Biography
Among Los Angeles’ more well known music group of hillbilly thrashers, Bloodstream in the Saddle was originally formed by vocalist and guitarist Greg Davis with bassist Ron Botelho and Hermann Senac, who all alternated focus on drums and vocals. A few months after they started playing shows, Bloodstream in the Saddle was augmented with just one more vocalist, Annette Zilinskas, previously from the Bangles. (She experienced left the music group just before the discharge of the first LP in 1984.) The group debuted having a well known self-titled recording on New Alliance in 1984, but relocated to Chameleon in 1986 for Poison Like, an album just a little more mature compared to the nation chaos of the first. Third recording Fresh Bloodstream, though released by SST Information, was their last.
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1 | Singing-cowboy star of "B" westerns during the 30's and 40's and later country-music recording star. |
2 | Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter came from a long line of Texas horsemen. His grandfather Benjamin Franklin Ritter (1834-1902) was a Confederate officer (2nd lieutenant) in Company F the 37th Texas Cavalry (Terrel's) during the War between the States. Benjamin saw action in the saddle in Texas and Louisiana. |
3 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6631 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. |
4 | Buried in Port Neches, Texas. |
5 | Grandfather of Stella Ritter. |
6 | Father of Tom Ritter |
7 | His horse in his earlier movies was called White Flash. |
8 | Profiled in "Back in the Saddle: Essays on Western Film and Television Actors", Gary Yoggy, ed. (McFarland, 1998). |
9 | Veteran character actor Morgan Woodward's uncle, Dr. S. A. Woodward, lived in the San Angelo, Texas area. One day, he was called to help in the birth of a male child. The family, not knowing what gender was expected, had not chosen a name, so in honor of the good doctor's service, they named him Woodward Ritter. Later, he would be known more widely as "Tex" Ritter. |
10 | Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1980. |
11 | "You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often" was Billboard's No. 1 country hit of the year in 1945. |
12 | Had a long string of hit singles on Billboard's country charts -- including the No. 1 hits "I'm Wasting My Tears on You" (1944); "You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often" (1945); and "You Will Have to Pay" (1946). Other famous hits included "Deck of Cards" (1948) and "I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven" (1961). |
13 | Grandfather of Jason Ritter. |
14 | Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1964. |
15 | In 1970, he ran unsuccessfully in Tennessee for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. |
16 | In his later years, he was a disk jockey on Nashville radio. |
17 | His spouse, Dorothy Fay, was his leading lady in many of his western features. |
18 | Singer, father of John Ritter. |
19 | Perhaps best remembered for his haunting vocalization of the theme song in High Noon (1952). |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Bloodline | 2015 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | 2009 | Video documentary performer: "Ride, Ride, Ride", "Down the Trail of My Dreams" - uncredited | |
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers | 2007 | Video performer: "High Noon" | |
Neal Cassady | 2007 | performer: "We'll Rest at the End of the Trail" | |
Ramona | 2003 | TV Mini-Series performer: "High Noon" | |
Ready to Rumble | 2000 | performer: "Wayward Wind" | |
Varsity Blues | 1999 | performer: "The Wayward Wind" | |
I'll Be Home for Christmas | 1998 | performer: "Christmas Carols By The Old Corral" | |
American Strays | 1996 | performer: " I Got Spurs Jingle Jangle Jingle" | |
Canadian Bacon | 1995 | performer: "God Bless America Again" | |
The Great Outdoors | 1988 | performer: "Paul Bunyan Love" | |
Arena | 1984 | TV Series documentary arranger - 1 episode | |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | 1976 | performer: "I Ride an Old Paint" - uncredited | |
The Porter Wagoner Show | 1966-1973 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes | |
The Magic of Walt Disney World | 1972 | Short performer: "Blood on the Saddle" - uncredited | |
The Johnny Cash Show | 1970 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
What Am I Bid? | 1967 | performer: "I Never Got to Kiss the Girl" | |
Nashville Rebel | 1966 | performer: "Hillbilly Heaven" | |
The Drifter | 1965 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Startime | 1960 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Zane Grey Theater | 1958 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Ranch Party | 1957-1958 | TV Series performer - 8 episodes | |
Trooper Hook | 1957 | performer: "Trooper Hook" | |
Bus Stop | 1956 | writer: "Rye Whisky" 1936 - uncredited | |
Down Liberty Road | 1956 | Short performer: "Freedom Road" - uncredited | |
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1956 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
Wichita | 1955 | performer: "Wichita" | |
The Marshal's Daughter | 1953 | performer: "The Marshal's Daughter" | |
The 25th Annual Academy Awards | 1953 | TV Special performer: "High Noon Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'" | |
High Noon | 1952 | performer: "High Noon" Ballad | |
Holiday Rhythm | 1950 | performer: "Old Chisolm Trail" | |
Flaming Bullets | 1945 | performer: "I Hang My Head and Cry", "Be Honest With Me" | |
Frontier Fugitives | 1945 | performer: "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry", "I'll Wait For You, Dear" | |
Three in the Saddle | 1945 | performer: "I've Done the Best I Could", "Try Me One More Time" / writer: "I've Done the Best I Could" | |
Enemy of the Law | 1945 | performer: "Teach Me To Forget", "You Will Have To Pay" / writer: "Teach Me To Forget", "You Will Have To Pay" | |
Beyond the Pecos | 1945 | writer: "High, Wide and Handsome" | |
Marked for Murder | 1945 | performer: "Long Time Gone", "Tears of Regret", "Froggie Went A-Courtin'" / writer: "Long Time Gone" | |
The Whispering Skull | 1944 | performer: "In Case You Change Your Mind", "It's Never Too Late" / writer: "In Case You Change Your Mind", "It's Never Too Late" | |
Dead or Alive | 1944 | performer: "I'm Gonna Leave You Like I Found You", "Don't Care Since You Told Me Goodbye" / writer: "I'm Gonna Leave You Like I Found You", "Don't Care Since You Told Me Goodbye" | |
Gangsters of the Frontier | 1944 | "Please Remember Me" | |
Oklahoma Raiders | 1944 | performer: "I'll Be a Cowboy 'Till I Die", "Roll On, Little Dogies, Roll On" | |
Cowboy Canteen | 1944 | performer: "Goin' To Lasso a Rainbow" - uncredited | |
Marshal of Gunsmoke | 1944 | arranger: "Git Along Little Dogies" / performer: "Git Along Little Dogies" | |
Arizona Trail | 1943 | performer: "Stay Away From My Heart" | |
The Lone Star Trail | 1943 | performer: "I Gotta See Texas Just Once More" | |
Raiders of San Joaquin | 1943 | performer: "A Carefree Cowboy" | |
Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | performer: "Rose of the Hills" | |
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | 1943 | performer: "Riding Home" | |
The Old Chisholm Trail | 1942 | arranger: "The Rovin' Gambler" / performer: "Out On The Lone Star Trail", "The Rovin' Gambler" | |
Deep in the Heart of Texas | 1942 | arranger: "Cowboy's Lament" / performer: "Deep In The Heart Of Texas", "Cowboy's Lament" | |
Vengeance of the West | 1942 | performer: "Along The Trail Somewhere", "Only Yesterday" | |
Prairie Gunsmoke | 1942 | performer: "Where The Buffalo Roam", "Someone To Call Darling" / writer: "Where The Buffalo Roam" | |
Home in Wyomin' | 1942 | arranger: " Oh My Darling Clementine" | |
North of the Rockies | 1942 | arranger: "Ninety-Nine Days in Jail" - uncredited / performer: "Jog, Jog, Jogging Along", "Get Your Man, Mountie Boys, Get Your Man", "Ninety-Nine Days in Jail" uncredited | |
The Lone Star Vigilantes | 1942 | performer: "Headin' Home to Texas", "When the Moon is Shinging on the Old Corral", "Going to Join the Rangers" | |
Roaring Frontiers | 1941 | performer: "You've Got To Come And Get Me Boys", "You're A Part Of The West", "Judge Morrow Will Find The Truth" | |
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | 1941 | performer: "Dynamite Dan", "Song of the Coyotes", "Old Pete the Bandito" | |
Roll Wagons Roll | 1940 | lyrics: "Oh! Susanna" / performer: "Roll, Wagons, Roll", "Oh! Susanna" | |
The Golden Trail | 1940 | "Gold Is Where You Find It" / arranger: "Clementine" / performer: "Clementine" | |
The Cowboy from Sundown | 1940 | performer: "Symphony of the Prairie", I've Done the Best I Can", The Craw-dad Song" / writer: I've Done the Best I Can" | |
Pals of the Silver Sage | 1940 | performer: "Prairie Fairyland" | |
Rhythm of the Rio Grande | 1940 | performer: "Rhythm of the Rio Grande", "Mexicali Moon" | |
Westbound Stage | 1939 | performer: "It's All Over Now", "Trail To Mexico" | |
Riders of the Frontier | 1939 | arranger: "The Boll Weevil Song" / performer: "Rose of My Dreams", "Ten Thousand Cattle", "Ridin' Down to Texas", "The Boll Weevil Song" | |
Down the Wyoming Trail | 1939 | performer: "It Makes No Difference Now", "In Elk Valley", "Goin' Back to Texas" - uncredited | |
The Man from Texas | 1939 | performer: "Men Who Wear the Stars", "Prairie Lights" | |
Rollin' Westward | 1939 | performer: "Out In The Golden West", "Bold Vaquero" | |
Sundown on the Prairie | 1939 | arranger: "My Love Is A Rider" / performer: "Dust On My Saddle", "Cactus Pete", "My Love Is A Rider" / writer: "Dust On My Saddle" | |
Song of the Buckaroo | 1938 | performer: "Texas Dan", "Little Tenderfoot', "I Promise You" / writer: "I Promise You" | |
Where the Buffalo Roam | 1938 | performer: "Where the Buffalo Roam", "Troubador of the Prairie", "Longside of the Sana Fe Trail", "Home on the Range", "Shoot the Buffalo" / writer: "Where the Buffalo Roam", "Troubador of the Prairie" | |
Starlight Over Texas | 1938 | "Starlight Over Texas" / performer: "Starlight Over Texas", "Ah! Viva Tequila", "A Garden in Granada" | |
Utah Trail | 1938 | performer: "Utah Trail", "Give Me Back My Saddle", "A Mighty Good Horse", "A'Roamin' I'll Be" | |
Rollin' Plains | 1938 | performer: "Me, My Pal and My Pony", "Rollin' Plains" | |
Frontier Town | 1938 | performer: "Old Cayuse", "Yip, Yip, Yowie, I'm an Eagle", "Give Me a Horse, a Saddle and You", "The Cowboy's Lament Streets of Laredo", "Old Brass Wagon" / writer: "Old Cayuse", "Give Me a Horse, a Saddle and You" | |
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | 1937 | performer: "I'm Headin' For My Texas Home", "The Gal I Left Behind Me" | |
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | 1937 | performer: "Ride, Ride, Ride", "I'm A Texas Cowboy", "Ride Around Little Dogies", "Rosita", "A' Ridin' Old Paint" | |
Riders of the Rockies | 1937 | performer: "Song of the Open Range", "Arizona Rangers", "Riders of the Rockies", "Home on the Range" - uncredited / writer: "Song of the Open Range", "Arizona Rangers", "Riders of the Rockies" - uncredited | |
Sing, Cowboy, Sing | 1937 | performer: "Goodbye Old Paint, I'm a-Leavin' Cheyenne", "Get A Horse and Saddle", "Sing, Cowboy, Sing", "Twilight Reverie" - uncredited / writer: "I'm A Natural Born Cowboy", "Sing, Cowboy, Sing", "Twilight Reverie" - uncredited | |
Hittin' the Trail | 1937 | "Hittin' the Trail", uncredited / performer: "Hittin' the Trail", "Blood on the Saddle", "Headin' For Town", "The Vagabond Song" aka "The Renegade Song", "I'm a Natural Born Cowboy" - uncredited | |
Trouble in Texas | 1937 | performer: "Down the Colorado Trail", "The Rodeo Song", "A Cowboy's Lament" / writer: "The Rodeo Song" | |
Arizona Days | 1937 | performer: "High, Wide and Handsome", "Tombstone, Arizona", "Arizona Days" / writer: "High, Wide and Handsome", "Tombstone, Arizona", "Arizona Days" | |
Headin' for the Rio Grande | 1936 | performer: "Headin' For the Rio Grande", "The Night Herding Song", "A Campfire Love Song", "Jailhouse Lament" / writer: "Headin' For the Rio Grande", "The Night Herding Song", "A Campfire Love Song", "Jailhouse Lament" | |
Song of the Gringo | 1936 | lyrics: "My Sweet Chiquita" 1936, "Rye Whiskey" - uncredited / music: "My Sweet Chiquita" 1936, "Rye Whiskey" - uncredited / performer: "Out on the Lone Prairie" 1936, "My Sweet Chiquita" 1936, "Sam Hall", "Rye Whiskey" - uncredited |
Actor
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Sing a Country Song | 1973 | ||
The Marshal of Windy Hollow | 1972 | Windy Hollow Mayor | |
What Am I Bid? | 1967 | Tex Ritter | |
Girl from Tobacco Row | 1966 | Reverend E.F. Bolton | |
The Drifter | 1965 | TV Series | Tex |
The Rebel | 1961 | TV Series | Marshall |
Shotgun Slade | 1959 | TV Series | The Marshal |
Zane Grey Theater | 1958 | TV Series | Reydo - Balladeer |
Trooper Hook | 1957 | Title Song Singer (voice) | |
Studio 57 | 1956 | TV Series | Singer |
The First Bad Man | 1955 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
Apache Ambush | 1955 | Traeger | |
The Marshal's Daughter | 1953 | Background Singer (singing voice) | |
Holiday Rhythm | 1950 | Tex Ritter | |
Flaming Bullets | 1945 | Tex Haines | |
Frontier Fugitives | 1945 | Tex Haines | |
Three in the Saddle | 1945 | Tex Haines | |
Enemy of the Law | 1945 | Tex Haines | |
Marked for Murder | 1945 | Tex Haines | |
The Whispering Skull | 1944 | Tex Haines | |
Dead or Alive | 1944 | Tex Haines aka Idaho Kid | |
Gangsters of the Frontier | 1944 | Tex Haines | |
Oklahoma Raiders | 1944 | Steve Nolan | |
Cowboy Canteen | 1944 | Tex Coulter | |
Marshal of Gunsmoke | 1944 | Marshal Ward Bailey | |
Arizona Trail | 1943 | Johnny Trent | |
Frontier Badmen | 1943 | Jerry Kimball - Cattle Buyer (uncredited) | |
The Lone Star Trail | 1943 | Fargo Steele | |
Raiders of San Joaquin | 1943 | Gil Blake | |
Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | Steve Rawlins | |
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | 1943 | Bob Courtney | |
The Old Chisholm Trail | 1942 | Montana Smith | |
Little Joe, the Wrangler | 1942 | Sheriff Bob Brewster | |
Deep in the Heart of Texas | 1942 | Brent Gordon | |
Vengeance of the West | 1942 | Marshal Captain Lake | |
Prairie Gunsmoke | 1942 | Tex Terrell | |
The Devil's Trail | 1942 | Marshal Tex Martin | |
North of the Rockies | 1942 | Tex Martin | |
Bullets for Bandits | 1942 | Sheriff Tex Martin | |
The Lone Star Vigilantes | 1942 | Tex Martin | |
Roaring Frontiers | 1941 | Tex Martin (Tex Rawlings in credits) | |
King of Dodge City | 1941 | Tex Rawlings | |
The Pioneers | 1941 | Tex Ritter | |
Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | 1941 | Texas Ranger Lieutenant Tex Ritter | |
Rollin' Home to Texas | 1940 | Tex Reed | |
Take Me Back to Oklahoma | 1940 | Tex Lawton | |
Arizona Frontier | 1940 | Tex | |
Roll Wagons Roll | 1940 | Tex Masters | |
Rainbow Over the Range | 1940 | Marshal Tex Reed | |
The Golden Trail | 1940 | Tex Roberts | |
The Cowboy from Sundown | 1940 | Sheriff Tex Rockett | |
Pals of the Silver Sage | 1940 | Tex Wright | |
Rhythm of the Rio Grande | 1940 | Tex Regan | |
Westbound Stage | 1939 | Tex Wallace | |
Riders of the Frontier | 1939 | Tex Lowry posing as Ed Carter | |
Down the Wyoming Trail | 1939 | Tex Yancey | |
The Man from Texas | 1939 | Tex Allen | |
Rollin' Westward | 1939 | Tex Ramsey | |
Sundown on the Prairie | 1939 | Tex | |
Song of the Buckaroo | 1938 | Texas Dan | |
Where the Buffalo Roam | 1938 | Tex Houston | |
Starlight Over Texas | 1938 | Tex Newman | |
Utah Trail | 1938 | Tex Stewart, posing as the Pecos Kid | |
Rollin' Plains | 1938 | Tex Lawrence | |
Frontier Town | 1938 | Tex Lansing, alias Tex Rawlins | |
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | 1937 | Tex Collins | |
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | 1937 | Tex Martin | |
Riders of the Rockies | 1937 | Tex Rand | |
Sing, Cowboy, Sing | 1937 | Tex Archer | |
Hittin' the Trail | 1937 | Tex Randall | |
Trouble in Texas | 1937 | Tex Masters | |
Arizona Days | 1937 | Tex Malinson | |
Headin' for the Rio Grande | 1936 | Tex Saunders | |
Song of the Gringo | 1936 | Tex |
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Riders of the Rockies | 1937 | songs by | |
Song of the Gringo | 1936 | songs by |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Hee Haw | 1974 | TV Series | Himself - Special Guest |
The Porter Wagoner Show | 1966-1973 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
The Johnny Cash Show | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Singer / Himself - Singer |
The Nashville Sound | 1970 | Documentary | Himself |
The Dick Cavett Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
The David Frost Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
The Kraft Music Hall | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
Nashville Rebel | 1966 | Himself | |
The Jimmy Dean Show | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Himself |
Five Star Jubilee | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
Academy Award Songs | 1960 | TV Movie | Himself - Singer |
Startime | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
The Christophers | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Ranch Party | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Singer / Performer |
Down Liberty Road | 1956 | Short | Himself |
The Cowboy | 1954 | Documentary | Narrator |
The 25th Annual Academy Awards | 1953 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
Town Hall Party | 1952 | TV Series | Himself |
Hometown Jamboree | 1949 | TV Series | Himself (1949-1960) |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee | 1984 | Video documentary | |
All You Need Is Love | 1977 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | 1976 | Tex | |
The Magic of Walt Disney World | 1972 | Short | Big Al - Country Bear Jamboree (uncredited) |
Hollywood and the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
The Gabby Hayes Show | 1956 | TV Series | Tex |
The Best of the Porter Wagoner Show! Classic Shows: Vol. 1 | 2008 | Video | Himself |
Opry Video Classics: Pioneers | 2007 | Video | Himself |
City Confidential | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | |
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | |
America's Music: The Roots of Country | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (1996) |
The West That Never Was | 1987 | TV Movie documentary |
Won awards
Won awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
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1986 | In Memoriam Award | Golden Boot Awards |
Title | Salary |
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Hittin' the Trail (1937) | $2,400 |
Trouble in Texas (1937) | $2,400 |
Song of the Gringo (1936) | $2,400 |
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