John Ridgely

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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.

John Ridgely has built a filmography of 8 credits over a career spanning from 1943 to 1952.

John Ridgely's most notable role to date came in The Big Sleep (1946), where he played Eddie Mars. He also appeared in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Officer Saunders. Most recently appeared in A Place in the Sun (1951) as Coroner.

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