Born on this day – John Ritter:

John Ritter

Actor

Producer

Writer

September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 57th Annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1978); 8 Simple Rules (2002–2003); A Child's Wish (1997); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986); ABC Presents Tomorrow's Stars (1978); ABC Presents: A Royal Gala (1988); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (1997–2002); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1998); American Masters (1989); Americathon (1979); An All Star Salute to Country Music (1990); Anything But Love (1989 / 1991); Artists of the Roundtable (2022); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Bachelor-at-Law (1973); Bad Santa (2003); Bad Santa: Outtakes (2003); Barnaby Jones (1975); Batman Beyond (2000); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Biography (1987–2009); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Bonkers! (1979); Breakaway (1984); Breakfast in Bed (1977); Breaking Ground (1987); Breaking News (2002); Bride of Chucky (1998); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Captain Kangaroo (1977); CBS Mornings (1989 / 2001); CBS: 50 Years from Television City (2002); Celebrity Page (2019–2021); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Century of Country (1999); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Chicago Hope (2000); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2014); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Learning Activities (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Musical Memory Games (2002); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics (2003); Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004); Completely Off the Wall (1979); Crazy World, Crazy People (1968); Dan August (1970); Dave's World (1994–1995); Dead Husbands (1998); Dead Man's Gun / Segment: The Great McDonacle (1997); Dinah! (1978); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Doc (1976); Donahue (1978); Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2002); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2023); ET in TV Land (2003); Evening (1987); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Extra (2003); Family Law (2000); Felicity (2000–2002); Fish Police (1992); For Hope (1996); Fox and Friends (2002); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Get Rich Quick! (1977); Gilbert (2017); Given a Chance... A Little Girl's Journey (2003); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2023); Good Day Live (2002); Good Morning America (1977–2003); Graham Nash: Innocent Eyes / Music Video (1986); Gramps (1995); Great Performances (1975); Hacks (1997); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade (1996); Have Faith (1989); Hawaii Five-O (1971–1977); Heartbeat (1993); Hearts Afire (1992–1995); Hee Haw (1978); Help Save Planet Earth (1990); Hero at Large (1980); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Insider (2020 / 2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Squares (2000–2003); Holy Joe (1999); Hooperman (1987–1989); Hour Magazine (1982–1988); How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness (1978); I Love You (1978); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); In Love with an Older Woman (1982); Inside TV Land (2001–2002); Insight (1981); Intimate Portrait (2000); It (1990); It Came from the Sky (1999); It's Howdy Doody Time (1987); I've Got a Secret (2001); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (2003); John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body (1980); King of the Hill (1997–2004); Kojak (1974); KTLA Morning News (2002); Larry King Live (2000 / 2003); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997–2003); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002); Leave Yesterday Behind (1978); Lethal Vows (1999); Letting Go (1985); Life with Lucy (1986); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Live with Kelly and Mark (2000–2002); Living Seas (1986); Loss of Faith (1998); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); Love Thy Neighbor (1984); M*A*S*H (1973); M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television (2024); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2000); Mad TV (2002); Man of the Year (2002); Manhood (2003); Mannix (1975); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1993); Maury (1991); Medical Center (1973); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mercenary (1996); Merry Christmas from the Grand Ole Opry (1978); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Montana (1998); Morning Joe (2023); Movin' On (1975); Muppet Babies (1990); Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (2023); My Adventures in Television (2002); My Brother's Wife (1989); Nature (2001); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); NewsRadio (1995); Nickelodeon (1976); Noises Off... (1992); North (1994); Nostalgia Critic (2014); Nowhere (1997); Nuncrackers (2001); Omnibus (1980); Ordinary/Extraordinary (1997); Over the Top (1997); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Panic (2000); Petrocelli (1975); Phyllis (1976); Poochinski (1990); Pray TV (1982); Prison for Children (1987); Problem Child (1990); Problem Child 2 (1991); Pryor's Place (1984); Real Men (1987); Regis and Kelly in Prime Time (2002); Rhoda (1975–1976); Ringo (1978); Robin Williams: Off the Wall (1978); Ryan & Ruby (2014); Saturday Night Live (2000); Scandalous John (1971); Scrubs (2002); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shadow of Doubt (1998); Skin Deep (1989); Sling Blade (1996); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stand-up Comics Take a Stand (1988); Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (2006); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1987 (1987); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1988 (1988); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1989 (1989); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1990 (1990); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1991 (1991); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stay Tuned (1992); Strong Kids, Safe Kids (1984); Sunday Night Live (1984); Sunset Limousine (1983); Super Birthday: A World's Fair Salute to Bob Hope (1984); Superstar (2021); Superstars and Their Moms (1987); Tadpole (2002); Tales from the Crypt (2000); Tattletales (1977); Teenage America: Glory Years (1986); Terror Tract / Segment: Make Me An Offer (2000); That Thing on ABC (1978); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (1984); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 1978 Cerebral Palsy Telethon Benefit (1978); The 1983 Annual American Image Awards (1983); The 1987 Annual Salute to Hollywood Benefit (1987); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2001); The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards (2003); The 2nd TV Academy Hall of Fame (1985); The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2003); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1983 (1983); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 4th Annual Family Television Awards (2002); The 4th Annual People's Choice Awards (1978); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The Alan Hamel Show (1978–1979); The American Cinematheque Honors Ron Howard (1990); The American Red Cross Emergency Test (1990); The Associates (1980); The Barefoot Executive (1971); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); The Colony (1995); The Comeback Kid (1980); The Daily Show (2002); The Dating Game (1967); The Dick Cavett Show (1990–1992); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Ellen Show (2002); The Factor (2008); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Flight of Dragons (1982); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The Game Show Show (2023); The Goldie Hawn Special (1978); The Greatest Commercials Ever Made (1995); The History of Comedy (2018); The History of Toys and Games (1997); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); The Insider (2014); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1994); The Last Fling (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2003); The Lie (1973); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Love Boat (1977–1983); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1983 / 1984); The Magical World of Disney (1973 / 1989); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Making of: The Other (2021); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Night That Panicked America (1975); The Only Way Out (1993); The Other (1972); The Other Half (2002); The Paul Ryan Show (1978); The Power of Play (2002); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Real Story of O Christmas Tree (1991); The Regis Philbin Show (1982); The Rookies (1975); The Ropers (1979); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999–2000); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Singing Cowboys Ride Again (1979); The Stone Killer (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Summer My Father Grew Up (1991); The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1977–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2002); The View (2002); The Waltons (1972–1976); The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980); The Wayne Brady Show (2002); The World's Greatest Magic 3 (1996); The World's Greatest Magic 4 (1997); The World's Greatest Magic 5 (1998); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is My Father (1999); Three's a Crowd (1984–1985); Three's Company (1976–1984); Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King (2003); Totally Animals (1996); Touched by an Angel (1996–1999); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); Tricks of the Trade (1988); Tripfall (2000); Tucker (2001); TV Funhouse (2001); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals (1999); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Road Trip (2002); TVography: Suzanne Somers - Mastering Success (2002); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Unforgivable (1996); Unnatural Causes (1986); Veronica's Closet (1999); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); Visionado obligado (2011); Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (2002); We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (1987); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1986); What About Me? I'm Only 3! (1992); What's Life Got to Do with It? (2011); Whew! (1979); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wings (1996).