Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter Headshot

Singer • Actor

Birth Date: January 12, 1905

Death Date: January 2, 1974

Birth Place: Murvaul, Texas

Spouses: Dorothy Fay

Children: John Ritter

Grandchildren: Jason Ritter, Tyler Ritter

Tex Ritter was an actor and pioneer of American country music. 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.

Credits

The Dick Cavett ShowStream

Guest
Talk
1968

What Am I Bid

Actor
Tex Ritter
Movie
1967

Nashville Rebel

Self
Movie
1966

The Girl From Tobacco Row

Actor
Reverend E.F. Bolton
Movie
1966

The Jimmy Dean Show

Guest
Variety Show
1963

Shotgun Slade

Guest Star
Show
1959

Ford Startime

Actor
Show
1959

The RebelStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

Ranch Party

Host
Show
1957

The Gabby Hayes ShowStream

Actor
Tex
Series
1956

The First Bad Man

Narrator
Show
1955

Apache Ambush

Actor
Traeger
Movie
1955

The Cowboy

Actor
Movie
1954

Holiday Rhythm

Actor
Tex Ritter
Movie
1950

Marked for Murder

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1945

Three in the Saddle

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1945

Enemy of the Law

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1945

Flaming BulletsStream

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1945

Frontier FugitivesStream

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1945

Oklahoma Raiders

Actor
Steve Nolan
Movie
1944

Cowboy Canteen

Actor
Movie
1944

Marshal of Gunsmoke

Actor
Movie
1944

Dead or Alive

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1944

Gangsters of the Frontier

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1944

The Whispering Skull

Actor
Tex Haines
Movie
1944

Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground

Actor
Bob Courtney
Movie
1943

The Lone Star Trail

Actor
Fargo Steele
Movie
1943

Raiders of San Joaquin

Actor
Gil Blake
Movie
1943

Arizona Trail

Actor
Johnnie Trent
Movie
1943

Cheyenne Roundup

Actor
Steve Rawlins
Movie
1943

The Old Chisholm Trail

Actor
Montana Smith
Movie
1942

Little Joe, the Wrangler

Actor
Sheriff Bob Brewster
Movie
1942

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Actor
Brent Gordon
Movie
1942

Ride to the High Country

Actor
Movie
1941

The Pioneers

Actor
Tex Ritter
Movie
1941

King of Dodge City

Actor
Tex Rawlings
Movie
1941

Ridin' the Cherokee Trail

Actor
Texas Ranger Lt. Tex Ritter
Movie
1941

The Golden Trail

Actor
Tex Roberts
Movie
1940

Rhythm of the Rio Grande

Actor
Movie
1940

Roll Wagons Roll

Actor
Tex Masters
Movie
1940

Take Me Back to Oklahoma

Actor
Tex Lawton
Movie
1940

The Cowboy From Sundown

Actor
Sheriff Tex Rockett
Movie
1940

Arizona Frontier

Actor
Tex
Movie
1940

Pals of the Silver Sage

Actor
Tex Wright
Movie
1940

Rollin' Home to Texas

Actor
Tex Reed
Movie
1940

Riders of the Frontier

Actor
Tex
Movie
1939

Westbound Stage

Actor
Tex
Movie
1939

Rollin' Westward

Actor
Tex
Movie
1939

Down the Wyoming Trail

Actor
Tex Yancey
Movie
1939

Frontier Town

Actor
Tex Lansing
Movie
1938

The Man From Texas

Actor
Tex Allen
Movie
1938

Rollin' Plains

Actor
Tex Lawrence
Movie
1938

Utah Trail

Actor
Tex Stewart
Movie
1938

Where the Buffalo Roam

Actor
Tex Houston
Movie
1938

Starlight Over Texas

Actor
Tex Newman
Movie
1938

Arizona Days

Actor
Tex Malinson
Movie
1937

Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts

Actor
Tex Collins
Movie
1937

Trouble in Texas

Actor
Tex Masters
Movie
1937

Sing, Cowboy, Sing

Actor
Tex Archer
Movie
1937

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

Actor
Tex Martin
Movie
1937

Riders of the Rockies

Actor
Tex Rand
Movie
1937

Hittin' the Trail

Actor
Tex Randall
Movie
1937

Headin' for the Rio Grande

Actor
Tex Saunders
Movie
1937

Song of the Gringo

Actor
Tex
Movie
1936

Happy Harmonies

Narrator
Show
1934