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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).
Aug 24, 2021 · When did John Ritter die and what was his cause of death? Ritter died from an undetected flaw in his heart called an aortic dissection in 2003. He was 54 years old at the time of his death.
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...
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.
Dec 8, 2022 · Actor John Ritter rose to fame on the hit sitcom "Three's Company" in the 1970s. He played Jack Tripper, a man who pretended to be gay so that his landlord would allow him to live with two female roommates. It may seem like a dated concept now, but it was a scandalous premise at the time.
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 12, 2003 · Actor John Ritter, whose portrayal of the bumbling bachelor Jack Tripper helped make the TV sitcom Three's Company a hit in the 1970s, dies at age 54 of a previously undetected heart problem.
Jack Tripper (John Ritter) is an everyman who has to feign homosexuality to live in an apartment in Santa Monica. He lives in the apartment with sly Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and ditsy Chrissy Snow (Suzanne Somers).