Stanley Ridges
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1890
- Died
- April 22, 1951 (aged 60)
- Birthplace
- Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stanley Ridges (17 July 1890 – 22 April 1951) was a British-born actor who made his mark in films by playing a wide assortment of character parts. Born 17 July 1890 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK, Stanley Ridges became a protégé of Beatrice Lillie, a star of musical stage comedies, and spent many years learning and honing his craft on the stage. Eventually making his way to America, Ridges began as a song-and-dance man on Broadway, but later turned to dramatic roles onstage, appearing in such plays as Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland (as Lord Morton) and Valley Forge (as Lieutenant Colonel Lucifer Tench), becoming a romantic leading man. Ridges' silent film debut was in Success (1923). With his excellent diction and rich speaking voice, he easily made the transition into sound films, with his career taking off at age 43, in Crime Without Passion (1934), with Claude Rains. Ridges found himself cast in character roles, as his greying hair put his romantic leading man days at an end. His most best known roles were probably two different characters in one film, one of them the kindly Professor Kingsley and the other the murderous Red Cannon in the thriller Black Friday (1940). The Jekyll and Hyde transformations gave Ridges a chance to display his acting ability. Ridges was often cast in supporting roles in many classic films, and played the lead only once, in the B-picture False Faces (1943). Among Ridges's other film roles were as the Scotland Yard inspector who is shadowing Charles Laughton in the film The Suspect (1944), as Major Buxton (Gary Cooper's commanding officer) in Sergeant York (1942), as Professor Siletsky in To Be or Not to Be (also 1942), and as Cary Travers Grayson, the official White House physician in Wilson (1944). By 1950, he had just begun appearing in television anthologies such as Studio One and Philco Television Playhouse. His last feature film, the Ginger Rogers comedy The Groom Wore Spurs, in which he played a mobster, was released a month before he died. Stanley Ridges died 22 April 1951, in Westbrook, Connecticut, aged 60.
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Filmography
The Groom Wore Spurs
Movie · as Harry Kallen
No Way Out
Movie · as Sam Moreland
Paid in Full
Movie · as Dr. P.J. 'Phil' Winston
The Man Who Had Influence
Movie · as J. C. Grant
The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie · as Kingsley Willis
You're My Everything
Movie · as Mr. Henry Mercer
Streets of Laredo
Movie · as Major Bailey
Task Force
Movie · as Sen. Bentley
An Act of Murder
Movie · as Doctor Walter Morrison
Studio One
TV · as Police Chief Scott Anderson, J.C. Grant · 1 ep
Possessed
Movie · as Dr. Harvey Willard
Canyon Passage
Movie · as Jonas Overmire
Mr. Ace
Movie · as Toomey
Because of Him
Movie · as Charles Gilbert
The Suspect
Movie · as Inspector Huxley
The Phantom Speaks
Movie · as Dr. Paul Renwick
Captain Eddie
Movie · as Col. Hans Adamson
God Is My Co-Pilot
Movie · as Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper
The Master Race
Movie · as Phil Carson
Wilson
Movie · as Dr. Cary Grayson
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Movie · as Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
This Is the Army
Movie · as John Davidson
Air Force
Movie · as Maj. Mallory - Clark Field
Tarzan Triumphs
Movie · as Colonel Von Reichart
False Faces
Movie · as District Attorney Stanley S. Harding
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Movie · as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
To Be or Not to Be
Movie · as Professor Alexander Siletsky
The Big Shot
Movie · as Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
The Lady Is Willing
Movie · as Kenneth Hanline
Eyes in the Night
Movie · as Hansen
Eagle Squadron
Movie · as Air Minister
The Sea Wolf
Movie · as Johnson
Sergeant York
Movie · as Major Buxton
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie · as Maj. Romulus Taipe
Mr. District Attorney
Movie · as District Attorney Tom F. Winton
Black Friday
Movie · as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie · as Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
Each Dawn I Die
Movie · as Mueller
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie · as Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)
Let Us Live
Movie · as District Attorney
Silver on the Sage
Movie · as Earl Brennan / Dave Talbot
Union Pacific
Movie · as Gen. Casement
Espionage Agent
Movie · as Hamilton Peyton
I Stole a Million
Movie · as Downs (uncredited)
If I Were King
Movie · as Rene de Montigny
They're Always Caught
Movie · as Dr. John Pritchard
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie · as Edward Norris
There's That Woman Again
Movie · as Tony Croy
Yellow Jack
Movie · as Dr. James Carroll
Internes Can't Take Money
Movie · as Dan Innes
Sinner Take All
Movie · as MacKelvey
Winterset
Movie · as Shadow
The Scoundrel
Movie · as Paul Decker
Crime Without Passion
Movie · as Eddie White
For Two Cents
Movie
The Poor Fish
Movie · as George
Success
Movie · as Gilbert Gordon