The Big Sleep1946
As Eddie Mars
TMDb 7.6 / 10
John Ridgely
Born
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.
Filmography (146)
A Place in the Sun1951
As Coroner
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Arsenic and Old Lace1944
As Officer Saunders
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Greatest Show on Earth1952
As Assistant Manager
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dark Victory1939
As Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
They Died with Their Boots On1941
As 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Letter1940
As Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Roaring Twenties1939
As Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Man Who Came to Dinner1941
As Radio Man
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Destination Tokyo1943
As Reserve Officer Raymond
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Nora Prentiss1947
As Walter Bailey
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Room for One More1952
As Harry Foreman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Blue Veil1951
As Doctor (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Air Force1943
As Pilot
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Invisible Stripes1939
As Employment Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Each Dawn I Die1939
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939
As Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
They Drive by Night1940
As Hank Dawson (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Backfire1950
As Plainclothesman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
God Is My Co-Pilot1945
As David 'Tex' Hill
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Smashing the Money Ring1939
As Policeman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Border Incident1949
As Mr. Neley
TMDb 6.9 / 10
High Wall1947
As Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Man I Love1946
As Roy Otis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Great Mr. Nobody1941
As Eddie Williams
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Steel Against the Sky1941
As Joe (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hollywood Canteen1944
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
They Made Me a Criminal1939
As Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Knockout1941
As Pat Martin
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Command Decision1948
As James Carwood
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Half Angel1951
As Tim McCarey
TMDb 6.2 / 10
On Dress Parade1939
As Fort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Angels Wash Their Faces1939
As Reporter at Pillory (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Torchy Gets Her Man1938
As Henchman Bugs
TMDb 5.9 / 10
My Reputation1946
As Cary Abbott
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Return of Doctor X1939
As Rodgers
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Congregation
The Congregation1952
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Castle on the Hudson1940
As Intake Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
King of the Underworld1939
As Jerry
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Fort Osage1952
As Henry Travers
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Last Outpost1951
As Sam McQuade
TMDb 6.1 / 10
No Time for Comedy1940
As Cashier (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
'Til We Meet Again1940
As Junior Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Al Jennings of Oklahoma1951
As Railroad Detective Dan Hanes
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Wings of the Navy1939
As Dan Morrison
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Possessed1947
As Harker
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Off Limits1952
As Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Pride of the Marines1945
As Jim Merchant
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Nancy Drew... Reporter1939
As Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Fighting 69th1940
As Moran (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Brother Orchid1940
As Texas Pearson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Edge of Doom1950
As Detective #1
TMDb 6.1 / 10
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
As Gas Station Proprietor
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Two Guys from Milwaukee1946
As Mike Collins
TMDb 4.9 / 10
A Child is Born1939
As Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Money and the Woman1940
As Doctor (uncredited)
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Million Dollar Baby1941
As Ollie Ward
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Forbidden Valley1938
As Duke Lafferty
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Naughty but Nice1939
As Harry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Task Force1949
As Dixie Rankin
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Father Is A Prince1940
As Salesman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lady with Red Hair1940
As Actor Playing Paul (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Danger Signal1945
As Thomas Turner
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Man Who Talked Too Much1940
As Brooks
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Wagons Roll at Night1941
As Arch
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Big Shot1942
As Tim
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Once More, My Darling1949
As Burke
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Secret Service of the Air1939
As Joe LeRoy
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Torchy Blane in Chinatown1939
As Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cry Wolf1947
As Jackson Laidell
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Torrid Zone1940
As Gardner
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Going Places1938
As Desk Clerk
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Northern Pursuit1943
As Jim Austen
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Nine Lives Are Not Enough1941
As Garage Mechanic (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Saddle Tramp1950
As Slim
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Thunder in God's Country1951
As Bill Stafford
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Rookie Fireman1950
As Harry Williams
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Hard to Get1938
As Burke
TMDb 6.3 / 10
My Bill1938
As Mr. Martin, Florist
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Torchy Runs for Mayor1939
As Photographer in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dangerously They Live1941
As John, Nazi Henchman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Everybody's Hobby1939
As Ranger Mike Morgan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
When the Redskins Rode1951
As Christopher Gist
TMDb 5.3 / 10
He Couldn't Say No1938
As Man-On-The-Street Reporter
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Iron Curtain1948
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Torchy Blane in Panama1938
As Sparks (as John Ridgeley)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cowboy from Brooklyn1938
As Beacon Reporter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Spy Ring1938
As Spy Ring Member (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Highway West1941
As Alex, Armored Car Guard
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Wings for the Eagle1942
As Alec Johnson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Navy Blues1941
As 'Jersey'
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Tucson1949
As Ben
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Teddy the Rough Rider1940
As Reporter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
At the Stroke of Twelve1941
As Reporter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
On Trial1939
As Radio Announcer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Luxury Liner1948
As Chief Officer Carver
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite1939
As Reporter at Match
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Petty Girl1950
As Patrolman
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Adventures of Jane Arden1939
As Reporter
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase1939
As Reporter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Alice in Movieland1940
As Bill (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Pal, Canine Detective1950
As Gary's Father
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Nancy Drew… Detective1938
As Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Patient in Room 181938
As Jim Warren
TMDb 5.1 / 10
That's My Man1947
As Ramsey
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Service with the Colors1940
As Army Lieutenant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Trouble Makers1948
As 'Silky' Thomas
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Doughgirls1944
As Julian Cadman
TMDb 7.3 / 10
That Way with Women1947
As Sam
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Garden of the Moon1938
As Sound Control Engineer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bullet Scars1942
As Hank O'Connor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Man Without a Country1937
As Ship's Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Flight Angels1940
As Lt. Parsons
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Night Wind1948
As Walters
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Bill of Rights1939
As Massachusetts Congressman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Secret Enemies1942
As John Trent
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Lost Volcano1950
As Fred Barton
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Strange Alibi1941
As Tex Alexander (prisoner)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Women in the Wind1939
As Salesman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Streamline Express1935
As Train Steward (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
South Sea Sinner1950
As Don Williams
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Saturday's Children1940
As Mr. MacReady (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Kid Nightingale1939
As Whitey
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Racket Busters1938
As Yellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Sealed Verdict1948
As Lance Nissen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Blondes at Work1938
As Regan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
As You Were1951
As Captain
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Private Detective1939
As Donald Norton
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Indianapolis Speedway1939
As Ted Horn
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Boy Meets Girl1938
As Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Missing Witnesses1937
As Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Slapsie Maxie's1939
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Pal's Gallant Journey
Pal's Gallant Journey1951
As Gary's father
TMDb 7.0 / 10
White Banners1938
As Charles Ellis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Quiet, Please1939
As Sears' Assistant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Here Comes Happiness1941
As Jim
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Spills for Thrills
Spills for Thrills1940
As Movie Director (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Cowboy Quarterback1939
As Mr. Walters
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Beauty on Parade1950
As Jeffrey Woodstock
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Little Miss Thoroughbred1938
As Jim (aka Slug)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
March On, Marines1940
As Hap
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Western Trails1938
As Ben McClure
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra1941
As Assistant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
River's End1940
As Jeffers
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Proceed and Report
Proceed and Report1943
As Murphy's pal
Mountain Fighters
Mountain Fighters1943
As Lt. Evers
Filmography and biography: TMDb