on his birthday, John Ritter (Born: September 17, 1948; Died: Sep 11, 2003).

John Ritter was best known for his role as Jack Tripper on the ABC TV sitcom "Three's Company (1977-1984)" and "Three's a Crowd (1984-1985)".

He played Detective Harry Hooperman on the TV show "Hooperman (1987-1989)", Adult Ben "Haystack" Hanscom in the ABC TV miniseries "It (1990)", John Hartman on the CBS TV sitcom "Hearts Afire (1992-1995)" and Paul Hennessy (2002-2003) on the ABC TV sitcom "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002-2005)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are_"Dan August", _"MedicalCenter", "M*A*S*H ", "Kojak", "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law", "The Bob Newhart Show", "Movin'On", "Mannix", "Great Performances", "The BobCrane Show", "Petrocelli", "Barnaby Jones", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Mary Tyler Moore", "The Rookies", "Starsky and Hutch", "Doc", "Rhoda", "Phyllis", "The Waltons", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Associates", "The Ropers", "The Love Boat", "Life with Lucy", "The Cosby Show", "Anything But Love", "Fish Police", " The Larry Sanders Show", "Dave's World", "NewsRadio", "Wings", "Over the Top", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Ally McBeal", "Veronica's Closet", "Touched by an Angel", "Chicago Hope", "Family Law", "Tucker", "The Ellen Show", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Felicity", "Breaking News" and "Scrubs".

He played Ben Hanscom in the movie "It (1990)", Benjamin 'Ben' Healy, Jr. in the "Problem Child" movies, Vaughan Cunningham in "Sling Blade (1996)", Police Chief Warren Kincaid in "Bride of Chucky (1998)" and Bob Chipeska in "Bad Santa (2003)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "The Barefoot Executive (1971)", "Scandalous John (1971)", "The Other (1972)", "Bachelor-at-Law (1973)", "The Stone Killer (1973)", "The Night That Panicked America (1975)", "Nickelodeon (1976)", "Breakfast in Bed (1977)", "Ringo (1978)", "Leave Yesterday Behind (1978)", "Americathon (1979)", "Hero at Large (1980)", "The Comeback Kid (1980)", "Wholly Moses! (1980)", "They All Laughed (1981)", "Pray TV (1982)", "In Love with an Older Woman (1982)", "Sunset Limousine (1983)", "Love Thy Neighbor (1984)", "Letting Go (1985)", "Unnatural Causes (1986)", "The Last Fling (1987)", "Prison for Children (1987)", "Real Men (1987)", "Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)", "Tricks of the Trade (1988)", "Skin Deep (1989)", "My Brother's Wife (1989)", "The Dreamer of Oz (1990)", "The Summer My Father Grew Up (1991)", "Noises Off... (1992)", "Stay Tuned (1992)", "Heartbeat (1993)", "The Only Way Out (1993)", "North (1994)", "Gramps (1995)", "The Colony (1995)", "Unforgivable (1996)", "Mercenary (1996)", "AChild's wish (1997)", "Dead Man's gun (1997)", "Nowhere (1997)", "A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997)", "Hacks (1997)", "Montana (1998)", "Chance of a Lifetime (1998)", "Shadow of Doubt (1998)", "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)", "Loss of Faith (1998)", "Dead Husbands (1998)", "Holy Joe (1999)", "It Came from the Sky (1999)", "Letal Vow (1999)", "Panic (2000)", "Tripfall (2000)", "Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000)", "Terror Tract (2000)", "Tadpole(2000)", "Man of the Year (2002)" and "Manhood (2003)".