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