Ralph Waite

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Ralph Waite
Born	June 22, 1929 (1929-06-22) (age 78) White Plains, New York

Ralph Waite (born June 22, 1929) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor. His most famous role may be John Walton Sr. on the 1970s CBS program The Waltons. He also more recently appeared on the HBO series Carnivàle.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Filmography 2.1 1960s 2.2 1970s 2.3 1980s 2.4 1990s 2.5 2000s 2.6 As director 2.7 As producer 2.8 As writer 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Personal life

Waite, the oldest of five children, was born in White Plains, New York, the son of Esther (née Mitchell) and Ralph H. Waite, a construction engineer.^[1] Before becoming an actor, he graduated from Bucknell University located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania with a B.A. degree, and tried several occupations such as social worker, He received his graduate degree from Yale University School of Divinity. He was a Presbyterian minister and religious editor, before deciding on a career in acting.

He has twice run unsuccessfully for Congress for the Democratic Party, in 1990 and 1998. He has had three marriages, two of which ended in divorce. He had three daughters from his first marriage. One of his daughters died when she was nine years old. His stepson, Liam Waite, is also an actor.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] 1960s

• Hogan's Goat (1965)
• Look Up and Live (1966)
• The Borgia Stick (1967)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• N.Y.P.D. (1967)
• A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
• N.Y.P.D. (1968)

[edit] 1970s

• Bonanza (1970)
• Five Easy Pieces (1970)
• Lawman (1971)
• The Grissom Gang (1971)
• Nichols (1971)
• The Pursuit of Happiness (1971)
• The Sporting Club (1971)
• Chato's Land (1972)
• Girls on the Road (1972)
• The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
• Trouble Man (1972)
• The Waltons (1972)-1981)
• Hot Summer Week (1973)
• Kid Blue (1973)
• The Stone Killer (1973)
• The Thanksgiving Story (1973)
• The Secret Life of John Chapman (1976)
• Red Alert (1977)
• Roots (1977)
• Waiting for Godot (1977)
• CBS: On the Air (1978)

[edit] 1980s

• Angel City (1980)
• OHMS (the movie) (1980)
• On the Nickel (1980)
• The Gentleman Bandit (1981)
• A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982)
• A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982)
• Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain (1982)
• The Mississippi (1983)
• A Good Sport (1984)
• Growing Pains (1984)
• Crime of Innocence (1985)
• Reading Rainbow (1987)
• Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood (1988)
• Murder, She Wrote (1989)
• Red Earth, White Earth (1989)

[edit] 1990s

• Crash and Burn (1990)
• Desperate Hours (1990)
• Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990)
• The Bodyguard (1992)
• Cliffhanger (1993)
• A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
• Keys (1994)
• Sin & Redemption (1994)
• Silver City (1994)
• Time Trax (1994)
• A Season of Hope (1995)
• A Walton Wedding (1995)
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
• Murder One (1996)
• The West (1996)
• A Walton Easter (1997)
• Orleans (1997)
• The Third Twin (1997)
• Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
• The Outer Limits (1999)

[edit] 2000s

• The President's Man (2000)
• Spirit (2001)
• Sunshine State (2002)
• Timequest (2002)
• Blessings (2003)
• Carnivàle (2003-2005)
• The Practice (2004)
• Silver City (2004)

[edit] As director

• The Mississippi (1983)
• On the Nickel (1980)
• The Waltons (1972)

[edit] As producer

• A Good Sport (1984) (executive producer)

[edit] As writer

• On the Nickel (1980)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Ralph Waite at the Internet Movie Database