
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.

as Assistant Manager

as Eddie Mars
1946

as Officer Saunders
1944

as Assistant Manager
1952

as Driver (uncredited)
1940

as Coroner
1951

as Ben McClure
1938

as Harker
1947

as Dixie Rankin
1949

as Mr. Neley
1949

as Jim Austen
1943

as Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
1947

as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
1939
as Henry Travers
1952

as Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
1952

as Assistant Manager
1952

as Henry Travers
1952

as Harry Foreman
1952
1952

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
1951

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)
1950

as Mr. Neley
1949