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Jonathan Southworth Ritter was born on 17 September 1948, in Burbank, California, USA. He was an actor, known for his appearances in such movies and television shows as “Problem Child”, “Three’s Company”, “It”, “Bad Santa” and others. During his career, John was nominated for and had won various awards. Some of them include, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, People’s Choice Award and others. What is more, in 1983 John was rewarded with a star on the “Hollywood Walk of Fame”. Sadly, John died in 2003 at the age of 54.

If you consider how rich John Ritter was, it can be said that John’s estimated net worth was $20 million. The main source of this sum of money is, undoubtedly, John’s numerous appearances in television shows and movies. What is more, Ritter also participated in several Broadway productions, which also added to this sum.

John’s father Tex was a popular cowboy (country and western) singer, and his mother Dorothy an actress. He was educated at Hollywood High school and later continued his studies at the University of Southern California, where at first he majored in psychology but soon decided to change his major to theatre arts. John eventually graduated in 1971, but meantime in 1970 John was cast in his first role in the television show called “Dan August”. This was the time when John’s net worth began growing. In 1971 John appeared in the movie called “The Barefoot Executive”, in which he had an opportunity to work with such actors as Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, and Wally Cox. In 1972 he was cast in the television show called “The Waltons”, on which he worked until 1976., and which had a huge impact on the growth of Ritter’s net worth. One year later he starred in one of his most famous roles as Jack Tripper in the television show called “Three’s Company”, which gained a lot of acclaim and made John even more recognized and popular. His other appearances in television shows include “Hooperman”, “Anything But Love”, “Hearts Afire”, “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter” and others.

As mentioned, John had also appeared in numerous movies. Some of them include, “Montana”, “Bride of Chucky”, “Panic”, “Tadpole”, “Tripfall”, “Lethal Wows” and others. All these appearances added considerably to John’s net worth. Overall, John was involved on more than 100 shows and movies during a career spanning more than 30 years. There is no doubt that he was one of the most successful and experienced actors in the industry.

If to talk about his personal life, it can be said that in 1977 he married Nancy Morgan, with whom he had three children, but in 1996 they decided to divorce. In 1999 he married Amy Yasbeck and together they had one child. Unfortunately, in 2003 John died of aortic dissection. All in all, John Ritter was a very talented and hard-working man, who made himself acclaimed and respected in both movie and television industries. His work and experience inspire many contemporary actors and there is no doubt that his work and talent will be remembered for a very long time in the future.

IMDB Wikipedia 1948 2003 ABC World News Academy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Actor American American Broadcasting Company Amy Yasbeck Bad Santa Barbara Walters Burbank CA Carly Ritter Carrie Mathison Claire Danes Daytime Emmy Award Dorothy Fay Edward Brooke Emmy Award Golden Globe Award Harry Morgan Hollywood High School Hollywood Walk of Fame Jason Ritter Joe Flynn John Ritter Kurt Russell Los Angeles Nancy Morgan National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Problem Child Problem Child 2 Screen Actors Guild Screen Actors Guild Award September 11 September 17 Sling Blade Stella Ritter Television producer Comedian Voice Actor Tex Ritter Tom Ritter Tyler Ritter University of Southern California Wally Cox

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Jonathan Southworth Ritter Quotes

• [How John wants to be remembered] Just as a guy who was interested in the golden thread that intertwines all of us together. You know, that golden thread that goes through me and you, and the cameraman, and all the people out there and back through Nancy. That’s what an artist can do, that someone – anyone – could do, if they’re willing to pluck that. And either it makes you laugh or it makes you cry, it’s that golden thread of humanity, and I’d like to be remembered as maybe a guy who plucked a few of those.
• The Harvey Lembeck Workshop was for me a support group. A place where I had the freedom to fall on my face.
• I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you’re in television, you’re lying because you’re just pretending to be yourself much like I’m doing now.

Jonathan Southworth Ritter Important Facts

• $75,000 (per episode)
• $50,000
• Director Peter Bogdanovich directed him in three feature films: Nickelodeon (1976), They All Laughed (1981), and Noises Off… (1992). He had earlier considered him for the role of Sonny in The Last Picture Show (1971) that went to Timothy Bottoms.
• Initially misdiagnosed with a heart attack, he died from an aortic dissection, following surgery, at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, in Burbank, California.. [11 September 2003].
• Was 3 months younger than Phylicia Rashad. He guest-starred with her on an episode of The Cosby Show (1984).
• Lifelong friend of Kevin Tighe.
• Attended Walter Reed Jr. High School in North Hollywood, California.
• Played the clarinet.
• His acting mentor was the late Harry Morgan.
• Before he was a successful actor, he worked with Harry Morgan in two movies of Ritter’s early career: The Barefoot Executive (1971) and Scandalous John (1971).
• John Ritter’s great-grandfather Benjamin Franklin Ritter (1834-1902) was an officer in the Confederate Cavalry (37th Texas Cavalry) during the War between the States.
• John Ritter died one week before his fourth wedding anniversary to wife Amy Yasbeck. Additionally, Ritter passed away only 6 days before his 55th birthday.
• Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Jack Tripper on Three’s Company (1976).
• Attended and graduated from Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California in 1966.
• Was considered for the role of Dan Gallagher in Fatal Attraction (1987), which went to Michael Douglas.
• Died on his youngest daughter’s, Stella Ritter, fifth birthday.
• Good friends with Jenny Sullivan and Paul Linke.
• Biography in: “The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives”. Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 464-465. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
• After his death, the September 29 issue of People magazine featured two different covers – issues distributed to the central and southwest United States (except Florida) showed Johnny Cash who had also recently passed away, the rest displayed a photo of John Ritter taken by veteran photojournalist Michael Germana. Appropriately, he was waving goodbye.
• His final film, Bad Santa (2003), was dedicated to his memory.
• On Three’s Company (1976) and Three’s a Crowd (1984), he played a straight man pretending to be gay. In Dangerous Perceptions (2005), his son, Jason Ritter, played a gay man pretending to be straight.
• On an episode of 8 Simple Rules (2002), he and the cast did a spoof of his situation comedy Three’s Company (1976). In the spoof, he played Mr. Roper, Katey Sagal played Helen Roper, Kaley Cuoco and Amy Davidson played Janet and Chrissy respectively, Billy Aaron Brown played Jack and Martin Spanjers played Larry. At the end of the episode, Don Knotts who played Mr. Furley on Three’s Company, reprised his role in one short scene. It was, not surprisingly, Ritter’s favorite episode.
• Ended 20 year rift with his Three’s Company (1976) co-star Suzanne Somers shortly before his death.
• Died one day before the death of country music legend Johnny Cash. Incidentally, his father, Tex, had written several songs for Johnny during the 1950s and 1960s.
• Was nominated for an Emmy Award, for best actor in a comedy, for 8 Simple Rules (2002) one year after his death, after appearing in 31 episodes.
• Buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California (actually borders Glendale and Griffith Park). Lot 1622 Court of Liberty near Stan Laurel’s grave-site.
• Paul Hennessy, Ritter’s character on 8 Simple Rules (2002), was ranked #48 in TV Guide’s list of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” [June 20, 2004 issue].
• His favorite musical group was The Beatles, and he even appeared on Ringo Starr’s television special Ringo (1978).
• At the same time he attended Hollywood High School, he fell in love with The Beatles.
• Father of four children: Jason Ritter, (born on Sunday, February 17, 1980), Carly Ritter, (born on Monday, March 1, 1982), Tyler Ritter, (born on Thursday, January 31, 1985) and Stella Ritter, (born on Friday, September 11, 1998).
• Died in the same hospital he was born in, which was the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center.
• Was the first guest of The Wayne Brady Show (2002).
• One of John’s last public appearances was at Disney’s Prime Time Weekend at Disney’s California Adventure Park, 4 days before his death.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 28, 1983.
• His father, cowboy star Tex Ritter, tried to steer him away from an acting career but lived long enough to rejoice in seeing him in a recurring role on The Waltons (1971), which was Tex’s favorite television series.
• His talent for physical schtick was heralded by television comedy icon Lucille Ball, who hosted a tribute to John’s talent on Three’s Company (1976). John later appeared in an episode of Lucille’s last comedy series Life with Lucy (1986) In that episode, Lucy claims that during the shooting of a scene, it was the third time in her entire career that she had to yell “cut” because he broke her up laughing.
• He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.
• Had starred with his wife, Amy Yasbeck, in The Cosby Show (1984) episode, The Cosby Show: Total Control (1991), eight years prior to their marriage. Coincidently, they played a husband and wife expecting their first child.
• He was a scout (but not an Eagle).
• During an interview on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1993), Ritter claimed that he chose the name “Vaughan Cunningham” for his character in Sling Blade (1996) based on an in-joke with the cast of Happy Days (1974).
• (September 18, 1999) Married Amy Yasbeck in Wilmington, Ohio. The two had lived together for a couple of years.

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