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John Ritter is known for:

  • Bride of Chucky
    Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts.
  • Bad Santa
    A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot.
  • Problem Child
    Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.

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Biography

John Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian whose perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively. He's also known for playing the title character on the 2000's PBS Kids adaptation of Clifford the Big Red Dog. He appeared in over 100 films and television series combined and performed on Broadway, with roles including adult Ben Hanscom in IT (1990), Ben Healy Jr. in the first two Problem Child movies (1990 and 1991), and Vaughn Cunningham in Sling Blade (1996). On September 11th 2003 while rehearsing on the set of 8 Simple Rules....for Dating My Teenage Daughter, John suddenly fell ill, thinking that he had food poisoning. He was then taken across the street to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, which was across the street from the Walt Disney Studios lot (where rehearsals for 8 Simple Rules took place). Ritter was treated initially for a heart attack when in reality, he was suffering from an aortic dissection, which the physicians failed to detect and diagnose. His condition worsened and was then later taken into surgery, where he was pronounced dead at 10:58 that evening. He was 54 years old. Ritter's final films Bad Santa (2003; posthumously released two months later), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004; posthumously) and Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (2006; posthumously released as his final voice acting role) were all dedicated in his memory.