Woodward Maurice " Tex " Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s.

Tex Ritter (born January 12, 1905, Murvaul, Texas, U.S. —died January 2, 1974, Nashville, Tennessee) was a country music singer and actor who was noted for playing singing cowboys …

Biography Tex Ritter was born on January 12, 1905 in Murvaul, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the Gringo (1936), High Noon (1952) and Varsity Blues (1999). He was …

Ritter made his film debut in "Song Of The Gringo" (1936) and starred in 12 B-westerns for Grand National Pictures. After leaving Grand National in 1938, he starred in over 40 musical cowboy …

May 4, 2025 · Tex Ritter was an American country music singer and actor popular during the 1930s and 1940s. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry.

America’s most beloved cowboy, Tex Ritter was one of the few singing cowboys of the 1940s, who was able to sustain a successful recording career long after the era of the Hollywood B …

Maurice Woodward “Tex” Ritter embodied the spirit and nostalgia of the American cowboy. Born in Panola County, Texas, he moved to Nederland as a child and grew up in Southeast Texas.

Woodward Maurice “Tex” Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch …

Country Music Hall of Fame member Tex Ritter bridged the history of recorded country music from the singing cowboy era of the 1930s to his days as one of the genre's elder statesmen in …

Likely the most distinctive of the singing cowboys who rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s, Tex Ritter possessed a rumbling voice that was a perfect conduit for songs of the Old …