John Ritter

John Ritter
Birth name	Jonathan Southworth Ritter
Born	September 17, 1948 in Burbank, California, USA
Died	September 11, 2003 in Burbank, California, USA from an aortic dissection
Notable Roles	Jack Tripper in Three's Company Clifford in Clifford the Big Red Dog Paul Hennessy in 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
Notable Episodes
Awards	1 Emmy Award, USA 1 Golden Globe Award, USA 1 Peoples Choice Award, USA Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Roles

Recurring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Waltons	Rev. Matthew Fordwick	1973–1976

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Hawaii Five-O	Mike Wells	1x02 - Strangers in Our Own Land	October 3, 1968
Dan August	Coley Smith	1x13 - Quadrangle for Death	December 16, 1970
Hawaii Five-O	Ryan Moore	4x05 - Two Doves and Mr. Heron	October 12, 1971
The Waltons	Reverend Matthew Fordwick	1x07 - The Sinner	October 26, 1972
Medical Center	Ronnie	4x18 - End of the Line	January 17, 1973
M*A*S*H	Pvt. Carter	2x13 - Deal Me Out	December 8, 1973
Kojak	Kenny Soames	1x15 - Deliver Us Some Evil	February 13, 1974
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law	Greg	3x21 - To Keep and Bear Arms	March 23, 1974
The Bob Newhart Show	Dave	3x05 - Sorry, Wrong Mother	October 12, 1974
Movin' On	Casey Crawford	1x16 - Landslide	January 16, 1975
Rhoda	Vince Mazuma	1x21 - Chest Pains	February 3, 1975
Mannix	Cliff Elgin	8x24 - Hardball	April 13, 1975
Petrocelli	John Oleson	2x05 - Chain of Command	October 8, 1975
Barnaby Jones	Joe Rockwell	4x04 - The Price of Terror	October 10, 1975
The Streets of San Francisco	John 'Johnny' Steiner	4x07 - Murder by Proxy	October 23, 1975
The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Reverend Chatfield	6x09 - Ted's Wedding	November 8, 1975
The Rookies	Hap Dawson	4x12 - Reluctant Hero	November 25, 1975
Starsky & Hutch	Tom Cole	1x15 - The Hostages	January 7, 1976
Rhoda	Jerry Blocker	2x17 - Attack on Mr. Right	January 12, 1976
Phyllis	Crooked City Supervisor	2x01 - The New Job	September 20, 1976
Hawaii Five-O	Mike Welles	9x17 -	February 3, 1977
The Love Boat	Dale	1x02 - A Tasteful Affair / Oh, Dale! / The Main Event	October 1, 1977
The Ropers	Jack Tripper	2x01 - The Party	September 15, 1979
The Associates	Chick	1x08 - The Censors	April 10, 1980
Omnibus	Himself		December 28, 1980
Insight	Frankie	Little Miseries	November 15, 1981
Life with Lucy	Himself	1x02 - Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter	September 27, 1986
The Cosby Show	Ray Evans	7x16 - Total Control	January 31, 1991
Anything but Love	Patrick Serreau	3x01 - Say It Again, Han (1)	February 6, 1991
Anything but Love	Patrick Serreau	3x02 - Martus Interruptus (2)	February 13, 1991
Anything but Love	Patrick Serreau	3x03 - Hello... Mali (3)	February 27, 1991
Anything but Love	Patrick Serreau	4x08 - Stop Me Before I... Again (1)	December 4, 1991
Anything but Love	Patrick Serreau	4x09 - Stop Me Before I... Again (2)	December 11, 1991
The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	2x16 - Off Camera	September 15, 1993
The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	3x14 - The Fourteenth Floor	September 21, 1994
Dave's World	Himself	2x03 - A Room with a View	September 26, 1994
Dave's World	John Hartman	2x04 - Please Won't You Be My Neighbor	October 3, 1994
Dave's World	Himself	2x19 - The Accidental Tourists	February 20, 1995
NewsRadio	Dr. Frank Westford	2x05 - The Shrink	November 7, 1995
Wings	Stuart Davenport	7x25 - Love Overboard	May 14, 1996
Touched by an Angel	Mike O'Connor	3x03 - Random Acts	September 22, 1996
Over the Top	Justin Talbot	The Nemesis	November 4, 1997
King of the Hill	Eugene Grandy	2x08 - The Son That Got Away	November 23, 1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Ted Buchanan	2x11 - Ted	December 8, 1997
Ally McBeal	George Madison	2x04 - It's My Party	October 19, 1998
Ally McBeal	George Madison	2x05 - Story of Love	October 26, 1998
Veronica's Closet	Tim	2x15 - Veronica's Favorite Year	February 18, 1999
Touched by an Angel	Tom McKinsley	5x23 - Black Like Monica	May 2, 1999
Chicago Hope	Joe Dysmerski	6x16 - Simon Sez	February 24, 2000
Family Law	Father Andrews	1x23 - Possession Is Nine Tenths of the Law	May 8, 2000
Felicity	Andrew Covington	3x02 - The Anti-Natalie Intervention	October 11, 2000
Felicity	Andrew Covington	3x03 - Hello, I Must Be Going	October 18, 2000
Saturday Night Live	Himself - Audience Member	26x05 - Calista Flockhart/Ricky Martin	November 11, 2000
Felicity	Andrew Covington	3x07 - Kissing Mr. Covington	November 15, 2000
King of the Hill	Eugene Grandy	5x07 - What Makes Bobby Run?	December 10, 2000
Tucker	Marty	1x06 - Homewrecker for the Holidays	March 6, 2001
Felicity	Andrew Covington	4x06 - Oops...Noel Did It Again	November 14, 2001
Felicity	Andrew Covington	4x07 - The Storm	November 21, 2001
Felicity	Andrew Covington	4x11 - A Perfect Match	December 19, 2001
The Ellen Show	Percy Moss	1x06 - Gathering Moss	unaired (2002)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Richard Manning	3x11 - Monogamy	January 4, 2002
Felicity	Andrew Covington	4x13 - Kiss and Tell	March 27, 2002
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)	Himself	1x02 - The Art of Groveling	April 3, 2002
Scrubs	Sam Dorian	1x19 - My Old Man	April 9, 2002
Scrubs	Sam Dorian	2x09 - My Lucky Day	December 5, 2002
King of the Hill	Eugene Grandy	7x23 - The Witches of East Arlen	May 18, 2003
King of the Hill	Eugene Grandy	8x19 - Stressed for Success	May 2, 2004

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Night That Panicked America	Walter Wingate	October 31, 1975
Mickey's 60th Birthday	Dudley Goode	November 13, 1988
Heartbeat	Bill Grant	February 8, 1993	NBC Monday Night Movie
The Colony	Rick Knowlton	September 17, 1995	USA Network Original
For Hope	Date #5	November 17, 1996	ABC Sunday Night Movie
A Child's Wish	Ed Chandler	January 21, 1997	CBS Tuesday Movie
Chance of a Lifetime	Tom Maguire	March 29, 1998	CBS Sunday Movie
Dead Husbands	Dr. Carter Elston	December 2, 1998	USA Network Original

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
The Merv Griffin Show		October 4, 1977
Family Feud	Three's Company, Eight Is Enough, Soap, Love Boat	May 8, 1978
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson		October 16, 1978
Entertainment Tonight		October 16, 1999
Larry King Live		October 7, 2000
I've Got a Secret		October 24, 2001
Live with Regis and Kelly		July 15, 2002
The Daily Show		July 15, 2002
Fox and Friends		July 16, 2002
Entertainment Tonight		August 27, 2002
The Wayne Brady Show		September 2, 2002
The View		September 16, 2002
Hollywood Squares		September 16-20, 2002
Good Morning America		September 16, 2002
Access Hollywood		September 18, 2002
Good Day Live		September 24, 2002
Access Hollywood		September 24, 2002
MADtv	Episode 803	September 28, 2002
Biography	John Ritter: In Good Company	October 30, 2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn		February 10, 2003
Hollywood Squares		September 29-October 3, 2003
Extra		October 15, 2003
Entertainment Tonight		October 16, 2003
Entertainment Tonight		November 4, 2003

Awards and Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

(1 Win in 5 Nominations)

• Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical (1984)

Three's Company

Primetime Emmy Awards

(1 Win in 6 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1984)

Three's Company

Trivia

• Son of Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay
• Married to Nancy Morgan from 1977 to 1996; has three children: sons Jason (born in 1980) & Tyler (born in 1985), and daughter Carly (born in 1982)
• Married to Amy Yasbeck from 1999 until his death in 2003; they have a daughter, Stella (born in 1998)
• Attended Walter Reed Jr. High School in North Hollywood, California.
• Attended Hollywood High School
• Attended the University of Southern California where he majored in psychology; he planned to have a career in politics, but later changed his major to theatre arts
• Was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity while attending USC
• Attended the USC School of Dramatic Arts