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John Ritter

Highest Rated:: 96% Sling Blade (1996)
Lowest Rated:: 7% Problem Child (1990)

Birthday:: Sep 17, 1948
Birthplace:: Not Available
Bio:: 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,…

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Highest Rated Movies

Sling Blade
96%
Panic
92%
The Other
86%
Tadpole
77%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 7% - 96%

Number of Movies: 65

Box Office Since 2001: $65.6M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2006		Clifford's Big Halloween	Actor	--
2005		Clifford the Big Red Dog - Doggie Detectives	Actor	--
2004		Nuncrackers	Actor	--
2004	53%	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Director Clifford	$2.8M
2003		Manhood	Eli	--
2003		Nuncrackers - The Nunsense Christmas Musical	Actor	--
2003		Man of the Year	Actor	--
2003	77%	Bad Santa	Bob Chipeska	$59.9M
2002	77%	Tadpole	Stanley Grubman	$2.9M
2000		Terror Tract	Bob Carter	--
2000		Tripfall	Actor	--
2000	92%	Panic	Josh Parks	--
2000		Clifford the Big Red Dog - Clifford's Best Friends	Actor	--
2000		Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel	Actor	--
2000		Clifford the Big Red Dog - Here Comes Clifford	Actor	--
1999		Lethal Vows	Actor	--
1999		It Came from the Sky	Donald Bridges	--
1999		Holy Joe (Man of Miracles)	Joe Cass	--
1998		Shadow of Doubt	Actor	--
1998		The History of Toys and Games	Actor	--
1998		Montana	Dr. Wexler	--
1998	27%	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Robert Forrest	--
1998		American Red Cross Emergency Test	Actor	--
1998		Dead Husbands	Actor	--
1998	42%	Bride of Chucky	Chief Warren Kincaid	--
1997		Hacks (The Big Twist) (Sink or Swim)	Hank	--
1997		Nowhere	Moses Helper	--
1997		Mercenary	Actor	--
1997		A Gun, A Car, A Blonde	Actor	--
1996	96%	Sling Blade	Vaughan Cunningham	--
1996		Unforgivable	Paul Hegstrom	--
1995		The Colony	Actor	--
1994	11%	North	Ward Nelson	--
1993		Prison for Children	Actor	--
1992	50%	Stay Tuned	Roy Knable	--
1992		Heartbeat	Actor	--
1992		Real Story of O Christmas Tree	Actor	--
1992	57%	Noises Off...	Garry Lejeune	--
1991	14%	Problem Child 2	Ben Healy	--
1990	7%	Problem Child	Ben Healy	--
1990	64%	Stephen King's It	Ben Hanscom	--
1989		Last Fling	Actor	--
1989	42%	Skin Deep	Zach Hutton	--
1989		My Brother's Wife	Barney	--
1988		Tricks of the Trade	Donald Todsen	--
1987		Real Men	Bob Wilson	--
1986		Unnatural Causes	Actor	--
1986		The Last Fling	Phillip	--
1986		A Smoky Mountain Christmas	Actor	--
1985		Letting Go	Actor	--
1984		Love Thy Neighbor	Danny Loeb	--
1983		Sunset Limousine	Alan O'Black	--
1982		In Love With An Older Woman	Actor	--
1982		Pray TV	Tom McPherson	--
1981	33%	They All Laughed	Actor	--
1980		Wholly Moses!	Devil	--
1980		Comeback Kid	Actor	--
1980		Hero at Large	Steve Nichols	--
1976	14%	Nickelodeon	Franklin Frank	--
1973		The Stone Killer	Hart	--
1972	86%	The Other	Rider	--
1971		The Barefoot Executive	Roger	--
1971		Evil Roy Slade	Minister	--
1971		Scandalous John	Wendell	--
		Montana, (Nothing Personal)	Actor	--

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1. Doyle Hargraves: [shouting] We don't got no Goddamn band! We don't need to fucking practice, Randy! We don't no shit-ass manager neither! You motherfuckers! You all are a bunch of losers! I'm the only sane son-of-a-bitch here! So get the *fuck* out of my house now!
2. Vaughan Cunningham: It's not your house, Doyle, it's Linda's.
3. Doyle Hargraves: I'll whip the dog shit out of you, Vaughan. I will [shouts] fucking kill you if you talk to me again!
From Sling Blade. Submitted by John D (3 months ago)

1. Karl Childers: Not funny ha-ha, funny queer. Mmm-hmm.
2. Vaughan Cunningham: Well that's a very offensive way to put it. You shouldn't say that, Karl.
From Sling Blade. Submitted by John D (3 months ago)