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William Arnold Ridley was born in Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, the son of Rosa Caroline (née Morrish, 1870–1956) and William Robert Ridley (1871–1931). [4] His father was a gymnastics instructor and ran a boot and shoe shop. He attended the Clarendon School and the Bath City Secondary School where he was a keen sportsman.
The Ghost Train is a stage comedy-thriller, written in 1923 by the English actor and playwright Arnold Ridley.. The story centres upon the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight, and are increasingly threatened by a latent external force, with a denouement ending.
Peril at End House is a 1940 play based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie.The play is by Arnold Ridley, who much later played Private Godfrey in Dad's Army.
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Private Charles Godfrey MM is a fictional Home Guard soldier, first portrayed by Arnold Ridley in the British television sitcom Dad's Army. [1] He is retired and was previously a tailor for the Civil Service Stores or the Army & Navy Stores.
The Wrecker is a British play, written in 1924 by Arnold Ridley and Bernard Merivale, and filmed in 1928-29. [1] [2] The play is about an old engine driver who thinks his engine is malevolent and self-aware. [3] The finale is a huge train wreck using elaborate stage special-effects as per The Ghost Train, an earlier play by Ridley.
In the episode's plot, Private Godfrey (played by Arnold Ridley) admits that he was a conscientious objector during the Great War. On a night of programmes devoted to Dad's Army, Jimmy Perry named it his favourite episode. [1] "When we told Arnold that we'd written a part especially for him, he was absolutely delighted.
Easy Money is a 1948 British satirical film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Greta Gynt, Dennis Price and Jack Warner. [4] It was written by Muriel and Sydney Box, based on the 1948 play of the same title by Arnold Ridley.