John Ridgely
John Ridgely was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits.
Early years
Ridgely was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of John Ridgely Rea. He completed his elementary schooling was in Hinsdale, Illinois, and he attended Kemper Military School in Boonville, Missouri. He also studied at Stanford University before making his movie debut.Film
He appeared in the 1946 Humphrey Bogart film The Big Sleep as blackmailing gangster Eddie Mars and had a pivotal role as a suffering heart patient in the film noir Nora Prentiss. His most prominent other roles were his top-billed part as the bomber captain in Howard Hawks's Air Force and as real-life fighter pilot Tex Hill in 1945's God is My Co-Pilot.The Chicago-born actor appeared in a large number of other films, particularly for Warner Bros., in the 1930s and 1940s.
Freelancing after 1948, Ridgely continued to essay general-purpose parts until he left films in 1953.
Later life and death
He worked in summer-theater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968.Selected filmography
Streamline Express as 2nd Steward They Won't Forget as Boy in Pool Room Submarine D-1 as Lieutenant Junior Grade Missing Witnesses as Train Ticket Clerk Hollywood Hotel as Tall Hotel Desk Clerk The Spy Ring as Spy Ring Member The Patient in Room 18 as Jim WarrenThe Invisible Menace as Pvt. Innes White Banners as Charles EllisBlondes at Work as ReganForbidden Valley as Duke LaffertyHe Couldn't Say No as Ed the reporterTorchy Blane in Panama as ReynoldsCrime School as Reporter Covering 'Escape' Western Trails as Ben McClureLittle Miss Thoroughbred as Jim aka Slug, Becker's HenchmanMen Are Such Fools as Jerry When Were You Born as Crenshaw, Policeman My Bill as Mr. Martin, FloristCowboy from Brooklyn as Beacon ReporterRacket Busters as Yellow Stripe Truck Driver Boy Meets Girl as Simmons – Friday's Film Cutter Garden of the Moon as Sound Control Engineer Broadway Musketeers as Master of Ceremonies Hard to Get as BurkeTorchy Gets Her Man as BugsNancy Drew... Detective as Radio Station Technician Going Places as Desk ClerkKing of the Underworld as JerryThey Made Me a Criminal as MageeTorchy Blane in Chinatown as Submarine Officer Wings of the Navy as Dan MorrisonNancy Drew... Reporter as Hotel Clerk Secret Service of the Air as Joe LeRoyThe Adventures of Jane Arden as ReporterYou Can't Get Away with Murder as Gas Station AttendantOn Trial as Radio Announcer Women in the Wind as Salesman Dark Victory as man Making Crack About Judith Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Army Hospital Clerk Torchy Runs for Mayor as Photographer in Mayor's Office The Kid from Kokomo as Sam, a 50% OwnerNaughty but Nice as Harry, Hudson's Assistant Indianapolis Speedway as Ted HornWaterfront as Orchestra Leader Each Dawn I Die as Reporter The Cowboy Quarterback as Mr. WaltersTorchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Reporter at the Wrestling MatchEverybody's Hobby as Ranger Mike MorganThe Angels Wash Their Faces as Reporter at Pillory Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as ReporterSmashing the Money Ring as Policeman On Dress Parade as Fort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant The Roaring Twenties as Cab Driver Kid Nightingale as WhiteyThe Return of Doctor X as RodgersA Child Is Born as Intern Going to See Operation Private Detective as Donald NortonInvisible Stripes as Employment Clerk The Fighting 69th as Moran Castle on the Hudson as Intake Guard Three Cheers for the Irish as Photographer 'Til We Meet Again as Junior Officer Saturday's Children as Mr. MacReady Torrid Zone as GardnerFlight Angels as Lt. ParsonsBrother Orchid as Texas PearsonGambling on the High Seas as Police Radio Operator The Man Who Talked Too Much as BrooksThey Drive By Night as Hank Dawson River's End as Constable JeffersMoney and the Woman as Doctor No Time for Comedy as Cashier Knute Rockne All American as Reporter The Letter as Driver Father Is a Prince as SalesmanLady with Red Hair as Actor Playing Paul Honeymoon for Three as Tomahawk Inn Desk Clerk The Great Mr. Nobody as Eddie WilliamsHere Comes Happiness as JimKnockout as Pat MartinStrange Alibi as TexThe Wagons Roll at Night as ArchMillion Dollar Baby as Ollie WardHighway West as Alex – Armored Car GuardInternational Squadron as Bill TorrenceNavy Blues as JerseyNine Lives Are Not Enough as Mechanic They Died with Their Boots On as 2nd Lt. Davis Steel Against the Sky as Joe Dangerously They Live as JohnThe Bride Came C.O.D. The Man Who Came to Dinner as Radio ManBullet Scars as Hank O'ConnorThe Big Shot as TimWings for the Eagle as JohnsonSecret Enemies as Agent John TrentAir Force as Capt. Quincannon, B-17 Pilot Northern Pursuit as Jim AustinDestination Tokyo as Reserve Officer RaymondThe Doughgirls as Julian CadmanArsenic and Old Lace as Officer SaundersHollywood Canteen as himselfGod Is My Co-Pilot as David 'Tex' HillPride of the Marines as Jim MerchantDanger Signal as Thomas TurnerMy Reputation as Cary AbbottTwo Guys from Milwaukee as Mike CollinsThe Big Sleep as Eddie MarsThe Man I Love as Roy OtisNora Prentiss as Walter Bailey, Heart PatientThat Way with Women as SamPossessed as HarkerThat's My Man as RamseyCheyenne as ChalkeyeCry Wolf as Jackson LaidellHigh Wall as David WallaceThe Iron Curtain as RCMP Officer Murphy Night Wind as WaltersLuxury Liner as Chief Officer CarverSealed Verdict as Capt. Lance NissenTrouble Makers as 'Silky' ThomasCommand Decision as James CarwoodTucson as BenTask Force as Dixie RankinOnce More, My Darling as BurkeBorder Incident as Mr. NeleyBackfire as Plainclothesman Beauty on Parade as Jeffrey WoodstockThe Lost Volcano as Fred BartonEdge of Doom as 1st DetectiveThe Petty Girl as PatrolmanSouth Sea Sinner as Don WilliamsRookie Fireman as Harry WilliamsSaddle Tramp as SlimAl Jennings of Oklahoma as Railroad Detective Dan HanesThe Last Outpost as Sam McQuadeA Place in the Sun as CoronerThunder in God's Country as Bill StaffordHalf Angel as Tim McCareyWhen the Redskins Rode as Christopher GistWhen Worlds Collide as Chief Customs Inspector As You Were as CaptainThe Blue Veil as Doctor Room for One More as Harry ForemanThe Greatest Show on Earth as Assistant ManagerFort Osage as Henry TraversThe Outcasts of Poker Flat as Bill Akeley Off Limits as Lt. Cmdr. Parnell- ''The Congregation''