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.
Known for
★7.6The Big Sleep
★7.6Arsenic and Old Lace
★7.3A Place in the Sun
★6.3The Greatest Show on Earth
★7.5The Roaring Twenties
★7.3The Letter
★6.9Dark Victory
★6.9They Drive by Night
★6.7They Died with Their Boots On
★7.0The Man Who Came to Dinner
★6.9Possessed
★6.9Destination Tokyo
★6.5Air Force
★6.8Each Dawn I Die
★6.0The Return of Doctor X
★6.6Room for One More
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