John Ridgely Born on September 6, 1909 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
† Died on January 18, 1968
38 Roles ★ 6.6 Average rating
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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 numbe… Read more
Known for The Big Sleep 1946 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 A Place in the Sun 1951 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 ★ 6.4 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952
Assistant Manager ★ 6.6 Room for One More 1952
Harry Foreman ★ 7.3 A Place in the Sun 1951
Coroner ★ 5.9 Backfire 1950
Plainclothesman (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Edge of Doom 1950
Detective #1 ★ 6.9 Border Incident 1949
Mr. Neley ★ 6.6 Command Decision 1948
James Carwood ★ 6 The Iron Curtain 1948
★ 6.9 Possessed 1947
Harker ★ 6.2 Nora Prentiss 1947
Walter Bailey ★ 6.4 High Wall 1947
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley) ★ 6.1 Cry Wolf 1947
Jackson Laidell ★ 7.6 The Big Sleep 1946
Eddie Mars ★ 6.1 The Man I Love 1946
Roy Otis ★ 7.3 My Reputation 1946
Cary Abbott ★ 7.6 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
Officer Saunders ★ 7.3 Hollywood Canteen 1944
Self ★ 6.9 Destination Tokyo 1943
Reserve Officer Raymond ★ 6.5 Air Force 1943
Pilot ★ 6.1 Northern Pursuit 1943
Jim Austen ★ 6.2 The Big Shot 1942
Tim ★ 7.1 The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941
Radio Man ★ 6.7 They Died with Their Boots On 1941
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Brother Orchid 1940
Texas Pearson ★ 5.8 The Fighting 69th 1940
Moran (uncredited) ★ 7.3 The Letter 1940
Driver (uncredited) ★ 6.9 They Drive by Night 1940
Hank Dawson (uncredited) ★ 6.3 They Made Me a Criminal 1939
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter) ★ 6.4 King of the Underworld 1939
Jerry ★ 6 Nancy Drew... Reporter 1939
Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Dark Victory 1939
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Each Dawn I Die 1939
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 6 The Return of Doctor X 1939
Rodgers ★ 7.5 The Roaring Twenties 1939
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited) ★ 5.8 You Can't Get Away with Murder 1939
Gas Station Proprietor ★ 6.2 Invisible Stripes 1939
Employment Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Nancy Drew… Detective 1938
Radio Station Technician (uncredited) 
