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Acting

John Ridgely

Career: Active from 1938 to 1952, busiest in 1940 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 8
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Big Sleep
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 64 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Ridgely Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 4
Historical Setting 4
Period Piece 3
1940s Setting 3
Intriguing Plot 2
Social Commentary 2
Classic Western 2
Moral Dilemma 2
Psychological Thriller 2
World War II 2
Intrigue 2
Vintage Charm 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

143

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1950s

22 titles · average score 59

Room for One More

64

as Harry Foreman

Fort Osage

62

as Henry Travers

The Greatest Show on Earth

55

as Assistant Manager

Half Angel

46

as Tim McCarey

When the Redskins Rode

as Christopher Gist

A Place in the Sun

80

as Coroner

As You Were

as Captain

Rookie Fireman

as Harry Williams

The Lost Volcano

56

as Fred Barton

Beauty on Parade

as Jeffrey Woodstock

Pal, Canine Detective

as Gary's Father

Backfire

61

as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1940s

68 titles · average score 63

Trouble Makers

63

as 'Silky' Thomas

Possessed

77

as Harker

Nora Prentiss

67

as Walter Bailey

The Big Sleep

85

as Eddie Mars

My Reputation

66

as Cary Abbott

God Is My Co-Pilot

62

as David 'Tex' Hill

Pride of the Marines

73

as Jim Merchant

Air Force

75

as Pilot

Destination Tokyo

58

as Reserve Officer Raymond

Northern Pursuit

56

as Jim Austen

Secret Enemies

59

as John Trent

Dangerously They Live

56

as John, Nazi Henchman

1930s

53 titles · average score 61

Everybody's Hobby

58

as Ranger Mike Morgan

Private Detective

63

as Donald Norton

Kid Nightingale

60

as Whitey

Dark Victory

78

as Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

84

as Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die

60

as Reporter (uncredited)

The Return of Doctor X

58

as Rodgers

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

77

as Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)

Western Trails

as Ben McClure

The Patient in Room 18

54

as Jim Warren

Blondes at Work

64

as Regan

Little Miss Thoroughbred

as Jim (aka Slug)