Biography
Robert Ridgely (December 24, 1931 – February 8, 1997) was an American actor, known for both on-camera roles and extensive voice-over work.
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Boy's Journey
2011
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
A story about a young boy who feels that he doesn't fit in. Born in Holland, he starts his quest meeting interesting people and experiencing different...

Boogie Nights
1997
as The Colonel James
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his cra...

Fire Down Below
1997
as Simon
When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working wit...

That Thing You Do!
1996
as Hollywood Showcase Announcer
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

Multiplicity
1996
as Laura's Father
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves ...

Hard Eight
1996
as Keno Bar Manager
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

Daisy-Head Mayzie
1995
as Finch (voice)
Daisy-Head Mayzie wakes up one morning to find a daisy has sprouted from the top of her head. Facing her classmates' taunts and her parents' dismay, M...

The Ref
1994
as Bob Burley
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

Philadelphia
1993
as Walter Kenton
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes...

Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
as The Hangman
Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules Englan...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids
1991
as Herman the Horrible (voice)
The Ninja Turtles are going out of this world. Way out! Their arch villain Shredder has concocted two new mutants and a gigantic robot to destroy the ...

Life Stinks
1991
as Fergueson
A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he ...

Music Machine
1991
as Boogwart (voice)
While flying a kite on a hill, two children named Stevie and Nancy are swept away aloft by their kite in sci-fi fashion to a fantasy, wonderland-type ...

How I Got Into College
1989
as George Kailo
High school senior Marlon Bowne is smitten with overachieving classmate Jessica Kailo. But, if he wants to have a shot with her, he'll have to find a ...
Star Street: The Happy Birthday Movie
1989
Star Street is a Dutch children's cartoon that was popular both in Benelux and in the United Kingdom. The protagonists were pink big-nosed creatures c...

The Dirk Diggler Story
1988
as Jack Horner
The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It follows the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a...

Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
as Mayor Egan
Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sg...

Something Wild
1986
as Richard Graves
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

The History of White People in America
1985
In this parody of documentaries, host Martin Mull discusses the contributions that white people have made to the USA, visits the Institute of White St...

The Wild Life
1984
as Craig Davis
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Beauty and the Beast
1983
as Beast / Prince (voice)
In order to save the life of her father, Beauty agrees to stay forever in the Beast's castle, not realizing he is really a handsome prince who is unde...

Peter and the Magic Egg
1983
as (voice)
A boy named Peter must save Easter. An evil character named Tin Whiskers takes over the town and re-names everything including the streets to have tin...

Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
1982
as Mort Weiner
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.

Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All
1982
as Flash Gordon (voice)
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody
1982
as Mr. Nobody / Guard (voice)
The magic dragon teaches a boy to believe in his own creative abilities.

Who Am I This Time?
1982
as George Johnson
Harry is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on s...

Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
1981
as Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak (voice)
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's trip to Big Apple City, so she can compete in a baking contest at "the little...

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
as Jack Pumpkinhead / Tyrone the Terrible Toy Tinkerer (voice)
Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to spend with her aunt and uncle, who are moving to a retirem...

Melvin and Howard
1980
as Wally "Mr. Love" Williams
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Land of the Living Lies
1979
as Baron Munchausen / Snake / Cowboy / Prosecuting Attorney (voice)
Sandy is a little girl with a penchant for whoppers. However, when her lies start go so far as to implicate the innocent for her own misdeeds, Puff de...

Puff, the Magic Dragon
1978
as Pirate / Pieman / Sneeze (voice)
Jackie is a boy who is so trapped by his fears and doubts that he could not communicate with anyone. Then, a magic dragon named Puff comes to help Jac...

Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
as (uncredited)
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.

High Anxiety
1977
as Flasher
A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their pati...

The Mouse and His Child
1977
as Jack-in-the-Box (voice)
A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become "self-winding".
Sooper Goop
1976
as (voice)
A quick, unabashed look at the downside of "kids' cereals" and hard-sell marketing, through the fictional brand Sooper Goop; an overpriced, overproces...

The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
1974
Fritz, now married and with a son, is desperate to escape from the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream abou...

The Great Lester Boggs
1974
Malcolm's cross-country motorcycle odyssey - just for the experience - "boggs" down in Arkansas, where he acquires his sidekick, LeRoy; befriends moon...

Down and Dirty Duck
1974
as Car Salesman / Man at Bus Stop / Negro Gentleman / Big Fag / Police Officer / Tank (voice)
Willard, a mild mannered insurance adjuster, teams up with a foul-mouthed fowl who takes Willard on a surreal quest to become less uptight - and possi...

Down and Dirty Duck
1974
Additional Writing
Willard, a mild mannered insurance adjuster, teams up with a foul-mouthed fowl who takes Willard on a surreal quest to become less uptight - and possi...

Blazing Saddles
1974
as Boris (uncredited)
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his h...
A Day at the White House
1972
as Informant
he US President launches an all-out “war” on obscenity. Working with the director of the investigative bureau, under the code name “Operation Bow-Wow”...

Chrome and Hot Leather
1971
as Sergeant Mack
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret...

Countdown
1967
as Little Bob (uncredited)
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar she...

Nightmare in Chicago
1964
as Dan McVeay
The story of a serial killer known as "Georgie Porgie." The Chicago turnpike is threatened over a three-day period as the police try to catch him by b...