Tex Ritter Autographs
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. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandsons Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter, and granddaughter Carly). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Woodward Maurice Ritter was born on January 12, 1905, in Murvaul, Texas, to Martha Elizabeth (née Matthews) and James Everett Ritter. He grew up on his family's farm in Panola County, Texas, and attended grade school in Carthage, Texas. He attended South Park High School in Beaumont, Texas. After graduating with honors, he entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1922 to study pre-law and major in government, political science, and economics. After traveling to Chicago with a musical troupe, he entered Northwestern Law School.
An early pioneer of country music, Ritter soon became interested in show business. In 1928, he sang on KPRC in Houston, Texas, a 30-minute program of mostly cowboy songs. That same year, he moved to New York City and landed a job in the men's chorus of the Broadway show The New Moon (1928). He appeared as cowboy Cord Elam in the Broadway production Green Grow the Lilacs (1931), the basis for the musical Oklahoma! He also played the part of Sagebrush Charlie in The Round Up (1932) and Mother Lode (1934).
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Current items with a signature of Tex Ritter
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Traded items with a signature of Tex Ritter
The most expensive item with a signature of Tex Ritter (TEX RITTER - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 11/14/1946) was sold in August 2025 for $964.85 while the cheapest item (TEX RITTER Autographed album cover GUARANTEED GENUINE or your money back!!!) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2011. The month with the most items sold (6) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $29.92 for an autographed item of Tex Ritter. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2021 with $150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.75 was April 2014. In average, an autographed item from Tex Ritter is worth $20.43.
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