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Tex Ritter (1905–1974)
Tex Ritter was born on January 12, 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA as Woodward Maurice Ritter. He was married to Dorothy Fay. He died on January 2, 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Born:in Murvaul, Texas, USADied:(age 68) in Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
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2019
Goliath
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Argus 2: Battledome
(2019)
... (performer: "Billy The Kid")
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)
1984
Arena
(TV Series documentary) (arranger - 1 episode)
- The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
(1984)
... (arranger: "Long Time Gone" - uncredited)
The Porter Wagoner Show
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 1966 - 1973) (writer - 1 episode, 1970)
- Tex Ritter
(1973)
... (performer: "Fall Away", "Jealous Heart")
- Bobby Lewis
(1970)
... (writer: "Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)")
- 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
(Documentary short) (performer: "Blood on the Saddle" - uncredited)
The Johnny Cash Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 1970) (performer - 1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #2.2
(1970)
... (writer: "Here Was a Man")
- Episode #1.32
(1970)
... (performer: "The Wayward Wind", "Boll Weevil")
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")
1958
Zane Grey Theater
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Sundown at Bitter Creek
(1958)
... (performer: "The Ballad of Dan Case" - uncredited)
1956
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Third Rider
(1956)
... (performer: "Gunfighters' Lament")
1953
The 25th Annual Academy Awards
(TV Special) (performer: "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')")
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
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
Oklahoma Raiders
(performer: "I'll Be a Cowboy 'Till I Die", "Roll On, Little Dogies, Roll On")
1944
Marshal of Gunsmoke
(arranger: "Git Along Little Dogies") / (performer: "Git Along Little Dogies")
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
Prairie Gunsmoke
(performer: "Where The Buffalo Roam", "Someone To Call Darling") / (writer: "Where The Buffalo Roam")
1942
The Devil's Trail
(performer: "When the Sun Goes Down", "Hi Diddle Dum, Diddle Dum, Diddle Dee")
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
Bullets for Bandits
(performer: "With My Boots On When I Die", "Somewhere on the Lone Prairie", "Reelin', Rockin', Rollin' (Down the Trail)")
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
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")
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
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
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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Other Works:
Stage: Appeared (as "Red Dog" / "A Man"; final Broadway role) in "Mother Lode" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Dan Totheroh and George O'Neil. Directed by Melvyn Douglas (also in cast as "Cary Ried"). Cort Theatre: 22 Dec 1934-Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Ivan Arbuckle (as "Yank"), Frank Baer (as "Ensemble"), ... See more »Height:
5' 11" (1.8 m)
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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.Trivia:
Buried in Port Neches, Texas. See more »Nickname:
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