3. John Ritter
The late John Ritter (he sadly passed away in 2003 due to an aortic dissection) was a major star of both the big and small screen. His film credits include the likes of 1990’s It, 1990’s Problem Child, 1991’sProblem Child 2, 1998’s Bride of Chucky and 2003’s Bad Santa. His television credits include the likes ofHawaii Five-0, The Waltons, M*A*S*H, Kojak, Three’s Company, The Love Boat, Three’s a Crowd andFelicity.
He also appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Ted Buchanan in the season two episode named after his character – “Ted”. Ted was a robotic duplicate of a man of the same name – created by the original to be a better version of the real thing (his wife had left him and he felt he needed to better himself). The robotic version became a boyfriend of Buffy’s mother Joyce Summers and subsequently came to blows with Buffy herself. Buffy ultimately beat him to death with a frying pan.
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