Stanley Ridges
- Recitazione
- 17 luglio 1890 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- 22 aprile 1951
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.
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Filmografia
- The Groom Wore Spurs · Harry Kallen
- Uomo bianco tu vivrai! · Sam Moreland
- The Man Who Had Influence · J. C. Grant
- Paid in Full · Dr. P.J. 'Phil' Winston
- Il romanzo di Thelma Jordon · Kingsley Willis
- Aquile del mare · Sen. Bentley
- Sono tua · Mr. Henry Mercer
- I cavalieri dell'onore · Major Bailey
- Il delitto del giudice · Doctor Walter Morrison
- Studio One · Police Chief Scott Anderson, J.C. Grant
- Anime in delirio · Dr. Harvey Willard
- L'amore può aspettare · Toomey
- I conquistatori · Jonas Overmire
- La commedia è finita · Charles Gilbert
- Captain Eddie · Col. Hans Adamson
- The Phantom Speaks · Dr. Paul Renwick
- God Is My Co-Pilot · Col. Merian 'Steve' Cooper
- Quinto: non ammazzare! · Inspector Huxley
- Traditori · Phil Carson
- Wilson · Dr. Cary Grayson
- La storia del dottor Wassell · Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
- The Voice That Thrilled the World · In persona
- This Is the Army · John Davidson
- False Faces · District Attorney Stanley S. Harding
- Arcipelago in fiamme · Maj. Mallory - Clark Field
- Il trionfo di Tarzan · Colonel Von Reichart
- Occhi nella notte · Hansen
- Eagle Squadron · Air Minister
- Il terrore di Chicago · Martin T. Fleming, Attorney
- Vogliamo vivere! · Professor Alexander Siletsky
- La signora acconsente · Kenneth Hanline
- La storia del generale Custer · Maj. Romulus Taipe
- Il sergente York · Major Buxton
- Mr. District Attorney · District Attorney Tom F. Winton
- Il lupo dei mari · Johnson
- Black Friday · Prof. George Kingsley / Red Cannon
- Nick Carter, Master Detective · Doctor Frankton (as Stanley C. Ridges)
- Espionage Agent · Hamilton Peyton
- Dust Be My Destiny · Charles 'Charlie' Garreth
- Morire all'alba · Mueller
- I Stole a Million · Downs (uncredited)
- La via dei giganti · Gen. Casement
- Silver on the Sage · Earl Brennan / Dave Talbot
- Lasciateci vivere! · District Attorney
- There's That Woman Again · Tony Croy
- Il terzo delitto · Edward Norris
- Un vagabondo alla corte di Francia · Rene de Montigny
- They're Always Caught · Dr. John Pritchard
- Yellow Jack · Dr. James Carroll
- La figlia perduta · Dan Innes
- Sinner Take All · MacKelvey
- Sotto i ponti di New York · Shadow
- The Scoundrel · Paul Decker
- Delitto senza passione · Eddie White
- For Two Cents
- The Poor Fish · George
- Success · Gilbert Gordon