John Ridgely

Actor

About

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Also Known As

John Huntington Rea, John Ridgley, John Ridgeley

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Born

September 06, 1909

Died

January 17, 1968

Cause of Death

Heart Ailment

Filmography

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Off Limits (1953)

Lt. Cmdr. Parnell

Room for One More (1952)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)

Fort Osage (1952)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

The Congregation (1952)

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When Worlds Collide (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The End Of The World

Northern Pursuit (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Of German Descent

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Off Limits (1953)

Lt. Cmdr. Parnell

Room for One More (1952)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)

Fort Osage (1952)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

The Congregation (1952)

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Chief inspector

The Blue Veil (1951)

The Last Outpost (1951)

Half Angel (1951)

Al Jennings of Oklahoma (1951)

Thunder in God's Country (1951)

A Place in the Sun (1951)

When the Redskins Rode (1951)

Christopher Gist

As You Were! (1951)

Edge of Doom (1950)

South Sea Sinner (1950)

Rookie Fireman (1950)

Backfire (1950)

Plainclothesman

The Lost Volcano (1950)

Beauty on Parade (1950)

Jeffrey Woodstock

The Petty Girl (1950)

Saddle Tramp (1950)

Border Incident (1949)

Task Force (1949)

Trouble Makers (1949)

Once More, My Darling (1949)

Command Decision (1949)

Sealed Verdict (1948)

Captain Lance Nissen

Night Wind (1948)

The Iron Curtain (1948)

Policeman Murphy

High Wall (1948)

Luxury Liner (1948)

Chief Officer Carver

The Man I Love (1947)

Cheyenne (1947)

That Way with Women (1947)

Cry Wolf (1947)

Jackson Laidell

Possessed (1947)

Nora Prentiss (1947)

That's My Man (1947)

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)

The Big Sleep (1946)

My Reputation (1946)

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)

Pride of the Marines (1945)

Danger Signal (1945)

The Doughgirls (1944)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Destination Tokyo (1944)

Reserve officer Raymond

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Air Force (1943)

Pilot [Irish Quincannon]

Northern Pursuit (1943)

The Big Shot (1942)

Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Secret Enemies (1942)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

Second Lieutenant Davis

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Million Dollar Baby (1941)

International Squadron (1941)

Navy Blues (1941)

Knockout (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

Highway West (1941)

Dangerously They Live (1941)

Here Comes Happiness (1941)

Strange Alibi (1941)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

Money and the Woman (1940)

Torrid Zone (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)

Saturday's Children (1940)

Flight Angels (1940)

River's End (1940)

Constable Jeffers

The Letter (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

A Child Is Born (1940)

Gambling on the High Seas (1940)

Cutter radio operator

On Trial (1939)

Radio announcer

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

Army hospital clerk

Dark Victory (1939)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Cowboy Quarterback (1939)

The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)

Torchy Blane...Playing with Dynamite (1939)

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

[Charles] Magee

The Kid from Kokomo (1939)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

Father Is a Prince (1939)

Indianapolis Speedway (1939)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)

Kid Nightingale (1939)

Everybody's Hobby (1939)

Private Detective (1939)

You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)

Gas station attendant

The Return of Dr. X (1939)

[Stanley] Rodgers

King of the Underworld (1939)

Naughty but Nice (1939)

Hudson's assistant

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Waterfront (1939)

Orchestra leader

Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Women in the Wind (1939)

Invisible Stripes (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

Hollywood Hotel (1938)

Men Are Such Fools (1938)

White Banners (1938)

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)

Reynolds ("Sparks")

Going Places (1938)

He Couldn't Say No (1938)

The Man-on-the-street

Hard to Get (1938)

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)

Blondes at Work (1938)

Western Trails (1938)

The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

Broadway Musketeers (1938)

The Invisible Menace (1938)

Forbidden Valley (1938)

Sheriff Lafferty

Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)

Beacon reporter

Garden of the Moon (1938)

Racket Busters (1938)

Boy Meets Girl (1938)

Kid Galahad (1937)

Submarine D-1 (1937)

Lieutenant Junior Grade

Cast (Short)

Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (1941)

Those Good Old Days (1941)

PONY EXPRESS DAYS (1940)

Alice in Movieland (1940)

Service with the Colors (1940)

Spills for Thrills (1940)

March On, Marines (1940)

The Bill of Rights (1939)

Quiet, Please (1939)

Slapsie Maxie's (1939)

The Man Without a Country (1937)

Life Events

1937

Began film career

1953

Last film "Off Limits"

Photo Collections

Air Force - Scene Stills

Here are a few scene stills from Warner Bros' Air Force (1943), starring John Garfield and Gig Young.

Videos

When Worlds Collide (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The End Of The World Playboy international courier Randall (Richard Derr) headed to New York from South Africa, handcuffed to secret scientific data he knows little about, is pleased to be collected by fetching Joyce (Barbara Rush), daughter of his recipient, John Ridgely the customs chief, James Seay the hustling reporter, in producer George Pal’s When World’s Collide, 1951.

Northern Pursuit (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Of German Descent We know that von Keller (Helmut Dantine) has just survived an avalanche that killed all his fellow Nazi infiltrators, but this is the first scene for Canadian Mounties Steve (Errol Flynn) and Jim (John Ridgely), in director Raoul Walsh's Northern Pursuit, 1943.

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Jap Float Zeroes Surfaced in the Aleutians to pick up Raymond (John Ridgely), Cassidy (Cary Grant) in command as Japanese planes strike, Wolf (John Garfield) and Mike (Tom Tully) among the defenders, impressive action in Destination Tokyo, 1943.

Destination Tokyo (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Join Us In Holding Our Breath The climax of a lengthy suspense sequence, Cary Grant as the steely Captain Cassidy guides the U.S.S. Copperfin into Tokyo Bay, through a mine-field, in the draught of a Japanese cruiser, keeping silent, John Ridgely, Warner Anderson, John Alvin among the crew, in DestinationTokyo, 1943.

Brother Orchid (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Who's Your Boss? Returned from five years abroad, gangster Little John (Edward G. Robinson) is greeted warmly at first by Jack (Humphrey Bogart) and henchmen (Morgan Conway, Richard Lane, Paul Guilfoyle, John Ridgely), in Brother Orchid, 1940.

Doughgirls, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I Like To Eat A Fish Pentagon employee Julian (John Ridgely) brings his new colleague, Soviet war hero Natalia (Eve Arden) to the suddenly-crowded Washington hotel bridal suite where his wife Edna (Ann Sheridan) has received her two newlywed ex-showgirl pals Vivian and Nan (Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith), early in The Doughgirls, 1944.

Air Force (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Hickam Radio The crew on the "Mary Ann" (John Garfield, Harry Carey, George Tobias, Ward Wood, John Ridgely et al) is headed for Hickam Field at Pearl Harbor when the radio signal is interrupted, in Howard Hawks' Air Force, 1943.

Air Force (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Prologue Martial opening credits and prologue in which director Howard Hawks summons the intentions of Abraham Lincoln, in the wartime hit Air Force, 1943, starring John Garfield, Harry Carey and Gig Young.

Air Force (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Take A Good Look At Pearl Harbor Captain Quincannon (John Ridgely) advises the crew (Harry Carey, Gig Young, John Garfield, Arthur Kennedy et al) to take a good look at Pearl Harbor, following the raid, in Howard Hawks' Air Force, 1943.

They Drive By Night -- (Movie Clip) Keep The Change Second part of Ann Sheridan (as waitress "Cassie") in her first scene, helping trucking brothers Paul (Humphrey Bogart) and Joe (George Raft) duck creditor Farnsworth (Charles Halton) in Raoul Walsh's They Drive By Night, 1940.

Northern Pursuit (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Our Country, Isn't It? German-descended RCMP man Wagner (Errol Flynn), who wants to quit for personal reasons, must explain to his commanding officer (Tom Tully) why he wasn't quicker to turn over the Nazi pilot (Helmut Dantine) he captured, later with fiancee' (Julie Bishop), in Northern Pursuit, 1943.

Pride Of The Marines (1945) -- (Movie Clip) This Alley Must Be Warped John Garfield playing the real Al Schmid bowls a strike, continuing his testy meet-cute with Ruth (young Eleanor Parker) at a Philly bowling alley, before the war, match-making friends Jim and Ella May (John Ridgely, Ann Doran) standing back, early in Delmer Daves' Pride Of The Marines, 1945.

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