John Ritter
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johnathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively. Don Knotts called him the "Greatest physical comedian on the planet". Ritter's final films Bad Santa, Clifford's Really Big Movie and Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up were all dedicated in his memory. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ritter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Sep 17, 1948 In Burbank - California - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Barefoot Executive 1971-03-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010-05-04
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2010-05-04 |
| Movie | Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-06-07 |
| Movie | Clifford's Really Big Movie | Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice) | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King | Self | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series | Narrator (voice) | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | Manhood | Eli | 2003-01-23 |
| Movie | Bad Santa | Bob Chipeska | 2003-11-26 |
| Movie | Man of the Year | Bill | 2002-04-12 |
| Movie | Tadpole | Stanley Grubman | 2002-07-19 |
| Movie | Nuncrackers | Narrator | 2001-12-01 |
| Movie | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Christian Therapist | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | TripFall | Tom Williams | 2000-06-27 |
| Movie | Panic | Josh | 2000-12-01 |
| Series | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice) | 2000-09-04 |
| Movie | Terror Tract | Bob Carter | 2000-10-18 |
| Movie | Man of Miracles | Joe Cass | 1999-03-28 |
| Movie | It Came From the Sky | Donald Bridges | 1999-05-15 |
| Movie | Lethal Vows | David Farris | 1999-10-13 |
| Movie | Chance of a Lifetime | Tom Maguire | 1998-03-29 |
| Movie | Montana | Dr. Wexler | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | Shadow of Doubt | Steven Mayer | 1998-04-09 |
| Movie | Bride of Chucky | Chief Warren Kincaid | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Robert Forrest | 1998-09-13 |
| Movie | Dead Husbands | Dr. Carter Elston | 1998-12-02 |
| Movie | Loss of Faith | Bruce Simon Barker | 1998-10-01 |
| Movie | A Child's Wish | Ed Chandler | 1997-01-21 |
| Movie | Nowhere | Moses Helper | 1997-05-09 |
| Movie | A Gun, a Car, a Blonde | Duncan the Bartender | 1997-06-01 |
| Movie | Hacks | Hank | 1997-09-19 |
| Movie | Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Unforgivable | Paul Hegstrom | 1996-04-30 |
| Movie | Mercenary | Jonas Ambler | 1996-10-17 |
| Movie | For Hope | Date #5 (uncredited) | 1996-11-17 |
| Movie | Sling Blade | Vaughan Cunningham | 1996-08-30 |
| Movie | Gramps | Clarke MacGruder | 1995-05-20 |
| Movie | The Colony | Rick Knowlton | 1995-09-13 |
| Movie | North | Ward Nelson | 1994-07-22 |
| Movie | Heartbeat | Bill Grant | 1993-02-08 |
| Series | Fish Police | 1992-02-28 | |
| Movie | Noises Off... | Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain | 1992-03-20 |
| Movie | Stay Tuned | Roy Knable | 1992-08-14 |
| Series | Hearts Afire | John Hartman | 1992-09-14 |
| Movie | The Summer My Father Grew Up | Paul | 1991-03-03 |
| Movie | Problem Child 2 | Ben Healy | 1991-07-03 |
| Movie | Problem Child | Ben | 1990-07-27 |
| Movie | The Dreamer of Oz | L. Frank Baum | 1990-12-10 |
| Series | It | Ben Hanscom | 1990-11-18 |
| Movie | Skin Deep | Zach | 1989-03-03 |
| Movie | My Brother's Wife | Barney | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Dudley Goode | 1988-11-13 |
| Movie | Tricks of the Trade | Donald Todsen (uncredited) | 1988-12-06 |
| Movie | The Last Fling | Phillip Reed | 1987-02-09 |
| Series | Hooperman | Detective Harry Hooperman | 1987-09-23 |
| Movie | Real Men | Bob Wilson | 1987-09-25 |
| Movie | Unnatural Causes | Frank Coleman | 1986-11-10 |
| Movie | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Judge Harold Benton (uncredited) | 1986-12-14 |
| Movie | Letting Go | Alex | 1985-05-11 |
| Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Danny Loeb | 1984-05-23 |
| Movie | The Flight of Dragons | Peter Dickinson (voice) | 1984-12-19 |
| Series | Three's a Crowd | Jack Tripper | 1984-09-25 |
| Movie | Sunset Limousine | Alan O'Black | 1983-10-12 |
| Movie | In Love with an Older Woman | Robert | 1982-11-24 |
| Movie | Pray TV | Tom McPherson | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Self | 1982-09-17 |
| Movie | They All Laughed | Charles Rutledge | 1981-11-20 |
| Movie | Hero at Large | Steve Nichols | 1980-02-08 |
| Movie | Wholly Moses | Satan (The Devil) | 1980-06-13 |
| Movie | The Comeback Kid | Bubba Newman | 1980-04-11 |
| Movie | Americathon | President Chet Roosevelt | 1979-08-10 |
| Movie | Ringo | Marty Flesh | 1978-04-25 |
| Movie | The Goldie Hawn Special | Self | 1978-03-01 |
| Movie | Leave Yesterday Behind | Paul Stallings | 1978-05-14 |
| Series | Three's Company | Jack Tripper | 1977-03-15 |
| Movie | Nickelodeon | Franklin Frank | 1976-12-21 |
| Movie | The Night That Panicked America | Walter Wingate | 1975-10-31 |
| Movie | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) | 1975-03-14 |
| Movie | The Lie | Bauer | 1973-04-24 |
| Movie | The Stone Killer | Hart | 1973-08-08 |
| Movie | The Other | Rider | 1972-05-24 |
| Movie | Evil Roy Slade | Priest (uncredited) | 1972-02-18 |
| Movie | The Barefoot Executive | Roger | 1971-03-17 |
| Movie | Scandalous John | Wendell | 1971-06-22 |