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  1. Born Woodward Maurice Ritter in Panola County, Texas (where Jim Reeves was born), Ritter was raised with a deep love of western music. When he entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1922, he met J. Frank Dobie, Oscar J. Fox, and John Lomax—three of the most noted authorities on cowboy songs, who added further to his knowledge of western ...

  2. Stjärna på Hollywood Walk of Fame. Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter, född 12 januari 1905 i Murvaul i Panola County, Texas, död 2 januari 1974 i Nashville, Tennessee, var en amerikansk countrysångare och skådespelare. Far till skådespelaren John Ritter och farfar till Jason Ritter .

  3. Woodward Maurice " Tex " Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and actor. He was popular in the mid 1930s into the 1960s. His son was actor John and his grandchildren include Jason and Tyler, and granddaughter Carly. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame .

  4. www.encyclopedia.com › music-popular-and-jazz-biographies › tex-ritterTex Ritter | Encyclopedia.com

    Jun 11, 2018 · Maurice Woodward Ritter was born on January 12, 1905, the youngest of six children born to James Everett and Elizabeth Matthews Ritter, ranchers in Murvaul, Texas. His family later moved to Nederland, Texas, ten miles from Beaumont, where he studied voice, trumpet, and guitar as a teenager.

  5. Tex Ritter (Woodward Maurice Ritter, January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting (son John and grandson Jason). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

  6. Tex Ritter. Singing cowboy who starred in a string of musical westerns and was a frequent presence on the C&W charts in the 1940s and '50s. Read Full Biography.

  7. www.museumofthegulfcoast.org › tex-ritterTex Ritter | mogc

    January 12, 1905 - January 2, 1974 Nederland, Texas. Maurice Woodward Ritter, better known as "Tex" embodied the spirit and nostalgia of the American Cowboy. He was born in Panola County, Texas, and moved to Nederland, Texas as a child. Ritter began his career in radio and theater. He sang on KPRC-AM in Houston and appeared as Cord Elam in the ...

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