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 Victoire sur la nuit (1939), La charge fantastique (1941) and L'homme qui vint dîner (1942), Ridgely eventually graduated to larger roles in such classics as Howard Hawks' Air Force (1943), Le grand sommeil (1946), Destination Tokyo (1943) and Possédée (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.
