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Ritter was born in [[Burbank, California]]. His father, [[Tex Ritter]], was a [[singing cowboy]]/matinee-star, and his mother, [[Dorothy Fay]] (née Southworth), was an actress. Ritter attended [[Hollywood High School]], where he was student-body president. He went on to the [[University of Southern California]], where he was a member of the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] (FIJI) fraternity, and majored in [[psychology]] and minored in architecture. Ritter was a contestant on ''[[The Dating Game]]'' in 1966. |
Ritter was born in [[Burbank, California]]. His [[German American]] father, [[Tex Ritter]], was a [[singing cowboy]]/matinee-star, and his mother, [[Dorothy Fay]] (née Southworth), was an actress. Ritter attended [[Hollywood High School]], where he was student-body president. He went on to the [[University of Southern California]], where he was a member of the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] (FIJI) fraternity, and majored in [[psychology]] and minored in architecture. Ritter was a contestant on ''[[The Dating Game]]'' in 1966. |
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While still in college, Ritter traveled to the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[West Germany]] to perform in plays. After his graduation from USC in 1970, his first TV acting experience was a campus revolutionary in the TV series, ''[[Dan August]]'', starring [[Burt Reynolds]] and future ''Three's Company'' alumnus [[Norman Fell]]. Ritter made his film debut in ''[[The Barefoot Executive]]''. Ritter made guest appearances on the television series ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', and many others. Ritter had a recurring role (he appeared in 18 episodes), as Reverend Matthew Fordwick, on the drama series, ''[[The Waltons]]'', from October 1972 to December 1976. Since he was not a weekly cast member, he had the time to pursue other roles, which he did until December 1976, when he left for a permanent role on ''Three’s Company''. |
While still in college, Ritter traveled to the [[United Kingdom]], the [[Netherlands]], and [[West Germany]] to perform in plays. After his graduation from USC in 1970, his first TV acting experience was a campus revolutionary in the TV series, ''[[Dan August]]'', starring [[Burt Reynolds]] and future ''Three's Company'' alumnus [[Norman Fell]]. Ritter made his film debut in ''[[The Barefoot Executive]]''. Ritter made guest appearances on the television series ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', and many others. Ritter had a recurring role (he appeared in 18 episodes), as Reverend Matthew Fordwick, on the drama series, ''[[The Waltons]]'', from October 1972 to December 1976. Since he was not a weekly cast member, he had the time to pursue other roles, which he did until December 1976, when he left for a permanent role on ''Three’s Company''. |
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Born | Jonathan Southworth Ritter[1] September 17, 1948 Burbank, California, U.S. |
Died | September 11, 2003 Burbank, California, U.S. | (aged 54)
Cause of death | Undiagnosed aortic dissection |
Alma mater | University of Southern California |
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, voice-over artist |
Years active | 1968–2003 |
Notable work | Jack Tripper on Three's Company |
Spouse(s) | Nancy Morgan (1977–1996) Amy Yasbeck (1999–2003) |
Parent(s) | Tex Ritter Dorothy Fay |
Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, comedian, and voice-over artist. Ritter was best known for playing Jack Tripper on the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 1984.
Ritter appeared in hundreds of films and television shows/episodes combined (and performed on Broadway), including It (1990), Problem Child (1990), Problem Child 2 (1991) and Bad Santa in 2003 (his final live action film which was dedicated in his memory). Prior to Clifford's Really Big Movie (posthumously released), Ritter received four Daytime Emmy Award nominations for his voice work on the children's television series, Clifford the Big Red Dog, in addition to many other awards Ritter was nominated for or won.
Son of famous country/western star Tex Ritter, his untimely death occurred shortly after the production of an episode for the second season of 8 Simple Rules in 2003.
Don Knotts called Ritter the "greatest physical comedian on the planet".[2] He died of an aortic dissection on September 11, 2003.
Early life
Ritter was born in Burbank, California. His German American father, Tex Ritter, was a singing cowboy/matinee-star, and his mother, Dorothy Fay (née Southworth), was an actress. Ritter attended Hollywood High School, where he was student-body president. He went on to the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity, and majored in psychology and minored in architecture. Ritter was a contestant on The Dating Game in 1966.
While still in college, Ritter traveled to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and West Germany to perform in plays. After his graduation from USC in 1970, his first TV acting experience was a campus revolutionary in the TV series, Dan August, starring Burt Reynolds and future Three's Company alumnus Norman Fell. Ritter made his film debut in The Barefoot Executive. Ritter made guest appearances on the television series Hawaii Five-O, M*A*S*H, and many others. Ritter had a recurring role (he appeared in 18 episodes), as Reverend Matthew Fordwick, on the drama series, The Waltons, from October 1972 to December 1976. Since he was not a weekly cast member, he had the time to pursue other roles, which he did until December 1976, when he left for a permanent role on Three’s Company.
Television and film career
Ritter headlined several stage performances before he was made a star by appearing in the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company (the Americanized version of the 1970s British Thames Television series Man About the House) in 1977, playing a single ladies' man and culinary student, Jack Tripper, who lives with two female roommates. The females originally were Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers). While in later years the character of Janet remained, Somers was fired and other characters replaced her, including Chrissy's cousin Cindy (Jenilee Harrison), and unrelated roommate Terri Alden (Priscilla Barnes). Jack pretended to be gay to keep the landlords appeased over their living arrangements. The show spent several seasons near the top of the TV ratings in the U.S. before ending in 1984. Ritter performed for one year on the spin-off Three's a Crowd. The original series has been seen continuously in reruns and is also available on DVD. During the run of Three's Company, Ritter appeared in the films Hero at Large, Americathon, and They All Laughed.
In 1978, Ritter played Ringo Starr's manager on the television special Ringo, and in 1982, provided the voice of Peter Dickinson in Flight of Dragons. Hooperman was Ritter's first acting role after Three's Company. In the show, he played Detective Harry Hooperman who inherits a run down apartment building. He hires Susan Smith (Debrah Farentino). A relationship follows and Hooperman must juggle work, love, plus the antics of Bijoux the dog. John was nominated for both an Emmy Award[3] and a Golden Globe Award for his work on Hooperman in 1988. Ritter won a People's Choice Award for this role. In 1992-95, Ritter returned to TV for three seasons as John Hartman, aide to the Senator in Hearts Afire. This series starred Markie Post as Georgie Anne Lahti and Billy Bob Thornton as Billy Bob Davis. Ritter played the role of "Dad" in the music video Graham Nash's song "Innocent Eyes" from the 1996 album of the same name.
After his time on television, Ritter appeared in a number of movies, most notably Problem Child and its first sequel. He rejoined with Billy Bob Thornton in the Oscar-winning Sling Blade (playing a gay, kindhearted discount store manager) and Noises Off, and played the lead role in Blake Edwards' 1989 film Skin Deep. Ritter starred in many made-for-TV movies, including Gramps (1995), co-starring with Andy Griffith, Rob Hedden's The Colony (1995) with Hal Linden, Stephen King's It, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat with Polly Draper, and It Came From the Sky in 1999 with Yasmine Bleeth.
Ritter also made guest appearances on TV shows, such as "Felicity", Ally McBeal, Scrubs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer as well as an episode of Law & Order: SVU where the case involves the beating of a seven-months-pregnant woman, whose unborn child has been forcibly removed from her body via a primitive cesarean section. Among the witnesses questioned is the woman's husband, a psychiatrist with several damaging secrets and knows more about his wife's beating than he's willing to admit. John also provided the voice of the title character in the PBS animated children's show Clifford the Big Red Dog, a role for which he received four Emmy nominations. He starred alongside kickboxing actor Olivier Gruner for the buddy cop film Mercenary.
Broadway career
Ritter played Claude Pichon in The Dinner Party (2000) at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, which was written by Neil Simon. It ran for three hundred and sixty-four performances. Ritter won the Theatre World Award in 2001 for his performance in that work.[citation needed]
Personal life
In 1977, Ritter was married to actress Nancy Morgan, with whom he had three children: Jason (who first appeared in the opening credits of Three's Company),[1][2] Carly, and Tyler. They divorced in 1996.[4]
He married actress Amy Yasbeck September 18, 1999.[5] He and Yasbeck had one daughter, Stella, born in 1998, a year before they were married.[citation needed] Yasbeck had variously played his love interest in the first two Problem Child movies. Yasbeck also played Ritter's wife in two sitcom appearances. In 1991, both were guest stars on The Cosby Show, in which Yasbeck played the in-labor wife of Ritter's basketball coach character. In 1996, Ritter guest starred on Yasbeck's sitcom, Wings, as the estranged husband of Yasbeck's character, Casey.
Death
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On September 11, 2003, Ritter fell ill and complained about severe chest pains during rehearsals for 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, when he collapsed during the rehearsals and fell into a coma. He was taken across the street to the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, where he died later that evening, at approximately 10:45 pm PST from an aortic dissection caused by a previously undiagnosed congenital heart defect.
In 2008, five years later Yasbeck filed a $67 million wrongful death lawsuit against radiologist Dr. Matthew Lotysch and cardiologist Dr. Joseph Lee. Yasbeck accused Lee, who treated Ritter on the day of his death, of misdiagnosing his condition as a heart attack,[6] and Lotysch, who had given him a full-body scan two years earlier, of failing at that time to detect an enlargement of Ritter's aorta. Both sides agree that Ritter's true condition—an aortic dissection, which is a tear in the largest blood vessel in the body that grows until one suffers cardiac arrest or until trapped blood leaks out of the vessel—was not identified until right before his death.[6] In 2008, at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, the jury concluded that the doctors who treated Ritter the day he died were not negligent and thus not responsible for his death.[7][8] According to court records, Ritter's family received more than $14 million in settlements, including $9.4 million from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, where he died.[9] Ritter was interred at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles; his father is buried at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas.
Response and legacy
Many of Ritter's co-workers expressed deep sorrow and heartbreak following the news of his death. Ritter's Three's Company co-star and close friend Suzanne Somers expressed immense despair for Ritter's family: "I'm so sad for the family. We lost a good one, it was so unfinished". Zach Braff, who worked with Ritter on Scrubs, called Ritter a "comic hero" of his and said he had approached series creator Bill Lawrence to get Ritter to play his TV dad. [10] Katey Sagal testified in the wrongful death lawsuit, calling Ritter a "funny man who was funny like nobody's business".[11]
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter was later retitled 8 Simple Rules following Ritter's death and continued for one and a half more seasons until its cancellation in 2005. Ritter's character, Paul Hennessy, was said to have died after collapsing in a grocery store while buying milk. ABC aired the first three episodes of the show's second season that had been taped before his death. The remainder of the show dealt with the family's trying to grapple with Paul's death. New male characters, played by James Garner and David Spade, were later added to the main cast as Ritter's replacement. Shortly before his death, Ritter did a week-long taping with Hollywood Squares, which was aired as a tribute to him, introduced by Henry Winkler, the executive producer of the show and very close friend of Ritter's. Four days after Ritter's death, Nick at Nite ran an all-night Three's Company marathon that was dedicated to his memory.[12]
In 2004, Ritter was posthumously given an Emmy nomination for playing Paul Hennessey in 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, but lost to Kelsey Grammer for playing the title character of Frasier. Upon accepting his trophy, Grammer's remarks included comments made in tribute and remembrance of Ritter.[13] Ritter's final films, Bad Santa and Clifford's Really Big Movie, along with an episode of Scrubs (his character in this series died as well following Ritter's real life death) and King of the Hill, were dedicated in his memory.[14]
On June 6, 2008, a mural of Ritter painted by Eloy Torrez was dedicated at Hollywood High School. In March 2010, the Thoracic Aortic Disease (TAD) Coalition, in partnership with Yasbeck, and the John Ritter Foundation, announced the creation of the Ritter Rules. The purpose of the charity is to help raise awareness among all of the public about aortic dissection so they can reduce their risk of the same kind of tragedy that took the life of Ritter. Yasbeck has worked with the University of Texas Medical School at Houston Team, identifying genes that may lead to an aortic aneurysm, which are collected by a saliva sample along with many other samples. All four of Ritter's children are included in the study.[15]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | The Barefoot Executive | Roger | Debut |
1971 | Scandalous John | Wandell | |
1972 | The Other | Rider | |
1973 | The Stone Killer | Officer Mort | |
1976 | Nickelodeon | Franklin Frank | |
1978 | Breakfast in Bed | Paul | |
1979 | Americathon | President Chet Roosevelt | |
1980 | Hero at Large | Steve Nichols | |
1980 | Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) | Snoopy (speakable voice) | by Walt Disney Productions and United Feature Syndicate, Inc. |
1980 | Wholly Moses! | Satan (The Devil) | |
1981 | They All Laughed | Charles Rutledge | |
1982 | The Flight of Dragons | Peter Dickenson | Voice Direct-to-video |
1983 | Sunset Limousine | Alan O'Black | |
1985 | Letting Go | Alex | TV Film |
1986 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Judge Harold Benton | (uncredited) |
1987 | Real Men | Bob Wilson/Agent Pillbox, CIA | |
1989 | Skin Deep | Zachary 'Zach' Hutton | |
1990 | It | Ben Hanscom | |
1990 | Problem Child | 'Little' Ben Healy | |
1991 | The Real Story of O Christmas Tree | Piney (Voice) | Direct-to-video release |
1991 | Problem Child 2 | Ben Healy | |
1992 | Noises Off | Garry Lejeune/Roger Tramplemain | |
1992 | Stay Tuned | Roy Knable | |
1993 | Danielle Steel's Heartbeat | Bill Grant | |
1994 | North | Ward Nelson | |
1995 | The Colony | Rick Knowlton | |
1996 | Sling Blade | Vaughan Cunningham | |
1997 | Nowhere | Moses Helper | |
1997 | A Gun, a Car, a Blonde | Duncan/The Bartender | |
1997 | Hacks | Hank | |
1998 | Montana | Dr. Wexler | |
1998 | Shadow of Doubt | Steven Mayer | |
1998 | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Robert Forrest | |
1998 | Bride of Chucky | Police Chief Warren Kincaid | |
2000 | Panic | Dr. Josh Parks | |
2000 | Lost in the Perishing Point Hotel | Christian Therapist | |
2000 | Tripfall | Tom Williams | |
2000 | Terror Tract | Bob Carter | Segment: Make Me an Offer |
2001 | Nuncrackers | Narrator | Direct-to-video |
2002 | Tadpole | Stanley Grubman | |
2002 | Man of the Year | Bill | |
2003 | Manhood | Eli | |
2003 | Bad Santa | Bob Chipeska | Posthumously released. Final live action film. |
2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | Clifford the Big Red Dog (Voice) | Posthumously released. |
2006 | Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up | Great Uncle Stew (Voice) | Posthumous direct-to-video release Final animated and voice acting film. |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | Crazy World, Crazy People | Various characters | TV special |
1970 | Dan August | Episode: "Quadrangle for Death" | |
1971, 1977 | Hawaii Five-O | Ryan Moore Mike Welles |
2 episodes |
1972 to 1976 | The Waltons | Rev. Matthew Fordwick | 18 episodes |
1973 | Medical Center | Ronnie | Episode: "End of the Line" |
1973 | Bachelor-at-Law | Ben Sykes | Unsold CBS TV pilot |
1973 | M*A*S*H | Pvt. Carter | Episode: "Deal Me Out" |
1974 | Kojak | Kenny Soames | Episode: "Deliver Us Some Evil" |
1974 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Greg | Episode: "To Keep and Bear Arms" |
1974 | The Bob Newhart Show | Dave | Episode: "Sorry, Wrong Mother" |
1975 | Movin' On | Casey | Episode: "Landslide" |
1975 | Mannix | Cliff Elgin | Episode: "Hardball" |
1975 | The Bob Crane Show | Hornbeck | Episode: "Son of the Campus Capers" |
1975 | Petrocelli | John Oleson | Episode: "Chain of Command" |
1975 | Barnaby Jones | Joe Rockwell | Episode: "The Price of Terror" |
1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | John 'Johnny' Steiner | Episode: "Murder by Proxy" |
1975 | The Night That Panicked America | Walter Wingate | ABC TV film |
1975 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Reverend Chatfield | Episode: "Ted's Wedding" |
1975 | The Rookies | Hap Dawson | Episode: "Reluctant Hero" |
1975 to 1976 | Rhoda | Vince Mazuma Jerry Blocker |
2 episodes |
1976 | Starsky and Hutch | Tom Cole | Episode: "The Hostages" |
1976 | Phyllis | Paul Jameson | Episode: "The New Job" |
1976 to 1984 | Three's Company | Jack Tripper | 174 episodes |
1977 to 1983 | The Love Boat | Dale Riley/Reinhardt |
3 episodes |
1978 | Ringo | Marty | TV film |
1978 | Leave Yesterday Behind | Paul Stallings | ABC TV film |
1979 | The Ropers | Jack Tripper | Episode: "The Party" |
1980 | The Associates | Chick | Episode: "The Censors" |
1980 | The Comeback Kid | Bubba Newman | ABC TV film |
1981 | Insight | Frankie | Episode: "Little Miseries" |
1982 | Pray TV | Tom McPherson | ABC TV film |
1982 | In Love with an Older Woman | Robert | CBS TV film |
1983 | Sunset Limousine | Alan O'Black | CBS TV film |
1984 | Love Thy Neighbor | Danny Loeb | ABC TV film |
1984 | Pryor's Place | Episode: "The Showoff" | |
1984 to 1985 | Three's a Crowd | Jack Tripper | 22 episodes |
1985 | Letting Go | Alex | ABC TV film |
1986 | Living Seas | Host | NBC TV film |
1986 | Unnatural Causes | Frank Coleman | NBC TV film |
1986 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas | Judge Harold Benton | ABC film |
1986 | Life With Lucy | Himself | Guest Appearance |
1987 | The Last Fling | Phillip Reed | ABC TV film |
1987 | Prison for Children | David Royce | CBS TV film |
1987 to 1989 | Hooperman | Det. Harry Hooperman | 42 episodes |
1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Dudley Goode | TV special |
1988 | Tricks of the Trade | Donald Todsen | Cameo CBS TV film |
1989 | My Brother's Wife | Barney | ABC TV film |
1990 | Stephen King's It | Adult Ben "Haystack" Hanscom | ABC TV film |
1990 | The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story | L. Frank Baum | NBC TV film |
1991 | The Cosby Show | Ray Evans | Episode: "Total Control" |
1991 | The Summer My Father Grew Up | Paul | NBC TV film |
1991 | Anything But Love | Patrick Serreau | 5 episodes |
1992 | Fish Police | Inspector Gill | Voice |
1992 to 1994 | Hearts Afire | John Hartman | 54 episodes |
1993 | Heartbeat | Bill Grant | NBC TV film |
1993 | The Only Way Out | Jeremy Carlisle | ABC TV film |
1993 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "Off Camera" |
1994 | Dave's World | John Hartman | Episode: "Please Won't You Be My Neighbor" |
1995 | Gramps | Clarke MacGruder | NBC TV film |
1995 | The Colony | Rick Knowlton | TV film |
1995 | NewsRadio | Dr. Frank Westford | Episode: "The Shrink" |
1995 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "The Fourteenth Floor" |
1996 | Unforgivable | Paul Hegstrom | CBS TV film |
1996 | Wings | Stuart Davenport | Episode: "Love Overboard" |
1996 | For Hope | Date #5 | uncredited ABC TV film |
1996 to 1999 | Touched by an Angel | Mike O'Connor Tom McKinsley |
2 episodes |
1997 | Loss of Faith | Bruce Simon Barker | TV film |
1997 | Mercenary | Jonas Ambler | HBO TV film |
1997 | A Child's Wish | Ed Chandler | CBS TV film |
1997 | Dead Man's Gun | Harry McDonacle | Segment: "The Great McDonacle" |
1997 | Over the Top | Justin Talbot | Episode: "The Nemesis" |
1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Ted Buchanan | Episode: "Ted" |
1997 to 2003 | King of the Hill | Eugene Grandy (Voice) | 4 episodes |
1998 | Chance of a Lifetime | Tom Maguire | CBS TV film |
1998 | Ally McBeal | George Madison | 2 episodes |
1998 | Dead Husbands | Dr. Carter Elston | TV film |
1999 | Veronica's Closet | Tim | Episode: "Veronica's Favorite Year" |
1999 | Holy Joe | Joe Cass | CBS TV film |
1999 | It Came from the Sky | Donald Bridges | TV film |
1999 | Lethal Vows | Dr. David Farris | CBS TV film |
2000 | Chicago Hope | Joe Dysmerski | Episode: "Simon Sez" |
2000 | Batman Beyond | Dr. David Wheeler (Voice) | Episode: "The Last Resort" |
2000 | Family Law | Father Andrews | Episode: "Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law" |
2000 to 2003 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Clifford | Voice |
2000 to 2002 | Felicity | Mr. Andrew Covington | 7 episodes |
2001 | Tucker | Marty | Episode: "Homewrecker for the Holidays" |
2002 | The Ellen Show | Percy Moss | Episode: "Gathering Moss" |
2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Richard Manning | Episode: "Monogamy" |
2002 | Breaking News | Lloyd Fuchs | Episode: "Pilot" |
2002 | Scrubs | Sam Dorian | 2 episodes |
2002 to 2003 | 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter | Paul Hennessey | 31 episodes (until his death) |
Awards and nominations
- 1997: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" – Sling Blade
- 2003: Nominated, "Best Audio Commentary, Library Release" – High Noon (shared w/Maria Copper & Tim Zinnemann)
- 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" – Clifford the Big Red Dog
- 2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" – Clifford the Big Red Dog
- 2003: Nominated, "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" – Clifford the Big Red Dog
- 2004: Nominated, "Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program" – Clifford the Big Red Dog
- 1978: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Three's Company
- 1981: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Three's Company
- 1984: Won, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Three's Company
- 1988: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – Hooperman
- 1999: Nominated, "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" – Ally McBeal
- 2004: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" – 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
- 1979: Nominated, "Best TV Actor in a Musical/Comedy" – Three's Company
- 1980: Nominated, "Best TV Actor in a Musical/Comedy" – Three's Company
- 1984: Won, "Best TV Actor in a Musical/Comedy" – Three's Company
- 1987: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television" – Unnatural Causes
- 1988: Nominated, "Best TV Actor in a Musical/Comedy" – Hooperman
- 1988: Won, "Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program" – Hooperman
- 1997: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Cast" – Sling Blade (shared w/co-stars)
- 1983: "Star on the Walk of Fame" – 6627 Hollywood Boulevard; he and Tex Ritter were the first father-and-son pair to be so honored in different categories.
See also
References
- ^ Douglas Martin (13 September 2003). "John Ritter, 54, the Odd Man In 'Three's Company,' Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- ^ "Biography" John Ritter: In Good Company Air Date: 30 October 2002
- ^ John Ritter Emmy Nominated
- ^ "John Ritter". CBS News. Page 5 of 17. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ "John Ritter". CBS News. Page 10 of 17. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ a b Jury hears actor John Ritter's final message to wife, a 2008 Associated Press story via CNN
- ^ "Associated Press" (2008-02-11). "Trial Begins Over John Ritter's Death". "ABC News". Retrieved 2008-02-29. [dead link]
- ^ E! News - Jury Clears Ritter Doctors
- ^ Charles Ornstein (2008-01-24). "Ritter's family says he didn't have to die". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ Warner Bros. Online (2003-09-12). "Extratv.com : John Ritter Dies at 54". Telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
- ^ Hammel, Sara. "Katey Sagal Testifies in John Ritter's Wrongful Death Trial". People.
- ^ Jen Chung (2003-09-15). "Three's Company Marathon". Gothamist. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ^ Tim Lammers (2004-09-20). "'Angels,' 'Sopranos' Win Big At Emmys". KGTV. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
I'd like to take a minute to pay respect to John Ritter and his family", Grammer said the actor who received a posthumous nomination in the category. "He was a terrific guy and his death was a shock to all of us. He will be missed not only for his kindness, but for his work.
- ^ Louise Kennedy (2004-04-23). "Clifford's 'Big Movie' will charm his small TV fans". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
...Clifford (voiced, as on TV, by the late John Ritter, to whom the movie is fittingly dedicated)...
- ^ Verrier, Richard; Bates, James (2003-09-13). "THE NATION; John Ritter's Death Shocks Fans, Stymies ABC's Hopes".
Further reading
- Yasbeck, Amy (2010). With Love and Laughter, John Ritter. ISBN 978-1-4165-9841-1.
External links
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