John Ritter

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1948-09-17

Deathday 2003-09-11 (54 years old)

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ritter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2021
Superstar

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

as Himself (archive footage)

2010
2006
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

as Great Uncle Stew (voice)

2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2004
Clifford's Really Big Movie

as Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice)

2003
Bad Santa

as Bob Chipeska

2003
Manhood

as Eli

2002
Tadpole

as Stanley Grubman

2002
2001
Nuncrackers

as Narrator

2001
Scrubs

as Sam Dorian

2000
Panic

as Josh

2000
Terror Tract

as Bob Carter

2000
TripFall

as Tom Williams

2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

as Christian Therapist

2000
TV Funhouse

as Narrator (voice)

2000
Clifford the Big Red Dog

as Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice)

1999
Lethal Vows

as David Farris

1999
It Came From the Sky

as Donald Bridges

1999
Holy Joe

as Joe Cass

1999
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Richard Manning

1999
Family Law

as Father Andrews

1999
Batman Beyond

as Dr. David Wheeler (voice)

1998
Dead Husbands

as Dr. Carter Elston

1998
Bride of Chucky

as Chief Warren Kincaid

1998
Loss of Faith

as Bruce Simon Barker

1998
1998
Shadow of Doubt

as Steven Mayer

1998
Chance of a Lifetime

as Tom Maguire

1998
Montana

as Dr. Wexler

1998
Felicity

as Mr. Andrew Covington

1997
Sink or Swim

as Hank

1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

as Duncan the Bartender

1997
Nowhere

as Moses Helper

1997
A Child's Wish

as Ed Chandler

1997
Over the Top

as Justin

1997
Veronica's Closet

as Tim Margolin

1997
Ally McBeal

as George Madison

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Ted Buchanan

1997
King of the Hill

as Eugene Grandy (voice)

1996
For Hope

as Date #5 (uncredited)

1996
Mercenary

as Jonas Ambler

1996
Sling Blade

as Vaughan Cunningham

1996
Unforgivable

as Paul Hegstrom

1995
The Colony

as Rick Knowlton

1995
Gramps

as Clarke MacGruder

1995
NewsRadio

as Frank Westford

1994
North

as Ward Nelson

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Mike O'Conner

1994
Touched by an Angel

as Sheriff Tom McKinsley

1993
The Only Way Out

as Jeremy Carlisle

1993
Heartbeat

as Bill Grant

1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Interviewee

1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1993
Dave's World

as John Ritter

1993
1992
Stay Tuned

as Roy Knable

1992
Noises Off...

as Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain

1992
Hearts Afire

as John Hartman

1992
The Larry Sanders Show

as John Ritter

1991
Problem Child 2

as Ben Healy

1990
The Dreamer of Oz

as L. Frank Baum

1990
1990
It

as Ben Hanscom

1990
Wings

as Stuart Davenport

1989
1989
Skin Deep

as Zach

1989
Anything But Love

as Patrick Serreau

1988
Tricks of the Trade

as Donald Todsen (uncredited)

1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Dudley Goode

1987
Real Men

as Bob Wilson

1987
Prison for Children

as David Royce

1987
The Last Fling

as Phillip Reed

1987
Hooperman

as Detective Harry Hooperman

1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Judge Harold Benton (uncredited)

1986
Unnatural Causes

as Frank Coleman

1986
Life with Lucy

as John Ritter

1985
Letting Go

as Alex

1984
Love Thy Neighbor

as Danny Loeb

1984
1984
Three's a Crowd

as Jack Tripper

1984
The Cosby Show

as Ray Evans

1983
Sunset Limousine

as Alan O'Black

1982
The Flight of Dragons

as Peter Dickinson (voice)

1982
Pray TV

as Tom McPherson

1982
Nature

as Narrator (voice)

1981
They All Laughed

as Charles Rutledge

1980
Wholly Moses

as Satan (The Devil)

1980
The Comeback Kid

as Bubba Newman

1980
Hero at Large

as Steve Nichols

1979
Americathon

as President Chet Roosevelt

1978
Leave Yesterday Behind

as Paul Stallings

1978
Ringo

as Marty Flesh

1977
The Love Boat

as Dale Riley

1977
Three's Company

as Jack Tripper

1976
Nickelodeon

as Franklin Frank

1975
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

1975
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Tom Cole

1974
Petrocelli

as John Oleson

1974
1973
1973
The Lie

as Bauer

1973
Kojak

as Kenny Soames

1972
The Other

as Rider

1972
Evil Roy Slade

as Priest (uncredited)

1972
M*A*S*H

as Private Carter

1972
The Waltons

as Rev. Matthew Fordwick

1972
The Waltons

as Rev. Ezekiel L. Henshaw

1971
Scandalous John

as Wendell

1971
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Ryan Moore

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Mike Welles

1967
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

1950
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew

2006
2004
2003
Bad Santa

as In Memory Of