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John Ritter. Actor: Sling Blade. Jonathan Southworth Ritter was born in Burbank, California, on September 17, 1948. 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. John was destined ...
Tex Ritter. Country Music Singer and Actor. A major star in the 1930s and 1940s as a Western cowboy for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and Monogram Pictures, he was also the father of actor John Ritter. Known as America's Most Beloved Cowboy, he went on to star at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
Aug 13, 2008 · From the 1952 movie High Noon
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Birth Name: Woodward Maurice Ritter. Birth Date: 01-12-1905. Place of Birth: Panola County, Texas. Death Date: 01-02-1974. Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee. Likely the most distinctive of the singing cowboys who rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s, Tex Ritter possessed a rumbling voice that was a perfect conduit for songs of the Old ...
Jun 28, 2018 · Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter was born January 12, 1905, the youngest of six children of James Everett and Elizabeth Matthews Ritter. They were ranchers in the Murvaul community just south of Carthage. Tex grew up in a family that loved music and they liked to sing in church.
Jun 17, 2010 · Tex Ritter sings "Rye Whiskey" in "Song of the Gringo" (1936).Check out my blogs at http://publicdomainmoviesandaudio.blogspot.com and http://westernvongeste...
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Tex Ritter. Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter was a pioneer of American Country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
