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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. Ritter briefly reprised the role on the spin-off Three's a Crowd, which aired for one season, producing 22 episodes before its cancellation in 1985.
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).
Feb 7, 2024 · Ritter's official cause of death was an undetected aortic dissection, when the body's main artery, aka the aorta, tears. However, doctors initially thought the actor was experiencing...
Aug 26, 2021 · John Ritter died from an undiagnosed and undetected heart flaw called an aortic dissection. He was just six days from his 55th birthday when he fell ill while rehearsing...
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).
Oct 15, 2021 · Actor John Ritter was best known for his role as Jack Tripper on the 1970s hit comedy series Three’s Company. His performance earned him a Golden Globe and an Emmy.
Oct 11, 2022 · John Ritter suddenly fell ill on set in Burbank, California on September 11, 2003, and died hours later of an aortic dissection. The sitcom star's family believes a simple chest X-ray could have saved his life.
Sep 13, 2003 · John Ritter, who played the lovably goofy closet heterosexual Jack Tripper in the television comedy series ''Three's Company,'' a smash hit in the 1970's, died on Thursday...
Sep 11, 2003 · 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.
Three's Company: Created by Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernard West, Larry Gelbart. With John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Richard Kline, Don Knotts. The misadventures of two women and one man living in one apartment and their neighbors.
