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John Ridgely

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John Ridgely

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American actor (1909-1968)

Film & TV

Chicago, Illinois, USA

​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…

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  • The Greatest Show on Earth — Assistant Manager1952
  • Room for One More — Harry Foreman1952
  • Off Limits — Lt. Cmdr. Parnell1952
  • Fort Osage — Henry Travers1952
  • The Congregation1952
  • Half Angel — Tim McCarey1951
  • The Last Outpost — Sam McQuade1951
  • As You Were — Captain1951
  • Al Jennings of Oklahoma — Railroad Detective Dan Hanes1951
  • When the Redskins Rode — Christopher Gist1951

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Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Place of death
New York City
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Genre
Western
Image
John Ridgely in Destination Tokyo trailer.jpg
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date of birth
1909-09-06
date of death
1968-01-17
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
John Ridgely
birth name
John Huntington Rea
start of work period
1935-00-00
writing language
English language
Commons category
John Ridgely
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