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|individual name= Johnny Ringo
|image   = Ringo.jpg
|image=[[File:Laurence Payne as Johnny Ringo.jpg|250px]]
|species = Human
|alias=John Peters<br />Charles Peters<br />Henry Peters<br />Charles Henry
|origin  = [[Earth]]
|species=[[Human]]
|only    = The Gunfighters (TV story)
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|actor   = Laurence Payne
|home era= [[19th century]]
|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]''
|actor= [[Laurence Payne]]
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:''For the episode of the serial ''[[The Gunfighters]]'', see [[Johnny Ringo (episode)|here]].''
'''Johnny Ringo''' was a gunfighter and outlaw. He had been acquainted with [[Kate Fisher]] before she became involved with [[Doc Holliday]]. He spent two years tracking them both, eventually tracing them to [[Tombstone]] in [[October]] [[1881]]. He was promptly hired by [[Pa Clanton]] to help his sons kill Holliday, replacing [[Seth Harper]], who had been killed by Holliday. He eventually found Kate and believed her when she said Holliday had left for [[New Mexico]] with another woman, the [[First Doctor]]'s companion [[Dodo Chaplet]].


'''Johnny Ringo''' was a gunfighter hired by [[Pa Clanton]] to help his sons kill [[Doc Holliday]]. When Ringo tried to kill Holliday, he was shot and killed instead. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Gunfighters]]'')
In Tombstone, he killed [[Charlie (The Gunfighters)|Charlie]], the bartender of the [[Last Chance Saloon]]. During the gunfight at the [[O.K. Corral]], he grabbed Dodo and threatened to kill her, but when he tried to kill Holliday, he was shot and killed instead. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gunfighters (TV story)|The Gunfighters]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* Historically, Johnny Ringo was not involved in the Clanton/Holliday feud.
* Historically, Johnny Ringo was not involved in the Clanton/Holliday feud.
* [[Patrick Troughton]] was considered for the role of Johnny Ringo.
* Among the actors considered to play Ringo in ''The Gunfighters'' were [[Patrick Troughton]], [[John Carson]], {{w|William Dexter}}, [[Philip Madoc]] and {{w|John Slater}}. ([[TCH 7]])
 
 
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 17 November 2020

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo was a gunfighter and outlaw. He had been acquainted with Kate Fisher before she became involved with Doc Holliday. He spent two years tracking them both, eventually tracing them to Tombstone in October 1881. He was promptly hired by Pa Clanton to help his sons kill Holliday, replacing Seth Harper, who had been killed by Holliday. He eventually found Kate and believed her when she said Holliday had left for New Mexico with another woman, the First Doctor's companion Dodo Chaplet.

In Tombstone, he killed Charlie, the bartender of the Last Chance Saloon. During the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, he grabbed Dodo and threatened to kill her, but when he tried to kill Holliday, he was shot and killed instead. (TV: The Gunfighters)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]