Ritch Brinkley. Actor: Breakdown. Ritch Brinkley was born on 18 March 1944 in Colorado City, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakdown (1997), Schiffsjunge ahoi! (1994) and Der Verrückte mit dem Geigenkasten (1985). He died on 5 November 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.