Robert Ridgely (December 24, 1931—February 8, 1997) was an American actor and vocal artist, known for both on-camera roles and extensive voice-over work. Ridgely started his television career with guest roles in such 1960s series as Maverick, Sea Hunt and Surfside 6. He landed a regular role as Lt. Kimbro in the short-lived World War II series The Gallant Men. After the series was cancelled he continued with guest appearances in shows like Bonanza, WKRP in Cincinnati, Night Court and Designing Women. He also appeared in many movies, especially Mel Brooks productions such as Blazing Saddles (1974), High Anxiety (1977), Life Stinks (1991) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ... Maverick is a comedy-western television series created by Roy Huggins that ran from September 22, 1957 to July 8, 1962 on ABC and featured James Garner and Roger Moore as poker-playing travelling gamblers. ... Sea Hunt was an American television adventure series from pioneering syndicator Ziv TV that ran from 1958 to 1961 and was popular in repeats for decades afterward. ... Surfside 6 was a television series (1960-1962) about a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, featuring Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat, a similar series that had appeared the the same time slot the season before), Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne... Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... The Gallant Men was a 1962-63 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II. Their commander was Capt. ... The Bonanza logo was superimposed upon a map of a wild west frontier area. ... The cast of WKRP in Cincinnati is pictured in this 1978 publicity photo. ... Night Court was a situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 1984 until May 1992. ... Designing Women was a U.S. television sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four women in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Mel Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is a Jewish-American actor, writer director, and theatrical producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. ... Blazing Saddles is a Warner Bros. ... High Anxiety is a 1977 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. ... Life Stinks is a 1991 comedy directed by Mel Brooks. ... Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993) is a film parody of the story of Robin Hood, particularly parodying Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. ...

Ridgely put his strong voice to use in voice-over roles in movies like The Down and Dirty Duck (1974) and Oz (1980) and the video game Blazing Dragons (1996). He did a great deal of voice work on television as well. Ridgely played his final movie roles in Boogie Nights and Fire Down Below (both 1997). He died of cancer at age 65. Dirty Duck is an X-rated animated film directed by Charles Swenson, and starring Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan). ... Blazing Dragons is the title of a graphic adventure video game released for the original Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn in 1996 by Crystal Dynamics. ... Boogie Nights is a 1997 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. ... Fire Down Below is a 1997 action film in which an EPA agent investigates a Kentucky mine and helps locals stand up for their rights. ... When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ...

External links

• IMDb page for Robert Ridgely
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• New York Times movie page for Robert Ridgely
• Movie stills of Robert Ridgely