John Ridgely(1909-1968)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
John Ridgely was a versatile character actor who made over 100 films at
Warner Brothers during the 1930s and 1940s. Starting out in bit roles
in such films as
Dark Victory (1939),
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
and
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941),
Ridgely eventually graduated to larger roles in such classics as
Howard Hawks'
Air Force (1943),
The Big Sleep (1946),
Destination Tokyo (1943) and
Possessed (1947). After his Warner
Brothers tenure ended, he freelanced at other studios and made stage
and TV appearances until his untimely passing in 1968 at age 58.