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Stanley Ridges
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Stanley Ridges
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1890-07-17,Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

To Be or Not to Be

7.828

To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-06

0

For Two Cents
1930-10-24

6.8

Possessed
1947-05-29

Dust Be My Destiny

6.2

Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16

7.108

The Sea Wolf
1941-03-21

Crime Without Passion

5.786

Crime Without Passion
1934-08-30

The File on Thelma Jordon

6.6

The File on Thelma Jordon
1949-11-04

6.9

No Way Out
1950-08-16

6.009

Black Friday
1940-02-29

Each Dawn I Die

6.8

Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19

6.582

Canyon Passage
1946-07-17

6.192

The Scoundrel
1935-04-30

An Act of Murder

6.8

An Act of Murder
1948-12-05

This Is the Army

5.773

This Is the Army
1943-08-14

6.4

Air Force
1943-03-20

7.185

Sergeant York
1941-09-27

6.6

Paid in Full
1950-02-15

They Died with Their Boots On

6.6

They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20

Nick Carter, Master Detective

5.7

Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939-12-13

6.8

Let Us Live
1939-03-29

6.3

The Big Shot
1942-06-13

Silver on the Sage

0

Silver on the Sage
1939-03-31

The Lady Is Willing

6.6

The Lady Is Willing
1942-02-12

You're My Everything

3.75

You're My Everything
1949-07-22

Tarzan Triumphs

6.1

Tarzan Triumphs
1943-01-20

Eyes in the Night

5.906

Eyes in the Night
1942-10-16

The Groom Wore Spurs

4.4

The Groom Wore Spurs
1951-03-13

6.75

If I Were King
1938-09-28

Streets of Laredo

5.9

Streets of Laredo
1949-05-27

Sinner Take All

4.8

Sinner Take All
1936-12-18

They're Always Caught

5.857

They're Always Caught
1938-07-03

Mr. District Attorney

5.429

Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27

The Master Race

6.2

The Master Race
1944-09-22

6.54

Union Pacific
1939-05-05

The Mad Miss Manton

6.4

The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21

6.7

The Suspect
1945-01-31

The Phantom Speaks

5.4

The Phantom Speaks
1945-04-13

5.5

Wilson
1944-08-01

There's That Woman Again

6.5

There's That Woman Again
1938-12-24

5.6

Mr. Ace
1946-08-02

Espionage Agent

5.9

Espionage Agent
1939-09-30

5.667

Winterset
1936-12-03

7

Task Force
1949-08-30

6.2

Because of Him
1946-01-18

Internes Can't Take Money

6.265

Internes Can't Take Money
1937-04-16

6

Captain Eddie
1945-06-18

The Story of Dr. Wassell

6.31

The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04

0

Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16

0

The Poor Fish
1930-06-07

I Stole a Million

6

I Stole a Million
1939-08-01

7

False Faces
1943-05-28

5.6

Yellow Jack
1938-05-19

0

Success
1923-02-25

The Voice That Thrilled the World

5.3

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943-10-16

The Man Who Had Influence

8

The Man Who Had Influence
1950-05-29

God Is My Co-Pilot

7

God Is My Co-Pilot
1945-04-07

5

Studio One
1948-11-07