John Ridgely
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as Eddie Mars 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.
Filmography
The Big Sleep
as Eddie Mars
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Officer Saunders
A Place in the Sun
as Coroner
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Assistant Manager
The Roaring Twenties
as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
The Letter
as Driver (uncredited)
Dark Victory
as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
as Hank Dawson (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Radio Man
Possessed
as Harker
Destination Tokyo
as Reserve Officer Raymond
Each Dawn I Die
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
as Rodgers
Air Force
as Pilot
Room for One More
as Harry Foreman
Border Incident
as Mr. Neley
Brother Orchid
as Texas Pearson
They Made Me a Criminal
as Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)