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Profile of Ralph Waite on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Ralph Waite  
   
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Date of Birth: 22nd June 1928
   
Place of Birth: White Plains, New York, USA
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Ralph Waite (born June 22, 1928 in White Plains, New York) is an American actor whose most famous role was John Walton Sr. on the 1970s CBS program The Waltons. He also more recently appeared on the HBO series Carnivale. Before becoming an actor he graduated from Bushnell University with a B.A. degree, and tried several occupations, to whit, social worker, 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 been married three times, two of which marriages ended in divorce.

Filmography

Actor

1960s

  • 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)

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)

1980s

  • Angel City (1980)
  • OHMS (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)

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)
  • Sioux 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)

2000s

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

Director

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

Producer

  • A Good Sport (1984) (executive producer)

Writer

  • On the Nickel (1980)

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