Biography
Johnathan Southworth Ritter was an American actor and comedian. He was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He played Jack Tripper on the ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984), and received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role in 1984. Ritter briefly reprised the role on the spin-off Three's a Crowd, which aired for one season, producing 22 episodes before its cancellation in 1985.
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Awards & recognition
- Theatre World Award · 2001
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1984
- Emmy Award
- Golden Globe Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography50+ titles
My Brother's Wife
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
Scrubs
Batman Beyond
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
M*A*S*H
Nature
Hearts Afire
The Larry Sanders Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Hollywood Squares
Three's Company
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Bob Newhart Show
King of the Hill
NewsRadio
Starsky & Hutch
Touched by an Angel
Noises Off...
Kojak
Hawaii Five-O
Unforgivable
The Waltons
The Cosby Show
Barnaby Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
It
Saturday Night Live
The Rookies
Mannix
8 Simple Rules
Wings
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Nowhere
The Flight of Dragons
Bad Santa
Felicity
Three's a Crowd
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Ally McBeal
The Other
Scandalous John
A Child's Wish
For Hope
The Stone Killer
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Panic
Stay Tuned
Problem Child