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He was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He is best known for playing Jack Tripper on the ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984), and received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role in 1984.
John Ritter once revealed that his father, country singer Tex Ritter, did not approve of his acting career at first. Tex was very proud of his other son who became a lawyer. Even though Tex acted himself, he didn’t want his son John to follow in his footsteps.
He was the son of legendary country singer/actor Tex Ritter (born Woodward Maurice Ritter) and his wife, actress Dorothy Fay (née Dorothy Fay Southworth). The couple married in 1941 and had their first child, Tom Ritter, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.
- September 17, 1948
- September 11, 2003
Jason Ritter is carrying on John Ritter's legacy. Twenty years after an aortic dissection took his father’s life, Ritter is sharing how he and his family honored him on the anniversary of his...
John was the father of actors Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter. He was best known for playing the character of ‘Jack Tripper’ in ABC sitcom ‘Three’s Company.’ He also won the ‘Golden Globe Award’ and ‘Emmy Award’ in 1984 for his performance in the sitcom.
Jul 26, 2021 · But he actually came from a show business family — his father was the late Tex Ritter, a country music legend and singing movie cowboy in the vein of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry.
Mar 30, 2023 · The New York University alum lost his own father, actor John Ritter, when the Three's Company alum died suddenly of aortic dissection in 2003. He was 54.
