Stanley Ridges
- Schauspiel
- 17. Juli 1890 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- 22. April 1951
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- The Groom Wore Spurs · Harry Kallen
- Der Hass ist blind · Sam Moreland
- The Man Who Had Influence · J. C. Grant
- Paid in Full · Dr. P.J. 'Phil' Winston
- Strafsache Thelma Jordon · Kingsley Willis
- Sturm über dem Pazifik · Sen. Bentley
- You're My Everything · Mr. Henry Mercer
- Die Todesreiter von Laredo · Major Bailey
- An Act of Murder · Doctor Walter Morrison
- Studio One · Police Chief Scott Anderson, J.C. Grant
- Hemmungslose Liebe · Dr. Harvey Willard
- Mr. Ace · Toomey
- Feuer am Horizont · Jonas Overmire
- Seinetwegen · Charles Gilbert
- Die tollkühnen Abenteuer des Captain Eddie · Col. Hans Adamson
- The Phantom Speaks · Dr. Paul Renwick
- God Is My Co-Pilot · Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper
- Unter Verdacht · Inspector Huxley
- The Master Race · Phil Carson
- Wilson · Dr. Cary Grayson
- Dr. Wassells Flucht aus Java · Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
- The Voice That Thrilled the World · Selbst
- This Is the Army · John Davidson
- False Faces · District Attorney Stanley S. Harding
- In die japanische Sonne · Maj. Mallory - Clark Field
- Tarzan und die Nazis · Colonel Von Reichart
- Die Spur im Dunkel · Hansen
- Eagle Squadron · Air Minister
- Der große Gangster · Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
- Sein oder Nichtsein · Professor Alexander Siletsky
- Fräulein Mama · Kenneth Hanline
- Sein letztes Kommando · Maj. Romulus Taipe
- Sergeant York · Major Buxton
- Mr. District Attorney · District Attorney Tom F. Winton
- Der Seewolf · Johnson
- Schwarzer Freitag · Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
- Nick Carter, Master Detective · Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)
- Geheimagenten · Hamilton Peyton
- Weg aus dem Nichts · Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
- Todesangst bei jeder Dämmerung · Mueller
- I Stole a Million · Downs (uncredited)
- Union Pacific · Gen. Casement
- Silver on the Sage · Earl Brennan / Dave Talbot
- Laßt uns leben · District Attorney
- There's That Woman Again · Tony Croy
- The Mad Miss Manton · Edward Norris
- Wenn ich König wär · Rene de Montigny
- They're Always Caught · Dr. John Pritchard
- Yellow Jack · Dr. James Carroll
- Internes Can't Take Money · Dan Innes
- Sinner Take All · MacKelvey
- Winterset · Shadow
- Ein charmanter Schurke · Paul Decker
- Crime Without Passion · Eddie White
- For Two Cents
- The Poor Fish · George
- Success · Gilbert Gordon