Country Music Singer and Actor. A major star in the 1930s and 1940s as a Western cowboy for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and Monogram Pictures, he was also the father of actor John Ritter. Known as America's Most Beloved Cowboy, he went on to star at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Along his wife,...

Tex Ritter

Singer. Born James Clarence Wakely in Mineola, Arkansas, he was a country music entertainer and one of the last vocalists to make it in movies as a singing cowboy. In 1937, he formed The Bell Boys, a country Western singing group which toured and evolved into the Jimmy Wakely Trio and was featured on CBS Radio. Signed...

Tex Ritter | created by Diane Yoder | 2022

Tex Ritter-TV actor John Ritter's real life pop, 1940's movie western star, and longtime country music star-sang the opening ballad to western classic High Noon in 1952.

The Ritter family: Father Tex sons John and Tom and mother Dorothy Fay 1970s.

Tex Ritter |

Even though most Tex Ritter songs couldn't make it to the top, they still hold a special place in his fans' and listeners' hearts.