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John Ritter
Known for: ActingJohnathan 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.
Filmography 40
Three's Company
+2
as Jack Tripper 
Clifford the Big Red Dog
as Clifford (voice) 
It
as Ben Hanscom 
Bride of Chucky
+1
as Chief Warren Kincaid 
Problem Child 2
as Ben Healy 
Hearts Afire
as John Hartman 
Problem Child
as Ben 
Sling Blade
as Vaughan Cunningham 
Bad Santa
+10
as Bob Chipeska 
Tadpole
as Stanley Grubman 
Three's a Crowd
as Jack Tripper 
North
as Ward Nelson 
Noises Off...
+2
as Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain 
Stay Tuned
as Roy Knable 
The Flight of Dragons
+1
as Peter Dickinson (voice) 
Clifford's Really Big Movie
as Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice) 
Real Men
as Bob Wilson 
Skin Deep
as Zach 
The Other
as Rider 
The Stone Killer
as Hart 
Nickelodeon
+3
as Franklin Frank 
They All Laughed
as Charles Rutledge 
Panic
as Josh 
The Night That Panicked America
as Walter Wingate 
Hero at Large
as Steve Nichols 
Montana
as Dr. Wexler 
Mercenary
+2
as Jonas Ambler 
Wholly Moses
+1
as Satan (The Devil) 
It Came from the Sky
as Donald Bridges 
The Barefoot Executive
as Roger 
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
as Duncan the Bartender 
Americathon
+1
as President Chet Roosevelt 
Sink Or Swim
+1
as Hank 
My Brother's Wife
as Barney 
The Last Fling
+1
as Phillip Reed 
Man of the Year
as Bill 
Unforgivable
+2
as Paul Hegstrom 
Scandalous John
as Wendell