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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.
Known for
The Big SleepMovie • 1946
Arsenic and Old LaceMovie • 1944
The Greatest Show on EarthMovie • 1952
A Place in the SunMovie • 1951
They Died with Their Boots OnMovie • 1941
They Drive by NightMovie • 1940
The Roaring TwentiesMovie • 1939
The LetterMovie • 1940
Dark VictoryMovie • 1939
Each Dawn I DieMovie • 1939
Destination TokyoMovie • 1943
Border IncidentMovie • 1949
The Man I LoveMovie • 1946
The Man Who Came to DinnerMovie • 1941
Air ForceMovie • 1943
My ReputationMovie • 1946
Cry WolfMovie • 1947
BackfireMovie • 1950
The Return of Doctor XMovie • 1939
Confessions of a Nazi SpyMovie • 1939
Room for One MoreMovie • 1952
King of the UnderworldMovie • 1939
Nancy Drew… DetectiveMovie • 1938
PossessedMovie • 1947