Tex Ritter - IMDb

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Known For

High Noon Soundtrack

(1952)

Song of the Gringo Tex

(1936)

Varsity Blues Soundtrack

(1999)

Marshal of Gunsmoke Marshal Ward Bailey

(1944)

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Filmography

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Soundtrack (84 credits)

2015 Bloodline (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Part 2 (2015) ... (performer: "The Gallows Pole")

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary) (performer: "Ride, Ride, Ride", "Down the Trail of My Dreams" - uncredited)

2007 Opry Video Classics: Pioneers (Video) (performer: "High Noon")

2007 Neal Cassady (performer: "We'll Rest at the End of the Trail")

2003 Ramona (TV Mini-Series) (performer: "High Noon")

2000 Ready to Rumble (performer: "Wayward Wind")

1999 Varsity Blues (performer: "The Wayward Wind")

1998 I'll Be Home for Christmas (performer: "Christmas Carols By The Old Corral")

1996 American Strays (performer: " (I Got Spurs) Jingle Jangle Jingle")

1995 Canadian Bacon (performer: "God Bless America Again")

1988 The Great Outdoors (performer: "Paul Bunyan Love")

1984 Arena (TV Series documentary) (arranger - 1 episode)

- The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience (1984) ... (arranger: "Long Time Gone" - uncredited)

1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (performer: "I Ride an Old Paint" - uncredited)

1966-1973 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)

- Tex Ritter (1973) ... (performer: "Fall Away", "Jealous Heart")

- Tex Ritter (1969) ... (performer: "Texas", "A Funny Thing Happened (On the Way to Miami)")

- Tex Ritter (1966) ... (performer: "High Noon", "I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven")

1972 The Magic of Walt Disney World (Short) (performer: "Blood on the Saddle" - uncredited)

1970 The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.32 (1970) ... (performer: "The Wayward Wind", "Boll Weevil")

1967 What Am I Bid? (performer: "I Never Got to Kiss the Girl")

1966 Nashville Rebel (performer: "Hillbilly Heaven")

1965 The Drifter (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- General Store (1965) ... (performer: "I Ride an Old Paint", "Blood on the Saddle", "Boll Weevil")

1960 Startime (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Academy Award Songs (1960) ... (performer: "High Noon", "The Hanging Tree" - uncredited)

1957-1958 Ranch Party (TV Series) (performer - 8 episodes)

- Episode #1.32 (1958) ... (performer: "Ridin' Old Paint")

- Episode #1.21 (1958) ... (performer: "New Moon over My Shoulder")

- Episode #1.35 (1958) ... (performer: "Deck of Cards")

- Episode #1.4 (1957) ... (performer: "Goodbye Old Paint (I'm Leavin' Cheyenne)")

- Episode #1.3 (1957) ... (performer: "The Best Time of All")

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1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Sundown at Bitter Creek (1958) ... (performer: "The Ballad of Dan Case" - uncredited)

1957 Trooper Hook (performer: "Trooper Hook")

1956 Bus Stop (writer: "Rye Whisky" (1936) - uncredited)

1956 Down Liberty Road (Short) (performer: "Freedom Road" - uncredited)

1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Third Rider (1956) ... (performer: "Gunfighters' Lament")

1955 Wichita (performer: "Wichita")

1953 The Marshal's Daughter (performer: "The Marshal's Daughter")

1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (performer: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')")

1952 High Noon (performer: "High Noon" Ballad)

1950 Holiday Rhythm (performer: "Old Chisolm Trail")

1945 Flaming Bullets (performer: "I Hang My Head and Cry", "Be Honest With Me")

1945 Frontier Fugitives (performer: "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry", "I'll Wait For You, Dear")

1945 Three in the Saddle (performer: "I've Done the Best I Could", "Try Me One More Time") / (writer: "I've Done the Best I Could")

1945 Enemy of the Law (performer: "Teach Me To Forget", "You Will Have To Pay") / (writer: "Teach Me To Forget", "You Will Have To Pay")

1945 Beyond the Pecos (writer: "High, Wide and Handsome")

1945 Marked for Murder (performer: "Long Time Gone", "Tears of Regret", "Froggie Went A-Courtin'") / (writer: "Long Time Gone")

1944 The Whispering Skull (performer: "In Case You Change Your Mind", "It's Never Too Late") / (writer: "In Case You Change Your Mind", "It's Never Too Late")

1944 Dead or Alive (performer: "I'm Gonna Leave You Like I Found You", "Don't Care Since You Told Me Goodbye") / (writer: "I'm Gonna Leave You Like I Found You", "Don't Care Since You Told Me Goodbye")

1944 Gangsters of the Frontier ("Please Remember Me")

1944 Oklahoma Raiders (performer: "I'll Be a Cowboy 'Till I Die", "Roll On, Little Dogies, Roll On")

1944 Cowboy Canteen (performer: "Goin' To Lasso a Rainbow" - uncredited)

1944 Marshal of Gunsmoke (arranger: "Git Along Little Dogies") / (performer: "Git Along Little Dogies")

1943 Arizona Trail (performer: "Stay Away From My Heart")

1943 The Lone Star Trail (performer: "I Gotta See Texas Just Once More")

1943 Raiders of San Joaquin (performer: "A Carefree Cowboy")

1943 Cheyenne Roundup (performer: "Rose of the Hills")

1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (performer: "Riding Home")

1942 The Old Chisholm Trail (arranger: "The Rovin' Gambler") / (performer: "Out On The Lone Star Trail", "The Rovin' Gambler")

1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas (arranger: "Cowboy's Lament") / (performer: "Deep In The Heart Of Texas", "Cowboy's Lament")

1942 Vengeance of the West (performer: "Along The Trail Somewhere", "Only Yesterday")

1942 Prairie Gunsmoke (performer: "Where The Buffalo Roam", "Someone To Call Darling") / (writer: "Where The Buffalo Roam")

1942 Home in Wyomin' (arranger: " (Oh My Darling) Clementine")

1942 North of the Rockies (arranger: "Ninety-Nine Days in Jail" - uncredited) / (performer: "Jog, Jog, Jogging Along", "Get Your Man, Mountie Boys, Get Your Man", "Ninety-Nine Days in Jail" (uncredited))

1942 The Lone Star Vigilantes (performer: "Headin' Home to Texas", "When the Moon is Shinging on the Old Corral", "Going to Join the Rangers")

1941 Roaring Frontiers (performer: "You've Got To Come And Get Me Boys", "You're A Part Of The West", "Judge Morrow Will Find The Truth")

1941 Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (performer: "Dynamite Dan", "Song of the Coyotes", "Old Pete the Bandito")

1940 Rollin' Home to Texas (writer: "Give Me a Horse, a Saddle and You")

1940 Roll Wagons Roll (lyrics: "Oh! Susanna") / (performer: "Roll, Wagons, Roll", "Oh! Susanna")

1940 The Golden Trail ("Gold Is Where You Find It") / (arranger: "Clementine") / (performer: "Clementine")

1940 The Cowboy from Sundown (performer: "Symphony of the Prairie", I've Done the Best I Can", The Craw-dad Song") / (writer: I've Done the Best I Can")

1940 Pals of the Silver Sage (performer: "Prairie Fairyland")

1940 Rhythm of the Rio Grande (performer: "Rhythm of the Rio Grande", "Mexicali Moon")

1939 Westbound Stage (performer: "It's All Over Now", "Trail To Mexico")

1939 Riders of the Frontier (arranger: "The Boll Weevil Song") / (performer: "Rose of My Dreams", "Ten Thousand Cattle", "Ridin' Down to Texas", "The Boll Weevil Song")

1939 Down the Wyoming Trail (performer: "It Makes No Difference Now", "In Elk Valley", "Goin' Back to Texas" - uncredited)

1939 The Man from Texas (performer: "Men Who Wear the Stars", "Prairie Lights")

1939 Rollin' Westward (performer: "Out In The Golden West", "Bold Vaquero")

1939 Sundown on the Prairie (arranger: "My Love Is A Rider") / (performer: "Dust On My Saddle", "Cactus Pete", "My Love Is A Rider") / (writer: "Dust On My Saddle")

1938 Song of the Buckaroo (performer: "Texas Dan", "Little Tenderfoot', "I Promise You") / (writer: "I Promise You")

1938 Where the Buffalo Roam (performer: "Where the Buffalo Roam", "Troubador of the Prairie", "Longside of the Sana Fe Trail", "Home on the Range", "Shoot the Buffalo") / (writer: "Where the Buffalo Roam", "Troubador of the Prairie")

1938 Starlight Over Texas ("Starlight Over Texas") / (performer: "Starlight Over Texas", "Ah! Viva Tequila", "A Garden in Granada")

1938 Utah Trail (performer: "Utah Trail", "Give Me Back My Saddle", "A Mighty Good Horse", "A'Roamin' I'll Be")

1938 Rollin' Plains (performer: "Me, My Pal and My Pony", "Rollin' Plains")

1938 Frontier Town (performer: "Old Cayuse", "Yip, Yip, Yowie, I'm an Eagle", "Give Me a Horse, a Saddle and You", "The Cowboy's Lament (Streets of Laredo)", "Old Brass Wagon") / (writer: "Old Cayuse", "Give Me a Horse, a Saddle and You")

1937 Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (performer: "I'm Headin' For My Texas Home", "The Gal I Left Behind Me")

1937 The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (performer: "Ride, Ride, Ride", "I'm A Texas Cowboy", "Ride Around Little Dogies", "Rosita", "A' Ridin' Old Paint")

1937 Riders of the Rockies (performer: "Song of the Open Range", "Arizona Rangers", "Riders of the Rockies", "Home on the Range" - uncredited) / (writer: "Song of the Open Range", "Arizona Rangers", "Riders of the Rockies" - uncredited)

1937 Sing, Cowboy, Sing (performer: "Goodbye Old Paint, I'm a-Leavin' Cheyenne", "Get A Horse and Saddle", "Sing, Cowboy, Sing", "Twilight Reverie" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'm A Natural Born Cowboy", "Sing, Cowboy, Sing", "Twilight Reverie" - uncredited)

1937 Hittin' the Trail ("Hittin' the Trail", uncredited) / (performer: "Hittin' the Trail", "Blood on the Saddle", "Headin' For Town", "The Vagabond Song" (aka "The Renegade Song"), "I'm a Natural Born Cowboy" - uncredited)

1937 Trouble in Texas (performer: "Down the Colorado Trail", "The Rodeo Song", "A Cowboy's Lament") / (writer: "The Rodeo Song")

1937 Arizona Days (performer: "High, Wide and Handsome", "Tombstone, Arizona", "Arizona Days") / (writer: "High, Wide and Handsome", "Tombstone, Arizona", "Arizona Days")

1936 Headin' for the Rio Grande (performer: "Headin' For the Rio Grande", "The Night Herding Song", "A Campfire Love Song", "Jailhouse Lament") / (writer: "Headin' For the Rio Grande", "The Night Herding Song", "A Campfire Love Song", "Jailhouse Lament")

1936 Song of the Gringo (lyrics: "My Sweet Chiquita" (1936), "Rye Whiskey" - uncredited) / (music: "My Sweet Chiquita" (1936), "Rye Whiskey" - uncredited) / (performer: "Out on the Lone Prairie" (1936), "My Sweet Chiquita" (1936), "Sam Hall", "Rye Whiskey" - uncredited)

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Actor (74 credits)

1973 Sing a Country Song

1972 The Marshal of Windy Hollow
Windy Hollow Mayor

1967 What Am I Bid?
Tex Ritter

1966 Girl from Tobacco Row
Reverend E.F. Bolton

1965 The Drifter (TV Series)
Tex

- General Store (1965) ... Tex

1961 The Rebel (TV Series)
Marshall

- The Ballad of Danny Brown (1961) ... Marshall

1959 Shotgun Slade (TV Series)
The Marshal

- The Missing Train (1959) ... The Marshal

1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series)
Balladeer

- Sundown at Bitter Creek (1958) ... Balladeer

1957 Trooper Hook
Title Song Singer (voice)

1956 Studio 57 (TV Series)
Singer

- The Ballad of Jubal Pickett (1956) ... Singer (voice)

1955 The First Bad Man (Short)
Narrator (voice)

1955 Apache Ambush
Traeger

1953 The Marshal's Daughter
Background Singer (singing voice)

1950 Holiday Rhythm
Tex Ritter

1945 Flaming Bullets
Tex Haines

1945 Frontier Fugitives
Tex Haines

1945 Three in the Saddle
Tex Haines

1945 Enemy of the Law
Tex Haines

1945 Marked for Murder
Tex Haines

1944 The Whispering Skull
Tex Haines

1944 Dead or Alive
Tex Haines aka Idaho Kid

1944 Gangsters of the Frontier
Tex Haines

1944 Oklahoma Raiders
Steve Nolan

1944 Cowboy Canteen
Tex Coulter

1944 Marshal of Gunsmoke
Marshal Ward Bailey

1943 Arizona Trail
Johnny Trent

1943 Frontier Badmen
Jerry Kimball - Cattle Buyer (uncredited)

1943 The Lone Star Trail
Fargo Steele

1943 Raiders of San Joaquin
Gil Blake

1943 Cheyenne Roundup
Steve Rawlins

1943 Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Bob Courtney

1942 The Old Chisholm Trail
Montana Smith

1942 Little Joe, the Wrangler
Sheriff Bob Brewster

1942 Deep in the Heart of Texas
Brent Gordon

1942 Vengeance of the West
Captain Tex Lake

1942 Prairie Gunsmoke
Tex Terrell

1942 The Devil's Trail
Marshal Tex Martin

1942 North of the Rockies
Tex Martin

1942 Bullets for Bandits
Sheriff Tex Martin

1942 The Lone Star Vigilantes
Tex Martin

1941 Roaring Frontiers
Tex Martin (Tex Rawlings in credits)

1941 King of Dodge City
Tex Rawlings

1941 The Pioneers
Tex Ritter

1941 Ridin' the Cherokee Trail
Texas Ranger Lt. Tex Ritter

1940 Rollin' Home to Texas
Tex Reed

1940 Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Tex Lawton

1940 Arizona Frontier
Tex

1940 Roll Wagons Roll
Tex Masters

1940 Rainbow Over the Range
Marshal Tex Reed

1940 The Golden Trail
Tex Roberts

1940 The Cowboy from Sundown
Sheriff Tex Rockett

1940 Pals of the Silver Sage
Tex Wright

1940 Rhythm of the Rio Grande
Tex Regan

1939 Westbound Stage
Tex Wallace

1939 Riders of the Frontier
Tex Lowry posing as Ed Carter

1939 Down the Wyoming Trail
Tex Yancey

1939 The Man from Texas
Tex Allen

1939 Rollin' Westward
Tex Ramsey

1939 Sundown on the Prairie
Tex

1938 Song of the Buckaroo
Texas Dan

1938 Where the Buffalo Roam
Tex Houston

1938 Starlight Over Texas
Tex Newman

1938 Utah Trail
Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid

1938 Rollin' Plains
Tex Lawrence

1938 Frontier Town
Tex Lansing, alias Tex Rawlins

1937 Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Tex Collins

1937 The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Tex Martin

1937 Riders of the Rockies
Tex Rand

1937 Sing, Cowboy, Sing
Tex Archer

1937 Hittin' the Trail
Tex Randall

1937 Trouble in Texas
Tex Masters

1937 Arizona Days
Tex Malinson

1936 Headin' for the Rio Grande
Tex Saunders

1936 Song of the Gringo
Tex

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Music department (2 credits)

1937 Riders of the Rockies (songs by)

1936 Song of the Gringo (songs by)

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Self (23 credits)

1974 Hee Haw (TV Series)
Himself - Special Guest

- Episode #5.16 (1974) ... Himself - Special Guest

1966-1973 The Porter Wagoner Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest

- Tex Ritter (1973) ... Himself - Guest

- Tex Ritter (1969) ... Himself - Guest

- Tex Ritter (1966) ... Himself - Guest

1970-1971 The Johnny Cash Show (TV Series)
Herself - Singer / Himself - Singer

- The History of Country Music: Part 1 (1971) ... Herself - Singer

- Episode #1.32 (1970) ... Himself - Singer

1970 The Nashville Sound (Documentary)
Himself

1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 11 August 1970 (1970) ... Himself

1970 Nashville at Wembley (TV Movie)
Himself

1967-1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Vocalist

- Episode #9.93 (1970) ... Himself - Vocalist

- Episode #8.112 (1969) ... Himself

- Episode #7.72 (1967) ... Himself

1969 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode #1.13 (1969) ... Himself

1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Himself

- 2nd Annual Country Music Association Awards (1968) ... Himself

1968 American Profile (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Music from the Land (1968) ... Himself

1966 Anatomy of Pop: The Music Explosion (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1966 Nashville Rebel
Himself

1963-1965 The Jimmy Dean Show (TV Series)
Himself

- The 18th Annual Billboard Country Music Awards (1965) ... Himself

- Episode #1.15 (1963) ... Himself

1961 Five Star Jubilee (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 12 May 1961 (1961) ... Himself

1960 Academy Award Songs (TV Special)
Himself - Singer

1960 Startime (TV Series)
Himself

- Academy Award Songs (1960) ... Himself

1957-1958 Ranch Party (TV Series)
Himself - Host / Singer / Performer

- Episode #1.32 (1958) ... Himself - Host / Performer

- Episode #1.21 (1958) ... Himself - Host / Performer

- Episode #1.35 (1958) ... Himself - Host / Singer

- Episode #1.4 (1957) ... Himself - Host / Singer

- Episode #1.3 (1957) ... Himself - Host / Singer

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1958 The Christophers (TV Series)
Himself

- The Power of Music (1958) ... Himself

1956 Down Liberty Road (Short)
Himself

1954 The Cowboy (Documentary)
Narrator

1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Performer

1952 Town Hall Party (TV Series)
Himself

1949 Hometown Jamboree (TV Series)
Himself (1949-1960)

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Archive footage (18 credits)

2019 My Darling Vivian (Documentary) (post-production)
Himself

2018 Behind Closed Doors (TV Series)
Himself

- John Ritter (2018) ... Himself

2018 Forgotten Movie Music, 1929-1985

2008 The Best of the Porter Wagoner Show! Classic Shows: Vol. 1 (Video)
Himself

2007 Opry Video Classics: Pioneers (Video)
Himself

2003 City Confidential (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Carthage: Frozen Assets (2003) ... Himself

2003 A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (TV Movie documentary)

2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV Movie documentary)

1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself (1996)

1991 Sprockets (TV Series)

- Sound in the Sagebrush (1991)

1987 The West That Never Was (TV Movie documentary)

1984 Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee (Video documentary)

1977 All You Need Is Love (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Making Moonshine: Country Music (1977) ... Himself

1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Tex

1972 The Magic of Walt Disney World (Short)
Big Al - Country Bear Jamboree (uncredited)

1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series)
Himself

- They Went That-a-way (1963) ... Himself

1956 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV Series)
Tex

- Three in the Saddle (1956) ... Tex

- Enemy of the Law (1956) ... Tex

1952 Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
Stock Footage from a Monogram Western (uncredited)

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Country Music Hall of Fame" (USP) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies | 3 Articles | See more »

Height:

5' 11" (1.8 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[Asked on "The Dick Cavett Show" if being named "Tex" had a negative effect on his unsuccessful run for the US Senate in Tennessee.] Well, Tennessee is the mother of Texas. We never have discovered who the father was.