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 generalpurpose parts until he left films in 1953 Thereafter he worked in summertheater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968
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