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John Ritter

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Burbank, California, USA, 1948-09-17

Died: 2003-09-11

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	The Barefoot Executive	Roger	56
2	1971	Scandalous John	Wendell	61
3	1972	Evil Roy Slade	Priest (uncredited)	62
4	1972	The Other	Rider	65
5	1973	The Lie	Bauer	60
6	1973	The Stone Killer	Hart	62
7	1975	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Elevator Passenger (uncredited)	67
8	1975	The Night That Panicked America	Walter Wingate	68
9	1976	Nickelodeon	Franklin Frank	61
10	1978	How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness	Self	0
11	1978	The Goldie Hawn Special	Self	0
12	1978	Ringo	Marty Flesh	56
13	1978	Leave Yesterday Behind	Paul Stallings	62
14	1978	Robin Williams: Off the Wall	Self	77
15	1979	Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip	Self - Host	0
16	1979	Americathon	President Chet Roosevelt	36
17	1980	Hero at Large	Steve Nichols	60
18	1980	The Comeback Kid	Bubba Newman	59
19	1980	John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body	Self / Various	70
20	1980	Wholly Moses	Satan (The Devil)	47
21	1981	They All Laughed	Charles Rutledge	58
22	1982	Pray TV	Tom McPherson	0
23	1982	The Flight of Dragons	Peter Dickinson (voice)	67
24	1982	The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show	Self	85
25	1982	In Love with an Older Woman	Robert	40
26	1983	Sunset Limousine	Alan O'Black	40
27	1984	Strong Kids, Safe Kids	Himself	60
28	1984	Love Thy Neighbor	Danny Loeb	35
29	1984	Donald Duck's 50th Birthday	Self	60
30	1984	All Star Party for Lucille Ball	Self	60
31	1985	Letting Go	Alex	73
32	1986	Unnatural Causes	Frank Coleman	68
33	1986	A Smoky Mountain Christmas	Judge Harold Benton (uncredited)	58
34	1987	The Last Fling	Phillip Reed	42
35	1987	Prison for Children	David Royce	53
36	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
37	1987	Real Men	Bob Wilson	62
38	1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Dudley Goode	68
39	1988	Tricks of the Trade	Donald Todsen (uncredited)	28
40	1989	Skin Deep	Zach	61
41	1989	My Brother's Wife	Barney	0
42	1990	Problem Child	Ben	62
43	1990	The Dreamer of Oz	L. Frank Baum	73
44	1991	The Summer My Father Grew Up	Paul	0
45	1991	Problem Child 2	Ben Healy	59
46	1991	The Real Story of O Christmas Tree	Piney (voice)	60
47	1992	The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team	Self	0
48	1992	The Making of High Noon	Self	60
49	1992	Noises Off...	Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain	72
50	1992	Stay Tuned	Roy Knable	62
51	1993	Heartbeat	Bill Grant	33
52	1993	The Only Way Out	Jeremy Carlisle	50
53	1994	North	Ward Nelson	50
54	1995	Gramps	Clarke MacGruder	70
55	1995	The Colony	Rick Knowlton	53
56	1996	Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen	Quote Reader	47
57	1996	Unforgivable	Paul Hegstrom	63
58	1996	Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade	Self	0
59	1996	Sling Blade	Vaughan Cunningham	75
60	1996	Mercenary	Jonas Ambler	57
61	1996	For Hope	Date #5 (uncredited)	60
62	1997	A Child's Wish	Ed Chandler	62
63	1997	Nowhere	Moses Helper	68
64	1997	A Gun, a Car, a Blonde	Duncan the Bartender	48
65	1997	Sink Or Swim	Hank	48
66	1998	Montana	Dr. Wexler	56
67	1998	Chance of a Lifetime	Tom Maguire	80
68	1998	Shadow of Doubt	Steven Mayer	47
69	1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Robert Forrest	51
70	1998	Loss of Faith	Bruce Simon Barker	40
71	1998	Bride of Chucky	Chief Warren Kincaid	61
72	1998	Dead Husbands	Dr. Carter Elston	48
73	1999	Holy Joe	Joe Cass	33
74	1999	It Came from the Sky	Donald Bridges	48
75	1999	Lethal Vows	David Farris	57
76	2000	Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel	Christian Therapist	55
77	2000	TripFall	Tom Williams	33
78	2000	Terror Tract	Bob Carter	61
79	2000	Panic	Josh	62
80	2001	Nuncrackers	Narrator	90
81	2002	Man of the Year	Bill	45
82	2002	Tadpole	Stanley Grubman	56
83	2003	Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King	Self	0
84	2003	The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series	Narrator (voice)	94
85	2003	Manhood	Eli	36
86	2003	Bad Santa	Bob Chipeska	65
87	2004	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice)	59
88	2005	Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	70
89	2006	Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up	Great Uncle Stew (voice)	32

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self	72
3	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
4	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	54
5	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
6	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
7	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	62
8	1967	Mannix	Cliff Elgin	67
9	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Ryan Moore	71
10	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Mike Welles	71
11	1969	Medical Center	Ronnie	61
12	1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Reverend Chatfield	75
13	1970	Dan August	Coley Smith	68
14	1971	Great Performances	Richard	55
15	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Greg	63
16	1972	The Rookies		68
17	1972	The Waltons	Rev. Matthew Fordwick	71
18	1972	The Bob Newhart Show	Dave	75
19	1972	MAS*H	Private Carter	79
20	1972	The Streets of San Francisco	John 'Johnny' Steiner	69
21	1973	Barnaby Jones	Joe Rockwell	69
22	1973	Kojak	Kenny Soames	70
23	1974	Rhoda	Vince Mazuma	62
24	1974	Rhoda	Jerry Blocker	62
25	1974	Petrocelli	John Oleson	71
26	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
27	1975	The Bob Crane Show		55
28	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Tom Cole	72
29	1975	Doc		0
30	1977	Three's Company	Jack Tripper	77
31	1977	The Love Boat	Dale Riley	63
32	1977	The Love Boat	Ben Cummins	63
33	1979	The Ropers		57
34	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	41
35	1982	Nature	Narrator (voice)	81
36	1983	Life's Most Embarrassing Moments	Self - Host	60
37	1984	The Cosby Show	Ray Evans	70
38	1984	Three's a Crowd	Jack Tripper	66
39	1984	Muppet Babies		80
40	1986	Life with Lucy	John Ritter	83
41	1987	Hooperman	Detective Harry Hooperman	61
42	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self	55
43	1989	Anything But Love	Patrick Serreau	59
44	1990	Wings	Stuart Davenport	68
45	1990	It	Ben Hanscom	69
46	1992	Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy	Self	0
47	1992	Fish Police	Inspector Gil (voice)	54
48	1992	The Larry Sanders Show	John Ritter	77
49	1992	Hearts Afire	John Hartman	73
50	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
51	1993	Dave's World	John Ritter	64
52	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self - Interviewee	45
53	1993	Intimate Portrait	Self - Narrator (voice)	45
54	1994	Chicago Hope		72
55	1994	Touched by an Angel	Mike O'Conner	72
56	1994	Touched by an Angel	Sheriff Tom McKinsley	72
57	1995	NewsRadio	Frank Westford	73
58	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
59	1997	King of the Hill	Eugene Grandy (voice)	74
60	1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Ted Buchanan	81
61	1997	The View	Self	43
62	1997	Ally McBeal	George Madison	66
63	1997	Veronica's Closet	Tim Margolin	52
64	1997	Over the Top	Justin	73
65	1998	Felicity	Mr. Andrew Covington	67
66	1999	Batman Beyond	Dr. David Wheeler (voice)	81
67	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Richard Manning	79
68	1999	Family Law	Father Andrews	82
69	1999	The Early Show	Self	63
70	2000	Clifford the Big Red Dog		65
71	2000	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Clifford (voice)	65
72	2000	TV Funhouse	Narrator (voice)	64
73	2001	Scrubs	Sam Dorian	80
74	2002	Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)		0
75	2002	Breaking News		50
76	2002	8 Simple Rules	Paul Hennessy	68
77	2003	TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV		0
78	2015	Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales	Himself (archive footage)	90
79	2021	Superstar	Self (archive footage)	57