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
ActingBirthday
July 17, 1890Deathday
April 22, 1951Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
56Place of birth
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UKAlso known as
Stanley Charles Ridges, Stanley C. RidgesCast credits
To Be or Not to Be
Professor Alexander SiletskyPossessed
Dr. WillardDust Be My Destiny
Charles 'Charlie' GarrethThe Sea Wolf
JohnsonCrime Without Passion
Eddie WhiteThe File on Thelma Jordon
Kingsley WillisNo Way Out
Dr. Sam MorelandBlack Friday
Prof. George Kingsley / Red CannonEach Dawn I Die
MuellerThe Scoundrel
Paul DeckerCanyon Passage
Jonas OvermireAn Act of Murder
Doctor Walter MorrisonThis Is the Army
John DavidsonAir Force
Maj. Mallory - Clark FieldSergeant York
Major BuxtonPaid in Full
Dr. P.J. 'Phil' WinstonThey Died with Their Boots On
Maj. Romulus TaipeNick Carter, Master Detective
Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)Let Us Live
District AttorneyThe Big Shot
Martin T. Fleming, Attorney