John Ritter
Johnathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively. Don Knotts called him the "Greatest physical comedian on the planet". Ritter's final films Bad Santa, Clifford's Really Big Movie and Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up were all dedicated in his memory.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.025 |
| Birthday | 1948-09-17 |
| Place of Birth | Burbank, California, USA |
| Also Known As | جان ریتر, |
2003
Bad Santa
6.538/2180
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tra...
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Bad Santa
1988
Tricks of the Trade
3.2/5
After her picture perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Beverly Hills homemaker Catherine is devastated. But she doesn't spend too...
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Tricks of the Trade
1973
The Stone Killer
6.179/78
A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
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The Stone Killer
1998
Shadow of Doubt
4.686/43
An attorney uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.
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Shadow of Doubt
1991
The Summer My Father Grew Up
0/0
A divorced and remarried doctor tries to reconnect with his eleven-year-old son whom he has always neglected.
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The Summer My Father Grew Up
1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
5.6/16
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
2000
Panic
6.178/115
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and hi...
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Panic
1990
Problem Child
6.1/838
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping...
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Problem Child
1992
Stay Tuned
6.1/171
Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to...
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Stay Tuned
1998
Montana
5.7/27
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow...
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Montana
1994
North
4.988/256
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a...
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North
1998
Bride of Chucky
6.08/1955
Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.
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Bride of Chucky
1981
They All Laughed
5.9/43
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angel...
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They All Laughed
1980
Wholly Moses
4.7/35
Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from G...
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Wholly Moses
1980
John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
7/1
John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.
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John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body
1989
Skin Deep
6.2/79
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's blo...
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Skin Deep
1996
Sling Blade
7.533/797
Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover....
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Sling Blade
1992
Noises Off...
7.138/192
Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star...
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Noises Off...
1982
The Flight of Dragons
6.7/99
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red...
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The Flight of Dragons
1991
Problem Child 2
5.9/613
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junio...
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Problem Child 2
1972
The Other
6.5/142
A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their famil...
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The Other
1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas
6/21
A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive backwoodsman — and a witch.
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas
1997
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
4.6/7
In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house a...
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A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1980
Hero at Large
6.1/41
An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a sup...
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Hero at Large
1987
Real Men
6.2/77
A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
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Real Men
1999
It Came From the Sky
5.1/11
Jarvis and Pepper crash land their small plane on the roof of the Bridges family. Pepper finds herself having a positive effect on the households' aut...
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It Came From the Sky
2002
Tadpole
5.7/89
Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. He is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently, is passionate about Voltaire, an...
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Tadpole
1979
Americathon
3.6/10
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent...
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Americathon
2004
Clifford's Really Big Movie
6.1/36
Fearing that he costs too much to feed, Clifford decides to join a traveling carnival so he can enter a talent contest in hopes of winning a lifetime...
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Clifford's Really Big Movie
2002
Man of the Year
4.5/3
Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy firm, he is a man with many dark secrets. His best frien...
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Man of the Year
1996
Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade
0/0
A one man CBS Special featuring classic close-up magic, card tricks and other sleight of hand.
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Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade
1995
The Colony
5.3/7
A man and his family move from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, t...
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The Colony
1984
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
6/1
A tribute to Lucille ball, with an humanitarian award for her quest to end juvenile diabetes.
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All Star Party for Lucille Ball
2000
Terror Tract
6.1/42
A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.
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Terror Tract
2000
TripFall
3.3/3
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
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TripFall
1976
Nickelodeon
6.1/41
In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up wi...
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Nickelodeon
1998
Chance of a Lifetime
8/2
Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in chief Ivan refuses to print his pieces anymore and his b...
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Chance of a Lifetime
2003
Manhood
4.5/3
Filled with both laughter and tears, Manhood is a fascinating exploration of the interpersonal relationships that can define - or destroy - a family....
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Manhood
1993
Heartbeat
3.3/7
A divorced father falls in love with a pregnant woman whose husband had abandoned her when he discovered she was expecting a child.
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Heartbeat
1982
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
8.5/2
Taped in Toronto between August 9-24, 1982, Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with special guests John Ritter, George Hamilton and Tony Clifton (...
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The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1999
Lethal Vows
5.5/21
A seemingly upstanding, caring husband and father is accused of foul play by his ex-wife regarding the mysterious death of his second wife.
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Lethal Vows
1999
Holy Joe
4/3
In the sleepy town of Vine Creek, preacher and volunteer fireman Joe Cass wakes up to realize his family and community are at a breaking point. Joe de...
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Holy Joe
1998
Loss of Faith
4/3
A crime novelist searches for a missing baby at his sister's behest and makes painful discoveries about himself along the way.
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Loss of Faith
1996
Mercenary
5.8/15
Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman whose wife is killed by kidnappers, so he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnappers...
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Mercenary
1973
The Lie
6/1
An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in the...
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The Lie
1987
Prison for Children
6.667/3
Contemporary drama dealing with an orphaned teenager trapped in an antiquated juvenile disciplinary system and the efforts of the institution's superi...
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Prison for Children
1979
Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
0/0
A documentary on the pop music and culture of the 1960's, featuring film and video clips of 60's-era performers.
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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip
1986
Unnatural Causes
6.8/4
Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a...
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Unnatural Causes
2001
Nuncrackers
9/2
Fourth musical in the Nunsense series.
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Nuncrackers
1980
The Comeback Kid
6/10
A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playgroun...
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The Comeback Kid
1987
The Last Fling
4.8/5
A young woman decides to have one more romantic escapade before marrying her dull fiancé.
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The Last Fling
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
6.7/67
Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.
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The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1997
A Child's Wish
6.2/4
A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
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A Child's Wish
1990
The Dreamer of Oz
7.3/9
The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.
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The Dreamer of Oz
2003
Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
0/0
Take a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when kids spent their Saturdays watching double-feature matine...
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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King
1996
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
4.7/3
Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures.
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
1971
Scandalous John
6.3/6
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
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Scandalous John
1972
Evil Roy Slade
6.2/16
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious...
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Evil Roy Slade
1985
Letting Go
7/1
Letting Go stars John Ritter as a widower and Sharon Gless as a lonely unmarried woman. They meet during a group-therapy session. Romance is inevitabl...
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Letting Go
1978
Leave Yesterday Behind
6.2/6
A happy-go-lucky veterinary student, paralyzed for life in a college polo meet, finds love with a young woman who leaves her fiancée to help him overc...
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Leave Yesterday Behind
1997
Hacks
4.8/4
Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter betwe...
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Hacks
2006
Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
3.2/2
Stanley goes with his family and friend's to his great uncle's dude ranch. The local land baron is trying to buy the ranch and make it a parking lot f...
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Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up
1971
The Barefoot Executive
5.6/40
In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network....
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The Barefoot Executive
1996
Unforgivable
5.6/5
Paul Hegstrom is a so-called family man who puts his wife through domestic violence and his children through emotional torture. After leaving his fami...
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Unforgivable
1995
Gramps
7/3
After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At first, everything seems fine with his new extended family,...
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Gramps
2003
The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
9.4/5
Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan -- with a co...
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The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series
1978
Ringo
5.2/4
Ringo Starr, bored and disillusioned with fame, meets a doppelgänger in Hollywood named Ognir Rrats who sells maps to the stars' homes and lives with...
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Ringo
1997
Nowhere
6.8/175
In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her l...
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Nowhere
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
6.8/15
This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the ang...
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Mickey's 60th Birthday
2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
5.5/4
In 1970s Atlanta, a diminutive gay man tries to find succor from the small-town religion that filled him with self-loathing. He meets Miss Make-Do, wh...
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Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
1989
My Brother's Wife
0/0
Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where...
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My Brother's Wife
1978
The Goldie Hawn Special
0/0
Goldie Hawn’s second TV special was in 1978, “The Goldie Hawn Special” and it was a sort of comeback for her, after she had been out of the spotlight...
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The Goldie Hawn Special
1984
Love Thy Neighbor
3.5/2
When Danny’s wife and Linda’s husband run away together, the two neighbors form an unlikely bond.
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Love Thy Neighbor
1982
In Love with an Older Woman
4/1
A 29-year-old lawyer falls for a 43-year-old woman.
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In Love with an Older Woman
1984
Strong Kids, Safe Kids
6/1
Strong Kids, Safe Kids was put together because so many of us are concerned about the horrible potential dangers our kids face every day. Sexual moles...
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Strong Kids, Safe Kids
1992
The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
0/0
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis were the hottest act in America in the 1950's & the highest paid comedy team in show business. They starred in nightclubs, r...
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The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team
1992
The Making of High Noon
6/1
Documentary about High Noon featuring Fred Zinnemann and Stanley Kramer.
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The Making of High Noon
1982
Pray TV
0/0
A newly ordained minister accepts a summer job with a dynamic TV evangelist only to find deep conflicts between the latter's conventional activities s...
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Pray TV
1998
Dead Husbands
4.7/3
Dr. Carter Elson is a man who finds a list of men's names among his wife Alex's possessions. When Carter discovers his own name at the bottom of the l...
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Dead Husbands
1983
Sunset Limousine
4/7
Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn down his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Th...
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Sunset Limousine
1978
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
0/0
A 1978 special starring Mary Tyler Moore, Harvey Korman, and John Ritter. Dick Van Dyke guest stars.
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How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
1984
Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
6/2
Donald is shown in both animated and costumed form, interacting with emcee Dick Van Dyke and other cast members. The film not only shows Donald's life...
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Donald Duck's 50th Birthday
1978
Robin Williams: Off the Wall
7.2/5
Robin Williams stand up special.
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Robin Williams: Off the Wall
2005
Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
7/1
A 14-part documentary that explores the life and career of Billy Bob Thornton, chronicling his journey that led him to work on Sling Blade. The piece...
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Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood
1991
The Real Story of O Christmas Tree
6/1
In this children's video a little girl asks a little pine tree to stay green through the winter to remind people of spring. The little tree must disob...
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The Real Story of O Christmas Tree
1993
The Only Way Out
5/1
Jeremy Carlisle's ex-wife Lynn is trying to stay away from her dangerously disturbed ex-boyfriend Tony, and Jeremy does all he can do protect his fami...
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The Only Way Out
1975
The Night That Panicked America
7.2/15
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
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The Night That Panicked America
1996
For Hope
6/2
The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.
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For Hope
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
7.8/158
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office a...
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
7.7/3
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
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