2001
Search results
People also ask
Why did Ralph Waite leave the Waltons?
Who played John Walton in the Waltons?
Who was Ralph Waite?
How old was Ralph Waite when he died?
Ralph Waite (June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his lead role as John Walton Sr. on The Waltons (1972–1981), which he occasionally directed. He later had recurring roles as two other heroic fathers; in NCIS as Jackson Gibbs, the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and in Bones, as Seeley Booth 's grandfather.
Oct 21, 2020 · There hasn't been a full explanation on why Ralph Waite left The Waltons, just short of the ending of the show. Ralph was in nearly every episode of the popular CBS show from 1971 through the final season in 1981, however he was missing from several in that last season.
Feb 14, 2014 · Ralph Waite, known to millions as John Walton Sr. on the warmhearted 1970s TV series The Waltons – and, more recently, as the Mark Harmon character’s father, Jackson “Jack” Gibbs, on the...
Feb 14, 2014 · Ralph Waite, a multifaceted actor who became etched in television history as the craggy-faced, big-hearted patriarch of a rustic Depression-era clan on the popular 1970s dramatic series “The...
Feb 14, 2014 · Ralph Waite, the actor known to millions as the kind patriarch John Walton, Sr. on "The Waltons," died at home in Palm Desert, Calif., on Thursday, NBC News confirms. He was 85.
- Courtney Hazlett
Ralph Waite. Actor: The Waltons. Ralph Waite was born in White Plains, New York on June 22, 1928. Educated at Bucknell University where he graduated with a BA degree, Waite existed rather aimlessly as a young adult while trying to find his way in the world.
Ralph Waite, who has died at the age of 85, was an actor who played the kind and steady patriarch of a tight-knit rural Southern family in the television series The Waltons.
