Tex Ritter
Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and actor popular from the mid 1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and Tyler, and granddaughter Carly). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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| Full name at birth | Woodward Maurice Ritter
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| Claim to fame | High Noon, Trouble In Texas
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| Date of birth | 12 January 1905
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| Place of birth | Murvaul, Texas, USA
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| Date of death | 2 January 1974
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| Age | 68 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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| Cause of death | Heart Attack
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| Resting place | Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, USA
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| Occupation | Actor, Country Singer
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- Father of Tom Ritter
- Singer, father of John Ritter.
- Buried in Port Neches, Texas.
- Grandfather of Stella Ritter.
- His horse in his earlier movies was called White Flash.
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