John Ritter

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-09-17 (55 years old)

Deathday

2003-09-11

Place of Birth

Burbank, California, USA

John Ritter

Biography

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.

Acting

2003

Bad Santa

as Bob Chipeska

1988

Tricks of the Trade

as Donald Todsen (uncredited)

1973

1998

Shadow of Doubt

as Steven Mayer

1998

2000

Panic

as Josh

1990

1992

Stay Tuned

as Roy Knable

1998

Montana

as Dr. Wexler

1994

North

as Ward Nelson

1998

Bride of Chucky

as Chief Warren Kincaid

1981

They All Laughed

as Charles Rutledge

1980

Wholly Moses

as Satan (The Devil)

1989

Skin Deep

as Zach

1996

Sling Blade

as Vaughan Cunningham

1992

Noises Off...

as Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain

1982

The Flight of Dragons

as Peter Dickinson (voice)

1991

Problem Child 2

as Ben Healy

1972

The Other

as Rider

1986

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Judge Harold Benton (uncredited)

1997

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

as Duncan the Bartender

1980

Hero at Large

as Steve Nichols

1987

Real Men

as Bob Wilson

1999

It Came From the Sky

as Donald Bridges

2002

Tadpole

as Stanley Grubman

1979

Americathon

as President Chet Roosevelt

2004

Clifford's Really Big Movie

as Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice)

2002

1995

The Colony

as Rick Knowlton

2000

Terror Tract

as Bob Carter

2000

TripFall

as Tom Williams

1976

Nickelodeon

as Franklin Frank

1998

Chance of a Lifetime

as Tom Maguire

2003

Manhood

as Eli

1993

Heartbeat

as Bill Grant

1999

Lethal Vows

as David Farris

1999

Holy Joe

as Joe Cass

1998

Loss of Faith

as Bruce Simon Barker

1996

Mercenary

as Jonas Ambler

1973

The Lie

as Bauer

1987

Prison for Children

as David Royce

1986

Unnatural Causes

as Frank Coleman

2001

Nuncrackers

as Narrator

1980

The Comeback Kid

as Bubba Newman

1987

The Last Fling

as Phillip Reed

1975

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

1997

A Child's Wish

as Ed Chandler

1990

The Dreamer of Oz

as L. Frank Baum

1971

Scandalous John

as Wendell

1972

Evil Roy Slade

as Priest (uncredited)

1985

Letting Go

as Alex

1978

Leave Yesterday Behind

as Paul Stallings

1997

2006

Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

as Great Uncle Stew (voice)

1996

Unforgivable

as Paul Hegstrom

1995

Gramps

as Clarke MacGruder

1978

Ringo

as Marty Flesh

1997

Nowhere

as Moses Helper

1988

Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Dudley Goode

2000

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

as Christian Therapist

1989

1984

Love Thy Neighbor

as Danny Loeb

1982

Pray TV

as Tom McPherson

1998

Dead Husbands

as Dr. Carter Elston

1983

Sunset Limousine

as Alan O'Black

2005

Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1993

The Only Way Out

as Jeremy Carlisle

1975

1996

For Hope

as Date #5 (uncredited)

Production

2003

Bad Santa

as In Memory Of

2004

2006

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