John Ridgely
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
1946
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Arsenic and Old Lace
as Officer Saunders
1944
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A Place in the Sun
as Coroner
1951
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The Greatest Show on Earth
as Assistant Manager
1952
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The Roaring Twenties
as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
1939
Movie
The Letter
as Driver (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Dark Victory
as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
1939
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They Drive by Night
as Hank Dawson (uncredited)
1940
Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Radio Man
1941
Movie
Possessed
as Harker
1947
Movie
Destination Tokyo
as Reserve Officer Raymond
1943
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Each Dawn I Die
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Movie
The Return of Doctor X
as Rodgers
1939
Movie
Air Force
as Pilot
1943
Movie
Room for One More
as Harry Foreman
1952
Movie
Border Incident
as Mr. Neley
1949
Movie
Brother Orchid
as Texas Pearson
1940
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They Made Me a Criminal
as Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
1939
Movie
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
1939
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Backfire
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1950
Movie
Cry Wolf
as Jackson Laidell
1947
Movie
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Movie
The Man I Love
as Roy Otis
1946