Stanley Ridges

Stanley Ridges

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1890-07-17
Place of Birth: Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Also Known As: Stanley Charles Ridges, Stanley C. Ridges

Movies List of Stanley Ridges

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To Be or Not to Be

1942 Movie
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For Two Cents

1930 Movie
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Possessed

1947 Movie
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Dust Be My Destiny

1939 Movie
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The Sea Wolf

1941 Movie
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Crime Without Passion

1934 Movie
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No Way Out

1950 Movie
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Black Friday

1940 Movie
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Each Dawn I Die

1939 Movie
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Canyon Passage

1946 Movie
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The Scoundrel

1935 Movie
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An Act of Murder

1948 Movie
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This Is the Army

1943 Movie
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Air Force

1943 Movie
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Sergeant York

1941 Movie
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Paid in Full

1950 Movie
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Let Us Live

1939 Movie
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The Big Shot

1942 Movie
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Silver on the Sage

1939 Movie
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The Lady Is Willing

1942 Movie
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You're My Everything

1949 Movie
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Tarzan Triumphs

1943 Movie
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Eyes in the Night

1942 Movie
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The Groom Wore Spurs

1951 Movie
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If I Were King

1938 Movie
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Sinner Take All

1936 Movie
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Streets of Laredo

1949 Movie
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They're Always Caught

1938 Movie
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Mr. District Attorney

1941 Movie
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The Master Race

1944 Movie
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Union Pacific

1939 Movie
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The Mad Miss Manton

1938 Movie
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The Suspect

1945 Movie
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The Phantom Speaks

1945 Movie
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Wilson

1944 Movie
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Mr. Ace

1946 Movie
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Espionage Agent

1939 Movie
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Winterset

1936 Movie
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Task Force

1949 Movie
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Because of Him

1946 Movie
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Captain Eddie

1945 Movie
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Eagle Squadron

1942 Movie
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The Poor Fish

1930 Movie
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I Stole a Million

1939 Movie
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False Faces

1943 Movie
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Yellow Jack

1938 Movie
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Success

1923 Movie
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God Is My Co-Pilot

1945 Movie