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John Ritter

John Ritter beat out 50 people, including a young Billy Crystal, to get a major role. The first pilot was trashed, and in order for it to be improved, Joyce DeWitt, an unknown actress, played the role of "Janet Wood", along with Suze Lanier-Bramlett as the dumb blonde, "Chrissy Snow". It did better than the first pilot, but the producers still needed a change and Suzanne Somers came to the show at the very last minute to play "Chrissy". The series, Three's Company (1976), was born. When it debut

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Stephen King's It

1990
as Ben Hanscom

8 Simple Rules

2002
as Paul Hennessy

Bride of Chucky

1998
as Chief Warren Kincaid

Bad Santa

2003
as Bob Chipeska

Montana

1998
as Dr. Wexler

Panic

2000
as Dr. Josh Parks

The Other

1972
as Rider

The Making of High Noon

1992
as John Ritter

North

1994
as Ward Nelson

Americathon

1979
as President Chet Roosevelt

The Flight of Dragons

1982
as Peter Dickenson

Wholly Moses

1980
as Satan (The Devil)

Chance of a Lifetime

1998
as Tom Maguire

Three's Company

1977
as Jack Tripper

Heartbeat

1993
as Bill Grant

Manhood

2003
as Eli

Stay Tuned

1992
as Roy Knable

The Last Fling

1987
as Phillip Reed

Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

2006
as Great Uncle Stew (voice)

Hooperman

1987
as Detective Harry Hooperman

Problem Child 2

1991
as Ben Healy

The Dreamer of Oz

1990
as L. Frank Baum

Ringo

1978
as Marty Flesh

Shadow of Doubt

1998
as Steven Mayer

It Came From the Sky

1999
as Donald Bridges

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

2000
as Christian Therapist

Holy Joe

1999
as Joe Cass

A Child's Wish

1997
as Ed Chandler

The Goldie Hawn Special

1978
as John Ritter

Hearts Afire

1992
as John Hartman

Nuncrackers

2001
as Narrator

Nowhere

1997
as Moses Helper

Noises Off...

1992
as Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain

Sling Blade

1996
as Vaughan Cunningham

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

1986
as Judge Harold Benton

The Comeback Kid

1980
as Bubba Newman

The Colony

1995
as Rick Knowlton

Real Men

1987
as Bob Wilson

Lethal Vows

1999
as Dr. David Farris

Prison for Children

1987
as David Royce

Loss of Faith

1998
as Bruce Simon Barker

Nickelodeon

1976
as Franklin Frank

Skin Deep

1989
as Zachary Hutton

Tadpole

2002
as Stanley Grubman

Gramps

1995
as Clarke MacGruder

Leave Yesterday Behind

1978
as Paul Stallings

Terror Tract

2001
as Bob Carter

They All Laughed

1981
as Charles Rutledge

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

1997
as Duncan the Bartender

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988
as Dudley Goode

TripFall

2000
as Tom Williams

Sunset Limousine

1983
as Alan O'Black

Clifford the Big Red Dog

2000
as Clifford (voice)

Tricks of the Trade

1988
as Donald Todsen

Hero at Large

1980
as Steve Nichols

Three's a Crowd

1984
as Jack Tripper

Producer

Movie Poochinski 1990

Guest Star

Episode Three's Company
Stanley, the Ladies' Man - The Ropers S02 Opener
1979
Series Robin Williams: Comic Genius 1977
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
Murder by Proxy
1975
Episode Batman Beyond
The Last Resort
2000
Episode Touched by an Angel
Random Acts
1996
Episode Wings
Love Overboard
1996
Episode The Bob Newhart Show
Sorry, Wrong Mother
1974
Episode Saturday Night Live
Calista Flockhart/Ricky Martin
2000
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
The Fourteenth Floor
1994
Episode Rhoda
Attack on Mr. Right
1976
Episode T.V. Funhouse
Chinese New Years Day
2001
Episode Dan August
Quadrangle for Death
1970
Episode The Larry Sanders Show
Off Camera
1993
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
John Ritter, Jimmy Aleck, Robyn Douglass
1984
Episode The Ropers
The Party
1979
Episode Life with Lucy
Lucy Makes a Hit with John Ritter
1986
Episode Touched by an Angel
Black Like Monica
1999
Episode The Cosby Show
Total Control
1991
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Monogamy
2002
Episode Rhoda
Chest Pains
1975
Episode Dave's World
The Accidental Tourists
1995
Episode Starsky & Hutch
The Hostages
1976
Episode King of the Hill
The Witches of East Arlen
2003
Episode The Love Boat
Oh, Dale!/The Main Event/A Tasteful Affair
1977
Episode Mannix
Hardball
1975
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Dorothy Stratten
2000
Episode The Ellen Show
Gathering Moss (a.k.a. The Flood, a.k.a. For God's Sake)
1970
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Three's Company
1998
Episode Tucker
Homewrecker for the Holidays
2001
Episode Barnaby Jones
The Price of Terror
1975
Episode The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Ted's Wedding
1975
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Two Doves And Mr. Heron
1971
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), John Ritter, Larry Miller, Frank Bruno
1989
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
Robin Williams: Off the Wall
1978
Episode The Associates (1979)
The Censors
1980
Episode King of the Hill
What Makes Bobby Run?
2000
Episode Petrocelli
Chain of Command
1975
Episode MADtv
Episode #803
2002
Episode NewsRadio
The Shrink
1995
Episode M*A*S*H
Deal Me Out
1973
Episode Over the Top
The Nemesis
1997
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
John Ritter, Mo Rocca
2003
Episode Ally McBeal
It's My Party
1998
Episode Family Law
Possession is Nine Tenths of the Law
2000
Episode Chicago Hope
Simon Sez
2000
Episode King of the Hill
The Son That Got Away
1997
Episode Ally McBeal
Story of Love
1998
Episode Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ted
1997
Episode Scrubs
My Old Man
2002
Episode King of the Hill
Stressed for Success
2004
Episode Dave's World
A Room With a View
1994