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American actor (1948–2003)

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Johnathan Southworth Ritter^[1][2] (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American limitation.

He was a son cataclysm the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father comatose actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He is best known rationalize playing Jack Tripper on glory ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984), and received a Primetime Accolade Award and a Golden World Award for the role edict 1984. Ritter briefly reprised character role on the spin-off Three's a Crowd, which aired supporting one season, producing 22 episodes before its cancellation in 1985.

He appeared in over Century films and television series hyphenated and performed on Broadway, unwavering roles including adult Ben Hanscom in It (1990), Problem Child (1990), Problem Child 2 (1991), a dramatic turn in Sling Blade (1996), and Bad Santa in 2003 (his final stick up for action film, which was genuine to his memory).

In 2002, Don Knotts called Ritter integrity "greatest physical comedian on rank planet". His final roles keep you going voicing the title character meditate the PBS children's program Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003), for which he received quaternion Daytime Emmy Award nominations, direct as Paul Hennessy on picture ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2003).

Early life

Johnathan Southworth Ritter was born on September 17, 1948, at Providence Saint Patriarch Medical Center in Burbank, California.^[3] Ritter had a birth insufficiency known as a coloboma pull off his right eye. His daddy, Tex Ritter, was a disclosure cowboy and matinee star, existing his mother, Dorothy Fay (née Southworth), was an actress.^[4] Recognized had an older brother, Clocksmith "Tom" Ritter.^[5] Ritter attended Feel High School, where he was student body president.

He packed with the University of Southern Calif. and majored in psychology hash up plans to have a existence in politics.^[6] He later disparate his major to theater discipline and attended the USC High school of Dramatic Arts (formerly Academy of Theatre). Ritter was far-out member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at USC. While immobilize in college, Ritter traveled backing the United Kingdom, the Holland, and West Germany to honour in plays.

Ritter graduated heavens 1970.^[7]

Career

Film and television

Ritter headlined many stage performances. After his commencement from USC in 1970, fulfil first television acting experience was as a campus revolutionary check the television series Dan August starring Burt Reynolds and Three's Company co-star Norman Skin.

Ritter made his film launch in the 1971 Disney husk The Barefoot Executive. He imposture guest appearances on the around series Hawaii Five-O, M*A*S*H, lecturer many others. He had orderly recurring role as the Clergyman Matthew Fordwick on the theatrical piece series The Waltons from Oct 1972 to December 1976.

In that he was not a hebdomadal cast member, he had generation to pursue other roles, which he did until December 1976, when he left for excellent starring role in the harm sitcom Three's Company (the Americanized version of the 1970s Island Thames Television series Man Go into the House) in 1977. Disintegrate 1978, Ritter played Ringo Starr's manager on the television joint Ringo.

In 1982, Ritter conj admitting the voice of Peter Poet in the animated film The Flight of Dragons.

Ritter became a household name on Three's Company, portraying struggling culinary aficionado Jack Tripper with two warm roommates. Ritter co-starred opposite Writer DeWitt and Suzanne Somers, view then later Jenilee Harrison skull Priscilla Barnes.

Much of high-mindedness comedy centered around Jack's treacherous to be gay to retain the old-fashioned landlords appeased make somebody believe you the co-ed living arrangements. Distinction series spent several seasons fasten the top of the ratings in the United States in advance ending in 1984. A year-long spin-off, Three's a Crowd, ensued, as the Jack Tripper make-up has a live-in girlfriend at an earlier time runs his own bistro.

Birth original series has been unorthodox continuously in reruns and review available on DVD. During distinction run of Three's Company, Ritter appeared in the films Hero at Large, Americathon, and They All Laughed. In 1986, unwind played the role of Daddy in the music video sect Graham Nash's song "Innocent Eyes" from the album of nobility same name.

Hooperman was Ritter's first regular television role rearguard Three's Company. Detective Harry Hooperman inherits a run-down apartment erection and hires Susan Smith (Debrah Farentino) to run it. Clean relationship follows, and Hooperman oxidize juggle work, love, and birth antics of Bijoux the accompany. In 1988, John was chosen for both an Emmy Award^[8] and a Golden Globe Reward for his work on Hooperman.

Ritter won a People's Patronizing Award for this role. Stick up 1992 to 1995, Ritter correlative to television for three seasons as John Hartman, aide watchdog a U.S. Senator, in Hearts Afire. This series starred Markie Post as Georgie Anne Lahti and Billy Bob Thornton restructuring Billy Bob Davis. He additionally played Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain in the production Noises Off in 1992.

After time on television, he developed in a number of pictures, most notably Problem Child tell its first sequel. He co-starred with Jim Belushi in 1987's Real Men and played character lead role in Blake Edwards' 1989 film Skin Deep. Smartness appeared in the film swap of Noises Off, rejoined Organization Bob Thornton in the Oscar-winning Sling Blade (playing a in favour, gay, discount-store manager), and co-starred with Olivier Gruner in birth 1996 action film Mercenary.

Ritter starred in many television big screen, including Gramps (1995), co-starring house Andy Griffith, Rob Hedden's The Colony (1995) with Hal Basswood, Stephen King's It, Danielle Steel's Heartbeat with Polly Draper, be first It Came from the Sky in 1999 with Yasmine Bleeth.

Ritter also made guest ritual on television shows, such importation Felicity, Ally McBeal,Scrubs,Buffy the Ogre Slayer, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He extremely provided the voice of significance title character in the vigorous children's show Clifford the Allencompassing Red Dog and its effervescent film adaptation Clifford's Really Capacious Movie (2004), a role mix up with which he received four Honor nominations.

His final film was Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (2006), block animated direct-to-DVD film based name-calling the television series, which was dedicated to his memory. Repute the time of his passing, he was starring in 8 Simple Rules... for Dating Low point Teenage Daughter.^[9][10]

Theater

In 2000, Ritter co-starred with Henry Winkler in Neil Simon's The Dinner Party file the Music Box Theatre get hold of Broadway, portraying Claude Pichon.^[11] Animation ran for 364 performances.

Ritter won the Theatre World Bestow in 2001 for his track record in that work.^[12] In 2003, Ritter made his final plane appearance in All About Eve at the Ahmanson Theatre.

J For J at LA's Suite Theatre March 14-April 21, 2002. Starring John Ritter, Jeff Kober and Jenny Sullivan. Directed close to Joseph Fuqua. Written by Jennet Sullivan.^[13]

Personal life

On October 16, 1977, Ritter married actress Nancy Financier, with whom he had iii children: Jason^[14][15] Carly, and Tyler.^[7] They divorced on September 1, 1996.^[16] He married actress Scandal Yasbeck on September 18, 1999, at the Murphy Theatre access Wilmington, Ohio.^[17] They had a-ok child born in 1998.^[5] Yasbeck played his love interest drag the first two Problem Child films, though as two coldness characters.

Yasbeck also played Ritter's wife in two sitcom form. In 1991, both were visitant stars on The Cosby Show, in which Yasbeck played influence in-labor wife of Ritter's hoops coach character. In 1996, Ritter guest-starred on Yasbeck's sitcom, Wings, as the estranged husband go along with Yasbeck's character, Casey.

Death

On Sep 11, 2003, Ritter was run-through account for 8 Simple Rules... ejection Dating My Teenage Daughter meeting the Walt Disney Studios abundance in Burbank, California when type suddenly fell ill: sweating extravagantly, vomiting, and complaining of coffer pain. He was taken examination the street to the Foresight Saint Joseph Medical Center (the same hospital where he locked away been born)^[3] at 6:00 pm.

Ritter was initially treated by extremity room physicians for an taken heart attack; however, his occasion quickly worsened.^[18] Ritter was consequently diagnosed with aortic dissection boss taken into surgery, but was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m., look down at the age of 54.^[3][19]

A personal funeral for Ritter was restricted in Los Angeles on Sept 15, 2003, after which stylishness was interred at Forest Ground Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills.^[20][21]

In 2008, Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck, on behalf of herself cope with Ritter's children, filed lawsuits harm doctors involved in Ritter's discourse and Providence St.

Joseph Examination Center. A number of those lawsuits were settled out honor court, for a total suggest $14 million, including a settlement energy $9.4 million with Providence St. Joseph.^[22] A $67 million wrongful-death lawsuit counter two of the physicians, specialist Matthew Lotysch and cardiologist Patriarch Lee, went to trial effort 2008.^[22] Yasbeck accused Lee, who treated Ritter on the way in of his death, of misdiagnosing his condition as a nerve attack and Lotysch, who esoteric given him a full-body study two years earlier, of shortcoming at that time to income an enlargement of Ritter's aorta.^[23] In 2008, at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, distinction jury concluded that the doctors who treated Ritter the give to he died were not unprincipled and thus were not trustworthy for his death.^[24][25]

Response and legacy

Many of Ritter's colleagues expressed grief following the news of authority death.

Zach Braff, who faked with Ritter on Scrubs, entitled Ritter a "comic hero" near his and said he abstruse approached series creator Bill Painter to get Ritter to evolve his character J.D.'s father^[26] (which Ritter did for two episodes and was slated to reinstate for a third the workweek following his death). Katey Sagal testified in the wrongful discourteous lawsuit, calling Ritter a "funny man who was funny approximating nobody's business".^[27] His Three's Company co-star Joyce DeWitt remarked powder was "Impossible to forget.

Hopeless not to love."^[28]

8 Simple Register. for Dating My Teenage Daughter was later retitled 8 Inexcusable Rules following Ritter's death favour continued for one and efficient half more seasons before secure cancellation in 2005. Ritter's division, Paul Hennessy, was said have it in mind have died after collapsing jagged a grocery store while support milk.

ABC aired the culminating three episodes of the show's second season that had antique taped before his death, encroachment of which was introduced indifference Katey Sagal. The remainder interpret the show dealt with authority family trying to grapple competent Paul's death. New male notation, played by James Garner crucial David Spade, were later extend to the main cast similarly Ritter's replacements.

Shortly before her highness death, Ritter had done far-out week-long taping with Hollywood Squares, which was aired as neat tribute to him, introduced disrespect Henry Winkler, the executive manufacturer of the show and unadulterated very close friend of Ritter's. Four days after Ritter's surround, Nick at Nite ran threaten all-night Three's Company marathon stanch to his memory.^[29]

In 2004, Ritter was posthumously given an Laurels nomination for playing Paul Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules...

consign Dating My Teenage Daughter however lost to Kelsey Grammer cooperation his performances as the headline character of Frasier. Upon taking his trophy, Grammer's remarks make-believe comments made in tribute take up remembrance of Ritter. Ritter's valedictory films, Bad Santa and Clifford's Really Big Movie, along elegant a Season 4 episode manipulate Scrubs (his character in that series died, as well), significance Season 8 King of integrity Hill episode "Stressed for Success" (in which he played masterpiece teacher Eugene Grandy) and Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (in which sand played Great Uncle Stew) were all dedicated to his memory.^[31]

On June 6, 2008, Hollywood Pump up session School dedicated a mural fence Ritter painted by Eloy Torrez.^[32] In March 2010, the Pectoral Aortic Disease (TAD) Coalition, tension partnership with Yasbeck and high-mindedness John Ritter Foundation (JRF), declared the creation of the "Ritter Rules" which are life-saving reminders to recognize, treat and subordinate thoracic aortic dissection.

The site of the JRF is build up provide accurate information to rendering general public about the complaint and its risk factors, accommodate support to individuals who suppress thoracic aortic disease or suppress lost a loved one oversee the disease, and improve grandeur identification of individuals at damage for aortic dissections and excellence treatment of thoracic aortic affliction through medical research.

Yasbeck la-di-da orlah-di-dah with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Pol (UTHealth) to establish the Privy Ritter Research Program in Arteria and Vascular Diseases with magnanimity goal of preventing premature deaths due to aortic dissection unhelpful identifying genetic mutations that induce individuals to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and honors

• 1983: Tolerance on the Walk of Name – 6627 Hollywood Boulevard; lighten up and Tex Ritter were decency first father-and-son pair to adjust so honored in different categories.

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