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Tex Ritter
Deceased

How Did Tex Ritter Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 68
Also known asWoodward Maurice Ritter, Woodward Maurice "Tex" RitterGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn12/01/1905Born inMurvaul, Texas, USADied02/01/1974 (aged 68)Died inNashvilleCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ966565 ↗TMDb#88727 ↗

Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter was an American country music singer and actor. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Filmography45 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2007Opry Video Classics: PioneersMovieSelf (archive footage)102
1976Meanwhile, Back at the RanchMovie(archive footage)71
1969The Johnny Cash ShowSeriesSelf64
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest63
1966Girl from Tobacco RowMovieReverend E.F. Bolton61
1959StartimeSeriesSelf54
1959The RebelSeriesMarshall54
1957Down Liberty RoadMovieSelf52
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeriesBalladeer51
1955Apache AmbushMovieTraeger50
1955The First Bad ManMovieNarrator (voice)50
1953The Marshal's DaughterMovieBackground Singer (singing voice)48
1950Holiday RhythmMovieTex Ritter45
1945Flaming BulletsMovieTex Haines40
1945Frontier FugitivesMovieTex Haines40
1945Three in the SaddleMovieTex Haines40
1944Oklahoma RaidersMovieSteve Nolan39
1944Cowboy CanteenMovieTex Coulter39
1944Marshal of GunsmokeMovieMarshal Ward Bailey39
1943The Lone Star TrailMovieFargo Steele38
1943Cheyenne RoundupMovieSteve Rawlins38
1943Arizona TrailMovieJohnny Trent38
1943Raiders of San JoaquinMovieGil Blake38
1942The Lone Star VigilantesMovieTex Martin37
1942The Old Chisholm TrailMovieMontana Smith37
1942Little Joe, the WranglerMovieSheriff Bob Brewster37
1942Deep in the Heart of TexasMovieBrent Gordon37
1942Prairie GunsmokeMovieTex Terrell37
1942North of the RockiesMovieTex Martin37
1942Vengeance of the WestMovieMarshal Captain Lake37
1942Bullets for BanditsMovieSheriff Tex Martin37
1941The PioneersMovieTex Ritter36
1940Rollin' Home to TexasMovieTex Reed35
1940Rhythm of the Rio GrandeMovieTex Regan35
1940Rainbow Over the RangeMovieMarshal Tex Reed35
1940The Golden TrailMovieTex Roberts35
1940Arizona FrontierMovieTex35
1940Pals of the Silver SageMovieTex Wright35
1940Roll Wagons RollMovieTex Masters35
1939Westbound StageMovieTex Wallace34
1938Where the Buffalo RoamMovieTex Houston33
1937Trouble in TexasMovieTex Masters32
1937Hittin' the TrailMovieTex Randall32
1936Headin' for the Rio GrandeMovieTex Saunders31
1936Song of the GringoMovieTex31