Tex Ritter


Tex Ritter

About

Birth Place
Murvaul, Texas, USA
Born
January 12, 1905
Died
January 02, 1974
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Tex Ritter was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Ritter began his acting career with roles in such films as "Headin' For the Rio Grande" (1936), "Song of the Gringo" (1936) and "Trouble in Texas" (1937). He also appeared in "Riders of the Rockies" (1937), "Hittin' the Trail" (1937) and "Sing, Cowboy, Sing" (1937). He kept working in film throughout the thirties and th...

Biography

Tex Ritter was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Ritter began his acting career with roles in such films as "Headin' For the Rio Grande" (1936), "Song of the Gringo" (1936) and "Trouble in Texas" (1937). He also appeared in "Riders of the Rockies" (1937), "Hittin' the Trail" (1937) and "Sing, Cowboy, Sing" (1937). He kept working in film throughout the thirties and the forties, starring in "Roll, Wagons, Roll" (1939), "Rollin' Westward" (1939) and "Rainbow Over the Range" (1940). He also appeared in "Cowboy From Sundown" (1940). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Oklahoma Raiders" (1944), "Gangsters of the Frontier" (1944) and "Dead or Alive" (1944). He also appeared in "Marked For Murder" (1945) and "Three in the Saddle" (1945). Ritter was most recently credited in "Glass Chin" (2015) with Corey Stoll. Ritter passed away in January 1974 at the age of 69.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Nashville Story (1973)
What Am I Bid? (1967)
Nashville Rebel (1966)
The Girl From Tobacco Row (1966)
Down Liberty Road (1956)
Himself
Apache Ambush (1955)
Trager
The Cowboy (1954)
Holiday Rhythm (1950)
Frontier Fugitives (1945)
Tex Haines
Marked for Murder (1945)
Tex Haines
Three in the Saddle (1945)
Tex Haines
Enemy of the Law (1945)
Tex Haines
Flaming Bullets (1945)
Tex Haines
Cowboy Canteen (1944)
Tex Coulter
Oklahoma Raiders (1944)
[Lt.] Steve [Nolan]
Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
Tex Haines
The Whispering Skull (1944)
Tex Haines
Dead or Alive (1944)
Tex Haines, also known as the Idaho Kid
Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944)
Wardrobe [Bailey]
Raiders of San Joaquin (1943)
Gil Blake
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
Bob Courtney
The Lone Star Trail (1943)
Fargo Steele
Cheyenne Roundup (1943)
Steve Rawlins
Arizona Trail (1943)
Johnnie Trent
Frontier Badmen (1943)
Jerry Kimball
Bullets for Bandits (1942)
Tex [Martin]
North of the Rockies (1942)
Tex Martin
The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942)
Tex Martin
Prairie Gunsmoke (1942)
Tex Terrell
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
Brent Gordon
Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)
Sheriff Bob Brewster
The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
Montana Smith
The Devil's Trail (1942)
Tex Martin
Vengeance of the West (1942)
Captain "Tex" Lake
Roaring Frontiers (1941)
Tex Rawlings
King of Dodge City (1941)
Tex Rawlings
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
Tex
The Pioneers (1941)
Tex [Ritter]
Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940)
Tex
Arizona Frontier (1940)
Tex Whitedeer
The Golden Trail (1940)
Tex Roberts
Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
Tex
Pals of the Silver Sage (1940)
Tex Wright
Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
Tex
Rainbow over the Range (1940)
Tex Reed
Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
Tex Rockett
Man from Texas (1939)
Tex Allen
Rollin' Westward (1939)
Tex
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
Tex
Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)
Tex Yancey
Westbound Stage (1939)
Tex Wallace
Riders of the Frontier (1939)
Tex [Lowry, also known as Editor Carter]
Roll Wagons Roll (1939)
Tex Masters
Frontier Town (1938)
Tex Lansing
Rollin' Plains (1938)
Tex Lawrence
Starlight over Texas (1938)
Tex Newman
The Utah Trail (1938)
Tex Stewart [also known as "The Pecos Kid]
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
Tex Houston
Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
Texas Dan
Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
Tex Archer
Hittin' the Trail (1937)
Tex Randall
Riders of the Rockies (1937)
Tex Rand
Trouble in Texas (1937)
Tex Masters
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
Tex Lansing
Arizona Days (1937)
Tex Malinson
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
Tex Martin
Song of the Gringo (1936)
Tex
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
Tex

Music (Feature Film)

Glass Chin (2014)
Song Performer
Ready to Rumble (2000)
Song Performer
Varsity Blues (1999)
Song
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
Song Performer
Bus Stop (1956)
Composer
Enemy of the Law (1945)
Composer
Marked for Murder (1945)
Composer
Three in the Saddle (1945)
Composer
Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
Composer
Dead or Alive (1944)
Composer
The Whispering Skull (1944)
Composer
Hers to Hold (1943)
Composer
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
Composer
The Golden Trail (1940)
Composer
Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
Composer
Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
Composer
Roll Wagons Roll (1939)
Composer
Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
Composer
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
Composer
Frontier Town (1938)
Composer
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
Composer
Trouble in Texas (1937)
Composer
Hittin' the Trail (1937)
Composer
Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
Composer
Arizona Days (1937)
Composer
Riders of the Rockies (1937)
Composer
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
Composer
Song of the Gringo (1936)
Composer
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
Composer

Life Events

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