Tex Ritter ( Eng. Woodward Maurice Ritter , January 12, 1905 - January 2, 1974 ) is an American country singer and actor [1] , popular from the mid-1930s to the 1960s. Father of John Ritter , grandfather of Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter . In the movie he played singing cowboys.
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| Birth name | Woodward Maurice Ritter |
| Date of Birth | January 12, 1905 |
| Place of Birth | Panola County , Texas , USA |
| Date of death | January 2, 1974 (68 years old) |
| Place of death | Nashville , Tennessee , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | singer , actor |
| Years of activity | 1928-1974 |
| Instruments | guitar |
| Genres | country western |
| Labels | Columbia Records , Decca Records , Capitol Records |
In 1964, Tex Ritter was inducted into the Country Hall of Fame [2] .
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Early life
Woodworth Maurice Ritter was born in 1905 in the family of American Martha Elizabeth Matthews and German-American James Everett Ritter. Tex grew up on a family farm in Panola County ; attended elementary school in Carthage and high school in Beaumont . After graduating with honors, Tex entered the University of Texas at Austin ; studied humanities and specialized in management, political science and economics.
Career
Radio and Broadway
Cinema
Sound Recording
Later work
Senate Campaign
In 1970, Ritter surprised many people by participating in the Republican primary from Tennessee to the Senate . Despite the great recognition of his name, he lost the vast majority to Rep. Bill Brock , who then defeated incumbent Senator Albert Gore Sr. during the general election.
Personal life
Ritter has been married to actress Dorothy Fey since June 14, 1941 . The couple had two sons: Thomas Ritter and actor John Ritter . Tex helped establish the United Cerebral Palsy Disability Assistance Organization after it became known about Tom's disease. Ritter and his sons spent a lot of time raising funds and raising public awareness to help other patients.
Death
In 1974, Tex suffered a heart attack and died in Nashville, not having lived 10 days before his 69th birthday.
His last recording was a cover of the famous article by Gordon Sinclair "The Americans". Shortly after Ritter's death, he took 35th place on the country chart . Tex Ritter was buried at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Nesses , Jefferson County , Texas.
Legacy
For his contribution to the recording industry, Ritter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (star No. 6631); he and his son John became the first father and son to receive stars for different categories. In 1980, Ritter was at the in Oklahoma City . There is a museum named after him in Carthage; also, Ritter was one of the first to be included in the Texas Music Hall of Fame in the same Cartage.
Ritter's voice belongs to the audio animatronic bear Big Al of Country Bear Jamboree in the Walt Disney Kingdom . Ritter's character performs "Blood on the Saddle" and continues until the very end, while the rest of the characters try to drown him out.
Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | f | Sing a country song | Ryan | |
| 1972 | f | The marshal of windy hollow | mayor | |
| 1966 | f | The Girl from Tobacco Row | preacher Bolton | |
| 1965 | ms | Tom and Jerry | Tom and jerry | scoring |
| 1958 | with | Ranch party | ||
| 1956 | f | Down Liberty Road | Down liberty road | George |
| 1955 | f | The first bad man | narrator | |
| 1955 | f | Apache ambush | Trager | |
| 1955 | f | Wichita | Wichita | singer |
| 1952 | f | Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory | ||
| 1950 | f | Holiday rhythm | Tex Ritter | |
| 1945 | f | Flaming bullets | texas ranger tex haines | |
| 1945 | f | Frontier fugitives | texas ranger tex haines | |
| 1945 | f | Three in the saddle | Three in the Saddle | Tex Haines |
| 1945 | f | Enemy of the Law | Enemy of the law | Tex Haines |
| 1945 | f | Marked for murder | Tex Haines | |
| 1944 | f | The whispering skull | Tex Haines | |
| 1944 | f | Dead or Alive | Dead or alive | Tex Haines |
| 1944 | f | Gangsters of the frontier | Tex Haines | |
| 1944 | f | Oklahoma rangers | Oklahoma raiders | Steve Nolan |
| 1944 | f | Cowboy canteen | Tex Coulter | |
| 1944 | f | Marshal of gunsmoke | Marshal Ward Bailey | |
| 1943 | f | Arizona trail | Johnny trent | |
| 1943 | f | Frontier badmen | Jerry Kimball | |
| 1943 | f | The lone star trail | Fargo Steel | |
| 1943 | f | Raiders of san joaquin | Jill blake | |
| 1943 | f | Cheyenne roundup | Steve Rawlins | |
| 1943 | f | Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | Bob Courtney | |
| 1942 | f | The old chisholm trail | Montana Smith | |
| 1942 | f | Little Joe, the Wrangler | Sheriff Bob Brewster | |
| 1942 | f | Deep in the heart of texas | Brent gordon | |
| 1942 | f | Vengeance of the west | captain Tex Lake | |
| 1942 | f | Prairie gunsmoke | Tex Tyrrell | |
| 1942 | f | The devil's trail | Marshal Tex Martin | |
| 1942 | f | North of the rockies | Tex Martin | |
| 1942 | f | Bullets for bandits | Sheriff Tex Martin | |
| 1942 | f | Lone star vigilantes | Tex Martin | |
| 1941 | f | Roaring frontiers | Tex Martin (Rawlings) | |
| 1941 | f | King of dodge city | Tex Rawlings | |
| 1941 | f | The pioneers | Tex | |
| 1941 | f | Ridge 'the cherokee trail | ranger lieutenant tex ritter | |
| 1940 | f | Rolling home to texas | Tex Reed | |
| 1940 | f | Take Me Back to Oklahoma | Tex Lawton | |
| 1940 | f | Arizona frontier | Tex | |
| 1940 | f | Roll, Wagons, Roll | Tex Masters | |
| 1940 | f | Rainbow over the range | Tex Reed | |
| 1940 | f | The golden trail | Tex Roberts | |
| 1940 | f | Cowboy from sundown | Sheriff Tex Rockett | |
| 1940 | f | Pals of the silver sage | Tex Wright | |
| 1940 | f | Rhythm of the rio grande | Tex Regan | |
| 1939 | f | Westbound stage | Tex Wallace | |
| 1939 | f | Riders of the frontier | Tex Loveri | |
| 1939 | f | Down the wyoming trail | Tex Yancy | |
| 1939 | f | The man from texas | Tex Allen | |
| 1939 | f | Rollin 'westward | Tex | |
| 1939 | f | Sunset on the Prairie | Sundown on the prairie | Tex |
| 1938 | f | Song of the buckaroo | Dan | |
| 1938 | f | Where the buffalo roam | Tex Houston | |
| 1938 | f | Starlight Over Texas | Tex Newman | |
| 1938 | f | The utah trail | Tex Stewart | |
| 1938 | f | Rollin 'plains | Tex Lawrence | |
| 1938 | f | Frontier town | Tex Lansing (Rawlins) | |
| 1937 | f | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Tex Collins | |
| 1937 | f | The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Tex Martin | |
| 1937 | f | Riders of the rockies | Tex Rand | |
| 1937 | f | Sing, Cowboy, Sing | Tex Archer | |
| 1937 | f | Hittin 'the trail | Tex Randall | |
| 1937 | f | Trouble in texas | Tex Masters | |
| 1937 | f | Arizona days | Tex Malinson | |
| 1936 | f | Headin 'for the Rio Grande | Tex Sanders | |
| 1936 | f | Song of the gringo | Tex |
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | US country | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Children's Songs and Stories | Capitol records | |
| 1954 | Cowboy favorites | ||
| 1958 | Songs from the Western Screen | ||
| Psalms | |||
| 1960 | Blood on the saddle | ||
| 1961 | Lincoln hymns | ||
| Hillbilly heaven | |||
| 1962 | With Stan Kenton | ||
| 1963 | Border affair | ||
| 1965 | Friendly voice | ||
| 1966 | The best of tex ritter | 38 | |
| 1967 | Sweet land of liberty | 43 | |
| Just beyond the moon | 18 | ||
| 1968 | Bump Tiddil Dee Bum Bum! | 38 | |
| Wild west | |||
| 1969 | Chuck wagon days | ||
| 1970 | Green green valley | ||
| 1972 | Super country legendary | ||
| 1973 | An american legend | 7 | |
| 1974 | Fall away | 44 | |
| 1976 | Comin 'After Jinny |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart position | Album | |
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| US country | US [3] | |||
| 1944 | “I'm Wastin 'My Tears on You” | one | eleven | single single |
| “There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder” | 2 | 21 | ||
| 1945 | Jealous Heart | 2 | ||
| "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" | one | |||
| 1946 | "You Will Have To Pay" | one | ||
| "Christmas Carols by the Old Corral" | 2 | |||
| "Long Time Gone" | five | |||
| "When You Leave Don't Slam the Door" | 3 | |||
| “Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?” | 3 | |||
| 1948 | "Rye Whiskey" | 9 | ||
| "The Deck of Cards" | ten | |||
| Pecos Bill | 15 | |||
| "Rock and Rye" | five | |||
| 1950 | Daddy's Last Letter | 6 | ||
| 1952 | "High Noon" (Do Not Forsake Me) | 12 | ||
| 1956 | "The Wayward Wind" | 28 | ||
| 1961 | "I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven" | five | 20 | Hillbilly heaven |
| 1966 | "The Men in My Little Girl's Life" | 50 | Just beyond the moon | |
| 1967 | "Just Beyond the Moon" | 13 | ||
| "A Working Man's Prayer" | 59 | single single | ||
| 1968 | "Texas" | 69 | Wild west | |
| 1969 | “A Funny Thing Happened” (On the Way to Miami) | 53 | singles only | |
| "Growin 'Up" | 39 | |||
| 1970 | "Green Green Valley" | 57 | Green green valley | |
| 1971 | "Fall Away" | 67 | Fall away | |
| 1972 | 'Comin' After Jinny ' | 67 | Comin 'After Jinny | |
| 1974 | The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion) | 35 | 90 | An american legend |
Notes
- ↑ Tex Ritter - Biography . AllMusic . Date of treatment March 14, 2015.
- ↑ Tex Ritter . Country Hall of Fame . Date of treatment March 14, 2015.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. - Record Research, Inc, 2011. - P. 753. - ISBN 0-89820-188-8 .
Links
- Tex Ritter on AllMusic
- Tex Ritter biography on CMT website
- Tex Ritter Biography on Oldies.com
- Tex Ritter's biography on the Country Hall of Fame website
- Tex Ritter 's TCM Profile
- Articles mentioning Tex Ritter in the Encyclopedia Britannica
- Tex Ritter singing a cowboy at Legacy.com
- Tex Ritter on Find a Grave
- Tex Ritter on the Internet Movie Database
- Tex Ritter on the Internet Broadway Database