What is Arnold Ridley?
{{Infobox person | name = Arnold Ridley | image = Arnold Ridley 1921.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_name = William Arnold Ridley | birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|01|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bath, Somerset]], England<ref>GRO Register of Births: MAR 1896 5c 543 BATH – William Arnold Ridley</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|03|12|1896|01|07|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Hillingdon]], London, England<ref>GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1984 13 934 HILLINGDON, MIDDLESEX – William Arnold Ridley, DoB = 7 Jan 1896 aged 88</ref> | years_active = 1923–84 | nationality = British | occupation = Actor, playwright | spouse = {{marriage|Althea Parker|1945|1984}} (his death) }} '''William Arnold Ridley''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an [[English people|English]] [[playwright]] and [[actor]]. He is known for his play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' and for playing the elderly Private Charles Godfrey in the British sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1968–77). Ridley was born on 7 January 1896 in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[Somerset]], [[England]]. He was married to Althea Parker from 1945 until his death in 1984. Ridley died on 12 March 1984 in [[Hillington]], [[London]], England from complications from a fall, aged 88. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0725965}} *[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/ridley.html Arnold Ridley archive at the University of Bristol Theatre Collection], [[University of Bristol]] *[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays_all?forename=Arnold&amp;surname=RIDLEY&amp;job=Actor&amp;pid=16633&image_view=Yesamp;x=19amp;y=17 performances by Arnold Ridley listed in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol] *[http://www.bigredbook.info/arnold_ridley.html Arnold Ridley's appearance on This Is Your Life] {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridley, Arnold}} [[Category:1896 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]