Tex Ritter(1905-1974)

Tex Ritter was born on 12 January 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the Gringo (1936), High Noon (1952) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was married to Dorothy Fay. He died on 2 January 1974 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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Asteroid City
6.5
- performer: "(I Got Spurs) Jingle Jangle Jingle", "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)"
- 2023
Belfast
7.2
- performer: "Do Not Forsake Me, (Oh My Darlin')"
- 2021
Goliath
8.1
TV Series
- performer: "Billy The Kid"
- 2019
Bloodline
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "The Gallows Pole"
- 2015
A Thousand Suns
7.1
- performer: "High Noon"
- 2013
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
8.3
Video
- performer: "Ride, Ride, Ride", "Down the Trail of My Dreams" (uncredited)
- 2009
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers
Video
- performer: "High Noon"
- 2007
Neal Cassady
6.1
- performer: "We'll Rest at the End of the Trail"
- 2007
RocKwiz
7.7
TV Series
- writer: "Long Time Gone" (uncredited)
- 2007
Ramona
6.8
TV Mini Series
- performer: "High Noon"
- 2003
Ready to Rumble
5.3
- performer: "Wayward Wind"
- 2000
Varsity Blues
6.5
- performer: "The Wayward Wind"
- 1999
I'll Be Home for Christmas
5.5
- performer: "Christmas Carols By The Old Corral"
- 1998
American Strays
5.2
- performer: " (I Got Spurs) Jingle Jangle Jingle"
- 1996
Canadian Bacon
5.9
- performer: "God Bless America Again"
- 1995

Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- January 12, 1905
- Murvaul, Texas, USA
Died
- January 2, 1974
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA(heart attack)
Spouse
- Dorothy FayJune 14, 1941 - January 2, 1974 (his death, 2 children)
Children
Relatives
Other works
Unsold pilot: Co-starred with Charles Aidman in a pilot for a series to be called "Henry D".
Publicity listings
- 2 Print Biographies
- 3 Articles

Quotes
[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.