Stanley Ridges
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1890
- Died
- April 22, 1951
- Birthplace
- 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
The Groom Wore Spurs 1951
as Harry Kallen
No Way Out 1950
as Sam Moreland
The Man Who Had Influence 1950
as J. C. Grant
Paid in Full 1950
as Dr. P.J. 'Phil' Winston
The File on Thelma Jordon 1949
as Kingsley Willis
Task Force 1949
as Sen. Bentley
You're My Everything 1949
as Mr. Henry Mercer
Streets of Laredo 1949
as Major Bailey
An Act of Murder 1948
as Doctor Walter Morrison
Possessed 1947
as Dr. Harvey Willard
Mr. Ace 1946
as Toomey
Canyon Passage 1946
as Jonas Overmire
Because of Him 1946
as Charles Gilbert
Captain Eddie 1945
as Col. Hans Adamson
The Phantom Speaks 1945
as Dr. Paul Renwick
God Is My Co-Pilot 1945
as Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper
The Suspect 1945
as Inspector Huxley
The Master Race 1944
as Phil Carson
Wilson 1944
as Dr. Cary Grayson
The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944
as Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
The Voice That Thrilled the World 1943
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
This Is the Army 1943
as John Davidson
False Faces 1943
as District Attorney Stanley S. Harding
Air Force 1943
as Maj. Mallory - Clark Field
Tarzan Triumphs 1943
as Colonel Von Reichart
Eyes in the Night 1942
as Hansen
Eagle Squadron 1942
as Air Minister
The Big Shot 1942
as Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
To Be or Not to Be 1942
as Professor Alexander Siletsky
The Lady Is Willing 1942
as Kenneth Hanline
They Died with Their Boots On 1941
as Maj. Romulus Taipe
Sergeant York 1941
as Major Buxton
Mr. District Attorney 1941
as District Attorney Tom F. Winton
The Sea Wolf 1941
as Johnson
Black Friday 1940
as Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
Nick Carter, Master Detective 1939
as Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)
Espionage Agent 1939
as Hamilton Peyton
Dust Be My Destiny 1939
as Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
Each Dawn I Die 1939
as Mueller
I Stole a Million 1939
as Downs (uncredited)
Union Pacific 1939
as Gen. Casement
Silver on the Sage 1939
as Earl Brennan / Dave Talbot
Let Us Live 1939
as District Attorney
There's That Woman Again 1938
as Tony Croy
The Mad Miss Manton 1938
as Edward Norris
If I Were King 1938
as Rene de Montigny
They're Always Caught 1938
as Dr. John Pritchard
Yellow Jack 1938
as Dr. James Carroll
Internes Can't Take Money 1937
as Dan Innes
Sinner Take All 1936
as MacKelvey
Winterset 1936
as Shadow
The Scoundrel 1935
as Paul Decker
Crime Without Passion 1934
as Eddie White
- For Two Cents
For Two Cents 1930
Actor
The Poor Fish 1930
as George
Success 1923
as Gilbert Gordon
Credits from TMDB.