The Groom Wore Spurs
1951 · Movie
as Harry Kallen
Stanley Ridges
1890-07-17
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Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
No Way Out
1950 · Movie
as Sam Moreland
Paid in Full
1950 · Movie
as Dr. P.J. 'Phil' Winston
The Man Who Had Influence
1950 · Movie
as J. C. Grant
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Movie
as Kingsley Willis
You're My Everything
1949 · Movie
as Mr. Henry Mercer
Streets of Laredo
1949 · Movie
as Major Bailey
Task Force
1949 · Movie
as Sen. Bentley
An Act of Murder
1948 · Movie
as Doctor Walter Morrison
Studio One
1948 · TV Show
as Police Chief Scott Anderson, J.C. Grant
Possessed
1947 · Movie
as Dr. Harvey Willard
Canyon Passage
1946 · Movie
as Jonas Overmire
Mr. Ace
1946 · Movie
as Toomey
Because of Him
1946 · Movie
as Charles Gilbert
The Suspect
1945 · Movie
as Inspector Huxley
The Phantom Speaks
1945 · Movie
as Dr. Paul Renwick
Captain Eddie
1945 · Movie
as Col. Hans Adamson
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945 · Movie
as Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper
The Master Race
1944 · Movie
as Phil Carson
Wilson
1944 · Movie
as Dr. Cary Grayson
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Movie
as Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
This Is the Army
1943 · Movie
as John Davidson
Air Force
1943 · Movie
as Maj. Mallory - Clark Field
Tarzan Triumphs
1943 · Movie
as Colonel Von Reichart
False Faces
1943 · Movie
as District Attorney Stanley S. Harding
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 · Movie
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
To Be or Not to Be
1942 · Movie
as Professor Alexander Siletsky
The Big Shot
1942 · Movie
as Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
The Lady Is Willing
1942 · Movie
as Kenneth Hanline
Eyes in the Night
1942 · Movie
as Hansen
Eagle Squadron
1942 · Movie
as Air Minister
The Sea Wolf
1941 · Movie
as Johnson
Sergeant York
1941 · Movie
as Major Buxton
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
as Maj. Romulus Taipe
Mr. District Attorney
1941 · Movie
as District Attorney Tom F. Winton
Black Friday
1940 · Movie
as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Movie
as Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie
as Mueller
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 · Movie
as Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)
Let Us Live
1939 · Movie
as District Attorney
Silver on the Sage
1939 · Movie
as Earl Brennan / Dave Talbot
Union Pacific
1939 · Movie
as Gen. Casement
Espionage Agent
1939 · Movie
as Hamilton Peyton
I Stole a Million
1939 · Movie
as Downs (uncredited)
If I Were King
1938 · Movie
as Rene de Montigny
They're Always Caught
1938 · Movie
as Dr. John Pritchard
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 · Movie
as Edward Norris
There's That Woman Again
1938 · Movie
as Tony Croy
Yellow Jack
1938 · Movie
as Dr. James Carroll
Internes Can't Take Money
1937 · Movie
as Dan Innes
Sinner Take All
1936 · Movie
as MacKelvey
Winterset
1936 · Movie
as Shadow
The Scoundrel
1935 · Movie
as Paul Decker
Crime Without Passion
1934 · Movie
as Eddie White
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For Two Cents
1930 · Movie
The Poor Fish
1930 · Movie
as George
Success
1923 · Movie
as Gilbert Gordon
