{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox character | name = Jack Tripper | alt = Photo of John Ritter from Three's Company where he played the character Jack Tripper. | series = Three's Company | image = John_Ritter_1977.jpg | based_on = Robin Tripp from ''Man About the House'' created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer | caption = Photo of John Ritter from Three's Company where he played the character Jack Tripper. | first = "A Man About the House" (in ''Three's Company'') <br /> "Family Affair" (in ''Three's a Crowd'') | last = "Friends and Lovers" (in ''Three's Company'')<br /> "A Star Is Born" (in ''Three's a Crowd'') | alias = "Tinkerbell"<br />"Jacky-boy"<br />"Jocko" | species = | gender = Male | occupation = Chef | title = | family = Jack Tripper Sr. (father) <br />Lee Tripper (brother)<br />Fremont (uncle)<br />unnamed mother | spouse = | children = | portrayer = John Ritter | creator = }}
'''Jack Tripper''' is a fictional character on the sitcom ''Three's Company'', which is based upon the character Robin Tripp from ''Man About the House'' created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Jack was played by John Ritter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/13/arts/john-ritter-54-the-odd-man-in-three-s-company-is-dead.html|title=John Ritter, 54, the Odd Man In 'Three's Company,' Is Dead|first=Douglas|last=Martin|date=13 September 2003|publisher=|accessdate=26 February 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2017/2/01/threes-company-made-me-gay-man-i-am-today|title='Three's Company' Made Me the Gay Man I Am Today|date=1 February 2017|website=www.advocate.com|accessdate=26 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/threescompany_1299003128.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306010454/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/t/threescompany_1299003128.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2005|title=BBC – Comedy – Guide – Three's Company|date=6 March 2005|accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref>
==Fictional character biography== In the pilot episode, Jack becomes the new roommate to Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow, after they find him one morning in their bathtub, after he blacked out at the going-away party of their previous roommate. Janet reasoned with the landlord, Stanley Roper who lived downstairs and he agreed that Jack could stay because Janet told Mr. Roper that Jack was gay, without Jack's knowledge. Jack was, however, actually straight, and a recurring point of comedy in the series stemmed from his having to pretend that he was gay around Mr. Roper, and after the Ropers left the show, their replacement landlord, Ralph Furley.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ze05F08hjKUC&pg=PT34&dq=jack+tripper+gay#q=jack+tripper+gay|title=With Love and Laughter, John Ritter|first=Amy|last=Yasbeck|date=7 September 2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781439150566|accessdate=26 February 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref> Jack is something of a ladies' man, but is also kind-hearted, loyal, and protective of the women he lives with.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lookbothwaysbise00baum|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/lookbothwaysbise00baum/page/109 109]|quote=jack tripper gay.|title=Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics|first=Jennifer|last=Baumgardner|date=4 March 2008|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|accessdate=26 February 2019|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
In the show, Jack, a Navy veteran, attended a local technical college on the G.I. Bill for a degree in culinary arts, with a specialty in French cuisine. After graduating from cooking school, Jack held down odd jobs in his spare time. He got the chef job in Angelino’s restaurant, and shortly after, Jack got his own restaurant when Angelino decided to rent out another vacant building. Jack named his new restaurant Jack's Bistro, a name inspired by Mr. Furley's simple description of the establishment.<ref name="archive.org"/>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|qid=Q245996|id=tt0075596|title=Three's Company}} * [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/jacksbistro/ Jack's Bistro]
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