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John Ritter
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Actor Born: September 17, 1948 in Burbank, CA Death: September 11, 2003 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Best known as the loose-limbed klutz Jack Tripper from the hit ABC sitcom "Three's Company", "John Ritter" also had a long (if undistinguished) film career, dating back to the early '70s. Perhaps taking a cue from "Robin Williams", Ritter fashioned a full beard when he put his slapstick days behind him, remaking himself as a serious dramatic actor both on television and in the movies in the 1990s. Ritter was born in Burbank, CA, on September 17, 1948, the second son of Western singing stars "Tex Ritter" and "Dorothy Fay", whose talent for song he once admitted he did not inherit. Ritter was class body president at Hollywood High School before enrolling at the University of Southern California, where he majored in psychology and minored in architecture. In his third year, he decided to take a drama class taught by "Nina Foch", and quickly changed his major, graduating in 1971. (He later studied with... Full Biography
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