Tex Ritter
AKA Woodward Maurice Ritter
Born: 12-Jan-1905
Birthplace: Murvaul, TX
Died: 2-Jan-1974
Location of death: Nashville, TN
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, TX
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Country Musician, Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often
Country-music star and Hollywood singing cowboy, sang the theme song for High Noon.
Father: James Everett Ritter
Mother: Martha Elizabeth Matthews
Wife: Dorothy Fay Southworth (actress, m. 14-Jun-1941, until his death, two children)
Son: Thomas Ritter
Son: John Ritter (actor, b. 1948, d. 2003)
High School: South Park High School, Beaumont, TX
University: University of Texas at Austin
Country Music Hall of Fame 1964
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6631 Hollywood Blvd.
Appendectomy (1942)
Tonsillectomy (1942)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Girl from Tobacco Row (24-Aug-1966)
Nashville Rebel (1-Jan-1966) · Himself
Apache Ambush (24-Aug-1955)
The Marshal's Daughter (26-Jun-1953)
Flaming Bullets (15-Oct-1945) · Tex Haines
Frontier Fugitives (1-Sep-1945) · Tex Haines
Arizona Trail (15-Sep-1943) · Johnnie
The Lone Star Trail (6-Aug-1943) · Fargo Steele
Down the Wyoming Trail (14-Jun-1939)
Trouble in Texas (6-Mar-1937) · Tex Masters
Arizona Days (30-Jan-1937)
Song of the Gringo (22-Nov-1936) · Tex
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