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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-07-17

Day of Death

1951-04-22 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Stanley Charles Ridges

Stanley C. Ridges

Stanley Ridges

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.

Known For

Acting

To Be or Not to Be

1942

To Be or Not to Be

as

Professor Alexander Siletsky

Possessed

1947

Possessed

as

Dr. Willard

Dust Be My Destiny

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as

Charles 'Charlie' Garreth

The Sea Wolf

1941

The Sea Wolf

as

Johnson

Crime Without Passion

1934

Crime Without Passion

as

Eddie White

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949

The File on Thelma Jordon

as

Kingsley Willis

No Way Out

1950

No Way Out

as

Sam Moreland

Black Friday

1940

Black Friday

as

Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon

Each Dawn I Die

1939

Each Dawn I Die

as

Mueller

Canyon Passage

1946

Canyon Passage

as

Jonas Overmire

The Scoundrel

1935

The Scoundrel

as

Paul Decker

An Act of Murder

1948

An Act of Murder

as

Doctor Walter Morrison

This Is the Army

1943

This Is the Army

as

John Davidson

Air Force

1943

Air Force

as

Maj. Mallory - Clark Field

Sergeant York

1941

Sergeant York

as

Major Buxton

Paid in Full

1950

Paid in Full

as

Dr. P.J. 'Phil' Winston

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as

Maj. Romulus Taipe

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939

Nick Carter, Master Detective

as

Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)

Let Us Live

1939

Let Us Live

as

District Attorney

The Big Shot

1942

The Big Shot

as

Martin T. Fleming, Attorney

Silver on the Sage

1939

Silver on the Sage

as

Earl Brennan / Dave Talbot

The Lady Is Willing

1942

The Lady Is Willing

as

Kenneth Hanline

You're My Everything

1949

You're My Everything

as

Mr. Henry Mercer

Tarzan Triumphs

1943

Tarzan Triumphs

as

Colonel Von Reichart

Eyes in the Night

1942

Eyes in the Night

as

Hansen

The Groom Wore Spurs

1951

The Groom Wore Spurs

as

Harry Kallen

If I Were King

1938

If I Were King

as

Rene de Montigny

Streets of Laredo

1949

Streets of Laredo

as

Major Bailey

Sinner Take All

1936

Sinner Take All

as

MacKelvey

They're Always Caught

1938

They're Always Caught

as

Dr. John Pritchard

Mr. District Attorney

1941

Mr. District Attorney

as

District Attorney Tom F. Winton

The Master Race

1944

The Master Race

as

Phil Carson

Union Pacific

1939

Union Pacific

as

Gen. Casement

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

as

Edward Norris

The Suspect

1945

The Suspect

as

Inspector Huxley

The Phantom Speaks

1945

The Phantom Speaks

as

Dr. Paul Renwick

Wilson

1944

Wilson

as

Dr. Cary Grayson

Mr. Ace

1946

Mr. Ace

as

Toomey

Espionage Agent

1939

Espionage Agent

as

Hamilton Peyton

Winterset

1936

Winterset

as

Shadow

Task Force

1949

Task Force

as

Sen. Bentley

Because of Him

1946

Because of Him

as

Charles Gilbert

Captain Eddie

1945

Captain Eddie

as

Col. Hans Adamson

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell

as

Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins

Eagle Squadron

1942

Eagle Squadron

as

Air Minister

The Poor Fish

1930

The Poor Fish

as

George

I Stole a Million

1939

I Stole a Million

as

Downs (uncredited)

False Faces

1943

False Faces

as

District Attorney Stanley S. Harding

Yellow Jack

1938

Yellow Jack

as

Dr. James Carroll

Success

1923

Success

as

Gilbert Gordon

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

The Voice That Thrilled the World

as

Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

The Man Who Had Influence

1950

The Man Who Had Influence

as

J. C. Grant

God Is My Co-Pilot

1945

God Is My Co-Pilot

as

Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper

Studio One

Studio One

as

Police Chief Scott Anderson

Production

Crew

Directing