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|birth_date = |birth_place = Burbank, California, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = Burbank, California, U.S. |death_cause = Aortic dissection |notable_works = Jack Tripper on ''Three's Company'' |education = Hollywood High School |alma_mater = University of Southern California |occupation = Actor, comedian |years_active = 1961–2003 |spouse = |children = 4, including Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter |parents = Tex Ritter Dorothy Fay }} Jonathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, best known for his role of Jack Tripper in the ABC sitcom ''Three's Company'', for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award in 1984. He was the son of the late singing cowboy star Tex Ritter, and the father of actors Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter. Ritter appeared in hundreds of films and television shows/episodes combined (and performed on Broadway), including ''It'' (1990), ''Problem Child'' (1990), ''Problem Child 2'' (1991) and ''Bad Santa'' in 2003 (his final live action film which was dedicated to his memory). Prior to ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'' (posthumously released), Ritter received four Daytime Emmy Award nominations for his voice work on the children's television series, ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', in addition to many other awards Ritter was nominated for or won. Don Knotts called Ritter the "greatest physical comedian on the planet".〔"Biography" John Ritter: In Good Company Air Date: 30 October 2002〕 Ritter died from an aortic dissection on September 11, 2003. His death occurred shortly after the production of an episode for the second season of ''8 Simple Rules''. ==Early life== Ritter was born on September 17, 1948 at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. Ritter had a birth defect known as a coloboma in his right eye. His father, Tex Ritter, was a singing cowboy/matinee-star, and his mother, Dorothy Fay (née Southworth), was an actress. Ritter attended Hollywood High School, where he was student body president. He went on to the University of Southern California and majored in psychology with plans to have a career in politics. He later changed his major to theater arts after the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. While still in college, Ritter traveled to the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and West Germany to perform in plays. Ritter graduated in 1971. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Ritter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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