Actor

John Ridgely

Classic Era1909–1968DramaComedyCrimeRomance

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

146 acting credits

as Eddie Mars

The Big Sleep

as Eddie Mars

1946

The Big Sleep

as Officer Saunders

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Officer Saunders

1944

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Filmography

1952The Greatest Show on EarthAssistant Manager6.4 1952Room for One MoreHarry Foreman6.5 1952Off LimitsLt. Cmdr. Parnell5.9 1952Fort OsageHenry Travers6.5 1952The Congregation9.0 1951Half AngelTim McCarey6.2

About

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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