Richard Ridgely (1869–1949) was an American

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and

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active during the

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.Gmür p.22

Selected filmography

* '' Ranson's Folly'' (1915) * ''

Eugene Aram Eugene Aram (170416 August 1759) was an English philologist, but also infamous as the murderer celebrated by Thomas Hood in his ballad ''The Dream of Eugene Aram'', and by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1832 novel '' Eugene Aram''. Early life Ar ...

'' (1915) * ''Olive's Greatest Opportunity'' (1915) * '' The Martyrdom of Philip Strong'' (1916) * ''

The Heart of the Hills ''The Heart of the Hills'' is a 1914 silent short film directed by and starring Wallace Reid and co-starring his wife Dorothy Davenport. It was produced by the Rex Motion Picture Company and distributed through the Universal Film Manufacturing C ...

'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1917)

References

Bibliography

* Leonhard Gmür. ''Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen''. 2013. American male film actors American film directors 20th-century American male actors 1869 births 1949 deaths People from Cynthiana, Kentucky {{US-film-bio-stub