
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep

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.
Born: 1909-09-06 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Big Sleep

A Place in the Sun

The Greatest Show on Earth

Arsenic and Old Lace

Air Force

Possessed

The Letter

Nora Prentiss

Brother Orchid

Destination Tokyo

Dark Victory

Wings of the Navy

The Roaring Twenties

They Drive by Night

They Died with Their Boots On

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Bullet Scars

Border Incident

The Return of Doctor X

Hollywood Canteen