
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace

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

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Big Sleep

They Drive by Night

Each Dawn I Die

My Reputation

That's My Man

Dangerously They Live

Nancy Drew… Detective

The Greatest Show on Earth

Saddle Tramp

Possessed

A Place in the Sun

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

The Letter

God Is My Co-Pilot

Forbidden Valley

Half Angel

Service with the Colors

Invisible Stripes

Dark Victory