #1
1950
as Fred Barton
1950
as Jeffrey Woodstock
1950
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1949
as Mr. Neley
1949
as Burke