John Ritter
Birthday: 1948-09-17
Deathday: 2003-09-11
Birthplace: Burbank, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
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2006-01-03 | Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up | Great Uncle Stew (voice) |
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2004-02-20 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice) |
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2003-11-26 | Bad Santa | Bob Chipeska |
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2003-01-23 | Manhood | Eli |
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2002-07-19 | Tadpole | Stanley Grubman |
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2002-04-12 | Man of the Year | Bill |
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2000-12-01 | Panic | Josh |
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2000-10-18 | Terror Tract | Bob Carter |
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2000-06-27 | TripFall | Tom Williams |
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2000-06-09 | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Christian Therapist |
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1999-10-13 | Lethal Vows | David Farris |
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1999-05-15 | It Came from the Sky | Donald Bridges |
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1999-03-28 | Holy Joe | Joe Cass |
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1998-12-02 | Dead Husbands | Dr. Carter Elston |
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1998-10-15 | Bride of Chucky | Chief Warren Kincaid |
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1998-10-01 | Loss of Faith | Bruce Simon Barker |
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1998-09-13 | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Robert Forrest |
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1998-04-09 | Shadow of Doubt | Steven Mayer |
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1998-03-29 | Chance of a Lifetime | Tom Maguire |
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1998-01-16 | Montana | Dr. Wexler |
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1997-09-19 | Sink Or Swim | Hank |
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1997-06-01 | A Gun, a Car, a Blonde | Duncan the Bartender |
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1997-05-09 | Nowhere | Moses Helper |
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1997-01-21 | A Child's Wish | Ed Chandler |
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1996-11-17 | For Hope | Date #5 (uncredited) |
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1996-10-17 | Mercenary | Jonas Ambler |
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1996-08-30 | Sling Blade | Vaughan Cunningham |
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1996-04-30 | Unforgivable | Paul Hegstrom |
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1996-01-01 | Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | Quote Reader |
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1995-09-13 | The Colony | Rick Knowlton |
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1995-05-20 | Gramps | Clarke MacGruder |
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1994-07-22 | North | Ward Nelson |
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1993-12-19 | The Only Way Out | Jeremy Carlisle |
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1993-02-08 | Heartbeat | Bill Grant |
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1992-08-14 | Stay Tuned | Roy Knable |
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1992-03-20 | Noises Off... | Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain |
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1991-12-21 | The Real Story of O Christmas Tree | Piney (voice) |
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1991-07-03 | Problem Child 2 | Ben Healy |
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1991-03-03 | The Summer My Father Grew Up | Paul |
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1990-12-10 | The Dreamer of Oz | L. Frank Baum |
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1990-07-27 | Problem Child | Ben |
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1989-12-17 | My Brother's Wife | Barney |
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1989-03-03 | Skin Deep | Zach |
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1988-12-06 | Tricks of the Trade | Donald Todsen (uncredited) |
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1988-11-13 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Dudley Goode |
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1987-09-25 | Real Men | Bob Wilson |
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1987-03-14 | Prison for Children | David Royce |
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1987-02-09 | The Last Fling | Phillip Reed |
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1986-12-14 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Judge Harold Benton (uncredited) |
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1986-11-10 | Unnatural Causes | Frank Coleman |
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1985-05-11 | Letting Go | Alex |
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1984-05-23 | Love Thy Neighbor | Danny Loeb |
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1983-10-12 | Sunset Limousine | Alan O'Black |
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1982-11-24 | In Love with an Older Woman | Robert |
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1982-08-17 | The Flight of Dragons | Peter Dickinson (voice) |
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1982-02-01 | Pray TV | Tom McPherson |
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1981-11-20 | They All Laughed | Charles Rutledge |
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1980-06-13 | Wholly Moses | Satan (The Devil) |
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1980-04-11 | The Comeback Kid | Bubba Newman |
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1980-02-08 | Hero at Large | Steve Nichols |
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1979-08-10 | Americathon | President Chet Roosevelt |
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1978-05-14 | Leave Yesterday Behind | Paul Stallings |
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1978-04-25 | Ringo | Marty Flesh |
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1976-12-21 | Nickelodeon | Franklin Frank |
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1975-10-31 | The Night That Panicked America | Walter Wingate |
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1975-03-14 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) |
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1973-08-08 | The Stone Killer | Hart |
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1973-04-24 | The Lie | Bauer |
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1972-05-24 | The Other | Rider |
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1972-02-18 | Evil Roy Slade | Priest (uncredited) |
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1971-06-22 | Scandalous John | Wendell |
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1971-03-17 | The Barefoot Executive | Roger |