Portrait of Tex Ritter

Acting

Tex Ritter

Career

Active from 1936 to 1972, with a break from 1956 to 1965, busiest in 1940 and 1942 with 9 main titles each.

Leading roles
62
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for The First Bad Man
The First Bad Man
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Tex Ritter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.1, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    0.6, average 2.5
  • Coming of Age
    1.1, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 13
  • Western 7
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Frontier Justice 5
  • Good vs Evil 4
  • Singing Cowboy 3
  • Outlaw Gang 3
  • Mystery 3
  • 1940s 3
  • Action 3
  • Crime 3
  • Nostalgic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

2 titles
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

as (archive footage)

The Marshal of Windy Hollow
The Marshal of Windy Hollow (1972)

as Windy Hollow Mayor

1960s

2 titles
What Am I Bid?
What Am I Bid? (1967)

as Tex Ritter

Girl from Tobacco Row
Girl from Tobacco Row (1966)

as Reverend E.F. Bolton

1950s

7 titles · average score 69
The Rebel
The Rebel (1959)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Marshall

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Balladeer

The First Bad Man
The First Bad Man (1955)
GoodWatch score 68

as Narrator (voice)

Apache Ambush
Apache Ambush (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

as Traeger

The Marshal's Daughter
The Marshal's Daughter (1953)

as Background Singer (singing voice)

High Noon
High Noon (1952)
GoodWatch score 86

Theme Song Performance

Holiday Rhythm
Holiday Rhythm (1950)

as Tex Ritter

1940s

38 titles
Flaming Bullets
Flaming Bullets (1945)

as Tex Haines

Three in the Saddle
Three in the Saddle (1945)

as Tex Haines

Gangsters of the Frontier
Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)

as Tex Haines

Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (1944)

as Tex Haines aka Idaho Kid

The Lone Star Trail
The Lone Star Trail (1943)

as Fargo Steele

The Old Chisholm Trail
The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)

as Montana Smith

Little Joe, the Wrangler
Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)

as Sheriff Bob Brewster

Deep in the Heart of Texas
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)

as Brent Gordon

Roaring Frontiers
Roaring Frontiers (1941)

as Tex Martin (Tex Rawlings in credits)

Rainbow Over the Range
Rainbow Over the Range (1940)

as Marshal Tex Reed

Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)

as Tex Lawton

The Cowboy from Sundown
The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)

as Sheriff Tex Rockett

1930s

21 titles · average score 47
Down the Wyoming Trail
Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)

as Tex Yancey

Rollin' Plains
Rollin' Plains (1938)

as Tex Lawrence

Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)

as Tex Houston

Song of the Buckaroo
Song of the Buckaroo (1938)

as Texas Dan

Utah Trail
Utah Trail (1938)

as Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid

Trouble in Texas
Trouble in Texas (1937)
GoodWatch score 51

as Tex Masters

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)

as Tex Collins

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)

as Tex Martin

Riders of the Rockies
Riders of the Rockies (1937)

as Tex Rand

Sing Cowboy Sing
Sing Cowboy Sing (1937)
GoodWatch score 36

as Tex Archer

Song of the Gringo
Song of the Gringo (1936)
GoodWatch score 55

as Tex

Headin' for the Rio Grande
Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)

as Tex Saunders