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Tex Ritter

Musician / Songwriter | * 01/12/1905 († 68, 01/02/1974) | Murvaul (United States of America (USA))
Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) 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 (son John Ritter, grandsons Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter, and granddaughter Carly). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Music | Action

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In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers ...

Varsity Blues

R

1999 | 3.1/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kil ...

High Noon

Certification unknown

1952 | 3.9/5 | 1h 25min
Western, Drama
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In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is ...

Song of the Gringo

NR

1936 | 2.5/5 | 1h 2min
Action, Western
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It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by C ...

The Great Outdoors

PG

1988 | 3.3/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Tex Ritter

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Tex Ritter as Actor(70)

as Self (archive footage)2020 My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)2007 Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
as (archive footage)1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as Windy Hollow Mayor1972 The Marshal of Windy Hollow
as himself1967 What Am I Bid?
as himself1966 Nashville Rebel
as Reverend E.F. Bolton1966 Girl from Tobacco Row
as Narrator (voice)1955 The First Bad Man
as Traeger1955 Apache Ambush
as Background Singer (singing voice)1953 The Marshal's Daughter
as himself1950 Holiday Rhythm
as Tex Haines1945 Frontier Fugitives
as Tex Haines1945 Flaming Bullets
as Tex Haines1945 Marked for Murder
as Tex Haines1945 Enemy of the Law
as Tex Haines1945 Three in the Saddle
as Tex Coulter1944 Cowboy Canteen
as Tex Haines1944 The Whispering Skull
as Steve Nolan1944 Oklahoma Raiders
as Tex Haines aka Idaho Kid1944 Dead or Alive
as Marshal Ward Bailey1944 Marshal of Gunsmoke
as Tex Haines1944 Gangsters of the Frontier
as Fargo Steele1943 The Lone Star Trail
as Gil Blake1943 Raiders of San Joaquin
as Johnny Trent1943 Arizona Trail
as Steve Rawlins1943 Cheyenne Roundup
as Bob Courtney1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
as Tex Martin1942 The Lone Star Vigilantes
as Marshal Captain Lake1942 Vengeance of the West
as Sheriff Bob Brewster1942 Little Joe, the Wrangler
as Brent Gordon1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Montana Smith1942 The Old Chisholm Trail
as Sheriff Tex Martin1942 Bullets for Bandits
as Marshal Tex Martin1942 The Devil's Trail
as Tex Terrell1942 Prairie Gunsmoke
as Tex Martin1942 North of the Rockies
as Tex Rawlings1941 King of Dodge City
as himself1941 The Pioneers
as Tex Martin (Tex Rawlings in credits)1941 Roaring Frontiers
as himself1941 Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
as Marshal Tex Reed1940 Rainbow Over the Range
as Tex1940 Arizona Frontier
as Tex Roberts1940 The Golden Trail
as Tex Regan1940 Rhythm of the Rio Grande
as Sheriff Tex Rockett1940 The Cowboy from Sundown
as Tex Wright1940 Pals of the Silver Sage
as Tex Lawton1940 Take Me Back to Oklahoma
as Tex Masters1940 Roll Wagons Roll
as Tex Reed1940 Rollin' Home to Texas
as Tex Yancey1939 Down the Wyoming Trail
as Tex Wallace1939 Westbound Stage
as Tex Lowry posing as Ed Carter1939 Riders of the Frontier
as Tex Allen1939 The Man from Texas
as Tex1939 Sundown on the Prairie
as Tex Ramsey1939 Rollin' Westward
as Tex Lawrence1938 Rollin' Plains
as Tex Newman1938 Starlight Over Texas
as Texas Dan1938 Song of the Buckaroo
as Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid1938 Utah Trail
as Tex Houston1938 Where the Buffalo Roam
as Tex Lansing, alias Tex Rawlins1938 Frontier Town
as Tex Rand1937 Riders of the Rockies
as Tex Archer1937 Sing Cowboy Sing
as Tex Malinson1937 Arizona Days
as Tex Randall1937 Hittin' the Trail
as Tex Masters1937 Trouble In Texas
as Tex Martin1937 The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
as Tex Collins1937 Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
as Tex1936 Song of the Gringo
as Tex Saunders1936 Headin' for the Rio Grande

TV Shows/Series with Tex Ritter as Actor(4)

as himself1969 The Johnny Cash Show
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Marshall1959 The Rebel
as Balladeer1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Movies with Tex Ritter as Crew(1)

Sound/Theme Song Performance1952 High Noon

Full Name: Tex Ritter
Born: Thursday, 01/12 1905 (January) in Murvaul (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 01/02 1974 (January) in Nashville (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Texas at Austin, South Park High School
Record Label: American Record Company, Capitol Records, Decca
Spouses (current/former): Dorothy Fay
Children: John Ritter
Other names for Tex Ritter (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Woodward Maurice Ritter"
Tex Ritter frequently works together with these people:
White Flash (25x, Cast)
Charles King (23x, Actor)
Robert Emmett Tansey (23x, Crew)
Albert Herman (18x, Crew)
Horace Murphy (15x, Actor)
Chick Hannan (15x, Actor)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard (14x, Actor)
Elmer Clifton (14x, Crew)
Dave O'Brien (14x, Actor)
Edmond Kelso (13x, Crew)
Forrest Taylor (11x, Actor)
Ed Nelson (9x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:35396, Added: 05/14/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024