John Ridgely Overview:

Character actor, John Ridgely, was born John Huntington Rea on Sep 6, 1909 in Chicago, IL. Ridgely died at the age of 58 on Jan 18, 1968 in New York City, NY .

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Plum-nosed American actor of set expression, dark hair, and strikingly pale blue eyes. Born in Chicago, he was trained in industry but became interested in acting while working in California, and work at the Pasadena Community Playhouse led to a film contract with Warners. Ridgely's tall, faintly menacing figure moved into its best roles there in the 1940s, notably in Hawks's Air Force, and as Eddie Mars, chief menace to Humphrey Bogart, in Hawks's The Big Sleep. Declining to smaller roles, his later acting days were spent in stock and TV. Died from a heart ailment at 58.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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Character actor They are the highlights of most of our favorite films; coming in with the most striking lines and comedic moments. A character actor is often the best part of the film. Not the star and a little lower than the secondary lead, a character actor has something distinct that... Read full article


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John Ridgely Quotes:

Pilot Irish Quincannon: Tell the crew they can sleep in the next world.


Eddie Mars: Your story didn't sound quite right.
Philip Marlowe: Oh, that's too bad. You got a better one?
Eddie Mars: Maybe I can find one.


Philip Marlowe: Oh, Eddie, you don't have anybody watching me, do you? Tailing me in a gray Plymouth coupe, maybe?
Eddie Mars: No, why should I?
Philip Marlowe: Well, I can't imagine, unless you're worried about where I am all the time.
Eddie Mars: I don't like you that well.


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