
John Ridgely
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.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
7.637

The Big Sleep
7.601

Possessed
6.846

Destination Tokyo
6.758

Nancy Drew… Detective
6.3

The Man Who Came to Dinner
6.9

They Made Me a Criminal
6.1

Nora Prentiss
6.1

Brother Orchid
6.5

The Man I Love
6.2

The Greatest Show on Earth
6.317

Backfire
5.914

Border Incident
6.9

High Wall
6.2

Danger Signal
5.8

Edge of Doom
5.9

Cry Wolf
5.9

Air Force
6.422

Hollywood Canteen
7.3

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
6.8

Highway West
5.8

Room for One More
6.3

The Big Shot
6.325

Dangerously They Live
5.9

Strange Alibi
6.6

Pride of the Marines
6.5

Northern Pursuit
5.9

The Patient in Room 18
5.1

Alice in Movieland
6.3

Million Dollar Baby
6

The Doughgirls
7

Wings for the Eagle
5.7

Luxury Liner
5.2

God Is My Co-Pilot
7

My Reputation
7.1

Flight Angels
4.3

Off Limits
5.8

Wings of the Navy
6

The Lost Volcano
5.3

Quiet, Please
5.333

The Petty Girl
4.1

Half Angel
5.6

The Last Outpost
5.5

That Way with Women
6.167

Secret Enemies
5.2

Blondes at Work
6.1

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
6

Torchy Gets Her Man
5.9

Private Detective
6

Knockout
5

He Couldn't Say No
5.5

River's End
6

Once More, My Darling
5.7

As You Were
5

Everybody's Hobby
5.7

Bullet Scars
6.2

Indianapolis Speedway
5

Saddle Tramp
6.3

White Banners
5.833

Al Jennings of Oklahoma
5

That's My Man
6

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
5

The Man Who Talked Too Much
6

Going Places
6.3

Fort Osage
6

Sealed Verdict
5.5

Racket Busters
5.1

Boy Meets Girl
6.5

Angels Wash Their Faces
6.4

Cowboy from Brooklyn
4

Command Decision
6.4

Garden of the Moon
5.8

My Bill
6.2

Naughty But Nice
6.2

Secret Service of the Air
5.8

Kid Nightingale
5.5

Smashing the Money Ring
5

Little Miss Thoroughbred
4

Streamline Express
4.7

King of the Underworld
6.4

Nancy Drew... Reporter
6.017

Women in the Wind
6.8

Dark Victory
7

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
6.133

A Child Is Born
6.5

Each Dawn I Die
6.8

The Return of Doctor X
5.9

The Roaring Twenties
7.49

Service with the Colors
5

March On, Marines
2.5

Missing Witnesses
5.5

Torchy Blane in Panama
5.3

Pal, Canine Detective
0

Task Force
7

The Fighting 69th
5.4

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
6

Torchy Runs for Mayor
5.8

Trouble Makers
5.7

When the Redskins Rode
4.7

Tucson
6

Saturday's Children
6.4

No Time for Comedy
5.4

The Letter
7.296

Castle on the Hudson
6.8

They Drive by Night
6.942

Torrid Zone
6.389

'Til We Meet Again
6.2

Lady with Red Hair
6.5

Father Is A Prince
5

Navy Blues
4

At the Stroke of Twelve
5

A Place in the Sun
7.287

Thunder in God's Country
0

Forbidden Valley
6

The Cowboy Quarterback
5.5

They Died with Their Boots On
6.595

Beauty on Parade
0

The Spy Ring
5

The Great Mr. Nobody
5.3

Teddy the Rough Rider
6.778

Steel Against the Sky
5

Two Guys from Milwaukee
4.8

On Trial
5.5

The Bill of Rights
6

Night Wind
0

On Dress Parade
6.5

The Man Without a Country
5.667

Slapsie Maxie's
5

Hard to Get
6

Here Comes Happiness
5

The Adventures of Jane Arden
5.7

Money and the Woman
4.3

Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
3.5

You Can't Get Away with Murder
5.6

Invisible Stripes
6.3

The Blue Veil
6.6

Spills for Thrills
6

The Wagons Roll at Night
6.5

Western Trails
0

South Sea Sinner
5

Mountain Fighters
0

Proceed and Report
0