Vintage 3.5X2 card signed in black fountain pen ink by John Ridgely. A very nice example of his signature.(1909-1968) John Ridgely was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits.He appeared in the 1946 Humphrey Bogart film The Big Sleep as blackmailing gangster Eddie Mars and had a memorable role as a suffering heart patient in the film noir Nora Prentiss (1947).The Chicago-born actor appeared in a large number of other Warner Bros. films in the 1930s and 1940s.Freelancing after 1948, John Ridgely continued to essay general-purpose parts until he left films in 1953; thereafter, he worked in summer theater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968.Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.