Where to watch John Ridgely in the UK
Find every John Ridgely film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 4 May 2026.
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-theate…
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- The Big Sleep (1946) as Eddie Mars
- A Place in the Sun (1951) as Coroner
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Officer Saunders
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) as Assistant Manager
- Dark Victory (1939) as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
- Possessed (1947) as Harker
- Brother Orchid (1940) as Texas Pearson
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as 2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
- The Letter (1940) as Driver (uncredited)
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Self
- Wings of the Navy (1939) as Dan Morrison
- The Last Outpost (1951) as Sam McQuade
- Fort Osage (1952) as Henry Travers
- Air Force (1943) as Pilot
- Destination Tokyo (1943) as Reserve Officer Raymond
- The Roaring Twenties (1939) as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) as Radio Man
- Nora Prentiss (1947) as Walter Bailey
- Million Dollar Baby (1941) as Ollie Ward
- Cry Wolf (1947) as Jackson Laidell
- Room for One More (1952) as Harry Foreman
- Saddle Tramp (1950) as Slim
- Once More, My Darling (1949) as Burke
- Off Limits (1952) as Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
- Invisible Stripes (1939) as Employment Clerk (uncredited)
- They Drive by Night (1940) as Hank Dawson (uncredited)
- The Return of Doctor X (1939) as Rodgers
- Border Incident (1949) as Mr. Neley
- Command Decision (1948) as James Carwood
- Torrid Zone (1940) as Gardner
- Alice in Movieland (1940) as Bill (uncredited)
- Bullet Scars (1942) as Hank O'Connor
- High Wall (1947) as Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
- Racket Busters (1938) as Yellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
- Backfire (1950) as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- The Doughgirls (1944) as Julian Cadman
- The Fighting 69th (1940) as Moran (uncredited)
- Going Places (1938) as Desk Clerk
- Navy Blues (1941) as 'Jersey'
- Indianapolis Speedway (1939) as Ted Horn
- Castle on the Hudson (1940) as Intake Guard (uncredited)
- Northern Pursuit (1943) as Jim Austen
- Missing Witnesses (1937) as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940) as Brooks
- The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) as Eddie Williams
- The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) as Arch
- Dangerously They Live (1941) as John, Nazi Henchman
- Task Force (1949) as Dixie Rankin
- Highway West (1941) as Alex, Armored Car Guard
- Lady with Red Hair (1940) as Actor Playing Paul (uncredited)
- Steel Against the Sky (1941) as Joe (uncredited)
- Kid Nightingale (1939) as Whitey
- Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) as Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Edge of Doom (1950) as Detective #1
- Streamline Express (1935) as Train Steward (uncredited)
- You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) as Gas Station Proprietor
- Secret Enemies (1942) as John Trent
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939) as Reporter at Match
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) as Reporter
- Sealed Verdict (1948) as Lance Nissen
- They Made Me a Criminal (1939) as Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
- Boy Meets Girl (1938) as Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter
- The Blue Veil (1951) as Doctor (Uncredited)
- He Couldn't Say No (1938) as Man-On-The-Street Reporter
- My Reputation (1946) as Cary Abbott
- Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) as Reporter at Pillory (uncredited)
- Blondes at Work (1938) as Regan
- Strange Alibi (1941) as Tex Alexander (prisoner)
- Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) as Mike Collins
- Slapsie Maxie's (1939) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Pride of the Marines (1945) as Jim Merchant
- The Man I Love (1946) as Roy Otis
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) as Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
- Smashing the Money Ring (1939) as Policeman (uncredited)
- God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) as David 'Tex' Hill
- White Banners (1938) as Charles Ellis
- Luxury Liner (1948) as Chief Officer Carver
- 'Til We Meet Again (1940) as Junior Officer (uncredited)
- King of the Underworld (1939) as Jerry
- Here Comes Happiness (1941) as Jim
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