Portrait of Arnold Ridley

Acting

Arnold Ridley

Career

Active from 1929 to 2025, with a break from 1972 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Seven Sinners
Seven Sinners
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Arnold Ridley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.0, average 3.0
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Pathos
    3.8, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic 3
  • Ensemble Character Study 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Supernatural Elements 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Dad's Army at the BBC
Dad's Army at the BBC (2025)

TV show · as Pte. Charles Godfrey

Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes (2023)

TV show · as Pte. Charles Godfrey (voice)

2000s

2 titles
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)

as Charles Godfrey (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box (2001)

as Private Charles Godfrey (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

8 titles · average score 60
The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1976)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Film Writer

The Switch
The Switch (1976)

as Uncle Rodney

The Amorous Milkman
The Amorous Milkman (1975)
GoodWatch score 27

as Cinema Attendant

Thriller
Thriller (1973)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as 1st Old Man

Carry On Girls
Carry On Girls (1973)
GoodWatch score 56

as Alderman Pratt

A Place to Die
A Place to Die (1973)
GoodWatch score 75

as 1st Old Man

Dad's Army
Dad's Army (1971)
GoodWatch score 53

as Private Charles Godfrey

The Persuaders!
The Persuaders! (1971)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Uncle Rodney

1960s

12 titles · average score 68
Random Quest
Random Quest (1969)

as Munnings

Dad's Army
Dad's Army (1968)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Private Charles Godfrey

The Caesars
The Caesars (1968)

TV show · as Nigrinus

A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

Who Killed the Cat?
Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
GoodWatch score 74

Theatre Play

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1966)

TV show

Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Munnings

A Slight Case Of...
A Slight Case Of... (1965)

TV show

The Wednesday Thriller
The Wednesday Thriller (1965)

TV show · as Mr Damson

Theatre 625
Theatre 625 (1964)

TV show · as Tunnicliffe

Crooks in Cloisters
Crooks in Cloisters (1964)
GoodWatch score 49

as Arnold Ridley

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Elderly Gent

1950s

5 titles · average score 54
Second Fiddle
Second Fiddle (1957)

Writer

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1957)

Author

Meet Mr. Lucifer
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
GoodWatch score 55

Writer

Stolen Face
Stolen Face (1952)
GoodWatch score 49

as Dr. Russell

Green Grow the Rushes
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

as Tom Cuffley

1940s

4 titles · average score 61
The Interrupted Journey
The Interrupted Journey (1949)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mr. Saunders

Easy Money
Easy Money (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1948)

as Saul Hodgkin

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

Writer

1930s

11 titles · average score 59
The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1939)

Writer

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1937)

Story

East of Ludgate Hill
East of Ludgate Hill (1937)

Story

Seven Sinners
Seven Sinners (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

Story

Royal Eagle
Royal Eagle (1936)

Writer, Director

The Warren Case
The Warren Case (1934)

Theatre Play

Ghost Train
Ghost Train (1933)
GoodWatch score 52

Story

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1933)

Story

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1931)

Writer, Theatre Play

The Flying Fool
The Flying Fool (1931)

Writer

Keepers of Youth
Keepers of Youth (1931)

Theatre Play

1920s

2 titles
The Wrecker
The Wrecker (1929)

Writer

The Ghost Train
The Ghost Train (1927)

Theatre Play