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John Ridgely is a Actor American born on 6 september 1909 at Chicago (USA)

John Ridgely

John Ridgely
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Birth name John Huntington Rea
Nationality USA
Birth 6 september 1909 at Chicago (USA)
Death 18 january 1968 (at 58 years) at New York City (USA)

John Ridgely (September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits.

Biography

Le rôle d'Eddie Mars dans Le Grand Sommeil reste la prestation la plus connue de l'acteur, qui fut abonné aux seconds rôles durant toute sa carrière. Né John Huntingyon Rea le 6 septembre 1908, Ridgely passe une académie militaire avant d'intégrer l'université Stanford, à la fin des années 1920. Là, outre ses exploits sportifs, il se distingue par ses qualités d'acteur. En 1931, il gagne Hollywood où il intègre la troupe Pasadena Playhouse ; il apparait dans des pièces telles que Horizon Perdu, Le Maitre de Musique, ou Les Sentiers de la Gloire. Remarqué par un agent de la Warner, il obtient son premier rôle au cinéma dans Streamline Express. Après une série de films ou son nom n'est pas crédité (dont La Ville gronde de Mervyn LeRoy, 1937), il parait enfin au générique de White Banners aux côtés de Claude Rains.
Sous contrat exclusif avec la Warner, Rdgely s'impose comme un troisième couteau incontournable, notamment dans Je suis un criminel, Une femme dangereuse, Air Force, Arsenic et vieilles dentelles. Dans les années 1940, l'acteur promène sa silhouette dans de nombreux films noirs. Puis il rompt avec la Warner en 1950 et continue de tourner encore quatre ans ; puis il travailla pour un théâtre d'été. Ses titres les plus mémorables sont Une place au Soleil, et Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde. Il offre sa dernière apparition à la télévision dans un soap intitulé Woman with a Past. Mais, souffrant d'un maladie cardiaque chronique, l'acteur doit bientôt prendre sa retraite.

Best films

Air Force (1943)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jack Mower
Jack Mower
(58 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(51 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(46 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(46 films)
Frank Mayo
Frank Mayo
(40 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Ridgely (132 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

The Greatest Show on Earth, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Roles Assistant Manager
Rating64% 3.248323.248323.248323.248323.24832
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.
Room for One More, 1h38
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle, John Ridgely, Randy Stuart, Irving Bacon
Roles Harry Foreman
Rating71% 3.591233.591233.591233.591233.59123
Grant, as "Poppy" Rose, is the harried husband of Anna, played by his real-life wife at the time, Betsy Drake. Anna has a place in her heart for foster children, and is able to draw out these neglected children and make them real members of the family, despite their various personality differences and physical challenges. Poppy, who on the surface seems reluctant to open his home to "one more", is, underneath, putty in the children's hands, from start to finish.
Off Limits
Off Limits (1952)
, 1h29
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Mayehoff, Stanley Clements, Marvin Miller
Roles Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
Rating60% 3.048553.048553.048553.048553.04855
Wally Hogan (Hope) has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley (Stanley Clements), a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. Life suddenly takes a not-so-happy turn, however, when Bullet gets drafted. Hogan's gangster partners persuade him to enlist and keep an eye on the fighter, who is subsequently declared psychologically unfit for the Army. Enter Herbert Tuttle (Mickey Rooney), a draftee eager to have Hogan turn him into a fighter. Hogan reluctantly agrees only after he discovers Tuttle's aunt is the beautiful singer (Marilyn Maxwell) at a nightclub. From then on it's a case of stringing Tuttle along while trying to get close to his aunt. To further complicate Hogan's life there is a rulebook Military Police Officer who tries to squash the shenanigans.
Fort Osage
Fort Osage (1952)
, 1h12
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rod Cameron, Jane Nigh, Morris Ankrum, Douglas Kennedy, John Ridgely, William Phipps
Roles Henry Travers
Rating58% 2.9076252.9076252.9076252.9076252.907625
Fort Osage est une petite ville du Missouri située non loin du territoire des Indiens Osage. C’est la dernière halte pour les caravanes de pionniers avant qu’elles ne traversent les plaines de l’Ouest menant en Californie. Depuis quelques semaines, de nombreux émigrants sont bloqués dans cette bourgade, attendant l’arrivée de leur prochain guide, Tom Clay. Mais ce n’est qu’un prétexte car celui-ci pourrait facilement être remplacé.
When Worlds Collide, 1h23
Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Space opera, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Larry Keating, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Rachel Ames
Rating65% 3.2969453.2969453.2969453.2969453.296945
Pilot David Randall is paid to fly top-secret photographs from South African astronomer Dr. Emery Bronson to Dr. Cole Hendron in the United States. Hendron, with the assistance of his daughter Joyce, confirms their worst fears: Bronson has discovered a rogue star named Bellus that is on a collision course with Earth.
A Place in the Sun, 2h2
Directed by George Stevens, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark
Roles Coroner
Rating76% 3.846553.846553.846553.846553.84655
George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the poor nephew of rich industrialist Charles Eastman (Herbert Heyes), arrives in town following a chance encounter with his uncle while working as a bellhop in a Chicago hotel. The elder Eastman invites George to visit him if and when he ever comes to town, and the ambitious young man takes advantage of the offer. Despite George's family relationship to the Eastmans, they regard him as something of an outsider, but his uncle nevertheless offers him an entry-level job at his factory. George, uncomplaining, hopes to impress his uncle (whom he addresses as "Mr. Eastman") with his hard work and earn his way up. While working in the factory, George starts dating fellow factory worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), in defiance of the workplace rules. Alice is a poor and inexperienced girl who is dazzled by George and slow to believe that his Eastman name brings him no advantages.
The Blue Veil, 1h53
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell, Richard Carlson, Agnes Moorehead, Don Taylor
Roles Doctor (Uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5816653.5816653.5816653.5816653.581665
Following the death of her newborn baby, war widow LouLou Mason accepts a temporary two-week assignment as nursemaid to the infant son of corset manufacturer Frederick K. Begley, who lost his wife in childbirth. She ingratiates herself with the family and eventually becomes a permanent fixture. When she declines Frederick's proposal, he marries his secretary Alicia Torgersen, who fires LouLou following her honeymoon.
Half Angel
Half Angel (1951)
, 1h17
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway, Jim Backus, Irene Ryan, John Ridgely
Roles Tim McCarey
Rating59% 2.952232.952232.952232.952232.95223
No-nonsense nurse Nora Gilpin (Loretta Young) doesn't care much for John Raymond Jr. (Joseph Cotten), a famous rich lawyer. Her immediate plans are to marry Tim McCarey (John Ridgely), a building contractor, and settle down to a nice, normal life.
The Last Outpost, 1h29
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Reagan, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams, Noah Beery, Jr, Peter Hansen
Roles Sam McQuade
Rating59% 2.9511652.9511652.9511652.9511652.951165
In 1862 Confederate Army Captain Vance Britton (Reagan) and his cavalry force are capturing most of the supplies sent East along the Santa Fe Trail before they are able to reach the Union Army outpost at San Gil, Arizona, where trading post owner Sam McQuade (Ridgely) deals with the Apache Indians. Union Colonel Jeb Britton (Bennett), Vance's brother, is sent West to stop the Confederate raids, unaware that his brother is his adversary. When he arrives with only a small detachment of troops, McQuade tries to persuade Jeb to use the Apaches to subdue the Rebels, but Jeb rejects the idea, certain the Indians would kill settlers as well as Confederate soldiers.
Half Angel
Half Angel (1951)
, 1h17
Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Cecil Kellaway, Jim Backus, Irene Ryan, John Ridgely
Roles Tim McCarey
Rating59% 2.952232.952232.952232.952232.95223
As You Were, 57minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Russell Hicks, John Ridgely, Sondra Rodgers, Joan Vohs
Roles Captain
Rating51% 2.595212.595212.595212.595212.59521
Backfire
Backfire (1950)
, 1h31
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Ed Begley, Virginia Mayo, Gordon MacRae, Sheila MacRae, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2926953.2926953.2926953.2926953.292695
Bob Corey (Gordon MacRae) is an American soldier badly wounded at the end of World War II, and undergoing a number of surgical operations on his spine at a military hospital in California. He is tended by a nurse, Julie Benson (Virginia Mayo), and they have fallen in love. Corey's military pal, Steve Connolly (Edmond O'Brien), arrives in early November to discuss plans for the ranch they plan to purchase and operate together once Corey is out of the hospital. The two men pool their G.I. benefits (totaling $40,000) to do so. Corey's final surgery is in mid-December, but Connolly does not appear at the hospital afterward to see his friend. By Christmas, Corey is still in recovery but Connolly still remains absent. One night, as Corey lies semi-conscious in bed after being administered a sleeping drug, a woman with an foreign accent (Viveca Lindfors) appears at his bedside. She says Connolly has been in a horrible accident; his spine is shattered and he wants to die, but she has refused to help him commit suicide. The woman asks Corey what to do, and he advises her to do nothing to harm Steve, and just to wait. Corey slips into unconsciousness, and the woman disappears.
Edge of Doom, 1h39
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith, Paul Stewart, Mala Powers
Roles Detective #1
Rating63% 3.193923.193923.193923.193923.19392
The story concerns a young mentally disturbed man, Martin Lynn (Farley Granger), who goes on a rampage after his sick mother dies. One of the man's biggest beefs is with the Catholic Church who, in addition to slighting him when his mother needed a priest, once refused to bury his father years earlier because he committed suicide. The man, blaming the environment he lives in, goes on a rampage taking revenge on his cheap boss, a mortician and a priest, Father Kirkman (Harold Vermilyea), who refuses to give his poor mother a big funeral. He begins his rampage by killing the hard-line Catholic priest, who slighted him, by beating him with a heavy crucifix. Later, another young priest, Father Roth (Dana Andrews), suspects the young man, now arrested for another crime, for the killing.
The Petty Girl
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Robert Cummings, Joan Caulfield, Elsa Lanchester, Melville Cooper, Audrey Long, Mary Wickes
Roles Patrolman
Rating59% 2.9967252.9967252.9967252.9967252.996725
In New York City, George Petty (Robert Cummings) tries to convince car manufacturer B. J. Manton to use pretty women to help advertise his dreary new car model. He is not succeeding when Manton's daughter, the often-married Mrs. Connie Manton Dezlow (Audrey Long), interrupts the business meeting, takes a liking to the handsome young artist, and makes herself his patron. Soon, she has furnished him with a lavish apartment, complete with a butler named Beardsley (Melville Cooper). She also talks him into abandoning his cheesecake paintings in favor of more respectable portraits.