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Ralph Waite

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Biography

Ralph Waite is an American actor whose most famous for his role as the father on the hit show, The Waltons. He began his…more

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6/22/1928, White Plains, New York, USA

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Star (5)

Role
- Carnivale
  Reverend Norman Balthus
  - S 2: Ep 12 New Canaan, CA
    3/27/05
  - S 2: Ep 11 Outside New Canaan
    3/20/05
  - S 2: Ep 10 Cheyenne, WY
    3/13/05
  - S 2: Ep 9 Lincoln Highway, UT
    3/6/05
  - S 2: Ep 8 Outskirts, Damascus, NE
    2/27/05
  - + 7 More Credits
- Carnivale
  Reverend Norman Belthus
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Day That Was the Day
    11/30/03
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Day of the Dead
    11/23/03
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hot and Bothered
    11/16/03
  - S 1: Ep 9 Insomnia
    11/9/03
  - S 1: Ep 8 Lonnigan, Texas
    11/2/03
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Waltons
  John Walton
  - S 9: Ep 28 A Walton Easter
    3/31/97
  - S 9: Ep 27 A Walton Wedding
    2/12/95
  - S 9: Ep 26 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
    11/21/93
  - S 9: Ep 25 A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain
    11/22/82
  - S 9: Ep 24 Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain
    5/9/82
  - + 207 More Credits
- The Mississippi
  Ben Walker
  - S 2: Ep 17 Home Again
    3/6/84
  - S 2: Ep 16 Abigail
    2/7/84
  - S 2: Ep 15 Informed Consent
    1/24/84
  - S 2: Ep 14 Wheels of Justice
    1/17/84
  - S 2: Ep 13 Going Back to Hannibal
    1/10/84
  - + 19 More Credits
- Roots: The Complete Miniseries
  Mr. Slater
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- NCIS
  Jackson Gibbs
  - S 9: Ep 14 Life Before His Eyes
    2/7/12
  - S 8: Ep 1 Spider and the Fly
    9/21/10
  - S 7: Ep 24 Rule Fifty-One
    5/25/10
  - S 7: Ep 10 Faith
    12/15/09
  - S 6: Ep 11 Silent Night
    12/16/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- Days Of Our Lives
  Father Matt
  - S 46: Ep 37 Ep. #11491
    12/29/10
  - S 46: Ep 15 Ep. #11469
    11/29/10
  - S 45: Ep 467 Ep. #11447
    10/26/10
  - S 45: Ep 452 Ep. #11432
    10/5/10
  - S 45: Ep 430 Ep. #11379
    7/22/10
  - + 17 More Credits
- Murder One
  Malcolm Dietrich
  - S 2: Ep 8 Chapter Eight, Year Two
    12/12/96
  - S 2: Ep 6 Chapter Six, Year Two
    11/21/96
  - S 2: Ep 5 Chapter Five, Year Two
    11/14/96
  - S 2: Ep 4 Chapter Four, Year Two
    11/7/96
  - S 2: Ep 3 Chapter Three, Year Two
    10/24/96
  - + 2 More Credits
Guest Star (24)

Role
- Bones
  Hank Booth
  - S 7: Ep 4 The Male in the Mail
    12/1/11
  - S 5: Ep 8 The Foot in the Foreclosure
    11/19/09
- Off The Map
  Abuelito aka Karl Gustav Wolf
  - S 1: Ep 4 On the Mean Streets of San Miguel
    2/2/11
- Grey's Anatomy
  Irving Waller
  - S 6: Ep 4 Tainted Obligation
    10/8/09
- Days Of Our Lives
  Father Matt
  - S 44: Ep 186 Ep. #11137
    8/5/09
  - S 44: Ep 162 Ep. #11113
    6/29/09
  - S 44: Ep 161 Ep. #11112
    6/26/09
  - S 44: Ep 156 Ep. #11107
    6/19/09
  - S 44: Ep 154 Ep. #11105
    6/17/09
  - + 11 More Credits
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Sheriff Montgomery
  - S 9: Ep 8 Young Man With A Horn
    12/4/08
- The Cleaner
  Jonus Mullins
  - S 1: Ep 13 Lie With Me
    10/14/08
- Cold Case
  Felton Metz (2007)
  - S 5: Ep 7 World's End
    11/4/07
- The Practice
  Walter Josephson
  - S 8: Ep 12 Avenging Angels
    1/18/04
- All My Children
  Bart
  - S 32: Ep 62 Ep. #8057
    4/2/01
- Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999)
  Dad
  - S 1: Ep 12 Angels Once and a While / Carrie's Gift / A Secret Promise Kept
    11/23/99
- Rocket Power
  Dr. Friemuth
  - S 1: Ep 14 Fall and Rise of Sam / Typhoid Sam
    10/25/99
- The Outer Limits
  Gene Morton
  - S 5: Ep 3 Small Friends
    2/5/99
- Orleans
  Otis LeBlanc
  - S 1: Ep 5 Baby-sitting
    3/27/97
- Time Trax
  Sgt. Lamont Carson
  - S 2: Ep 2 Missing
    2/5/94
- Murder, She Wrote
  D.A. Paul Robbins
  - S 5: Ep 15 Alma Murder
    3/12/89
- Reading Rainbow
  Narrator
  - S 5: Ep 7 Rumpelstiltskin
    6/30/87
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 64 December 11, 1979
    12/11/79
  - S 4: Ep 152 May 2, 1978
    5/2/78
  - S 4: Ep 46 November 15, 1977
    11/15/77
  - S 3: Ep 196 July 15, 1977
    7/15/77
  - S 3: Ep 83 January 21, 1977
    1/21/77
  - + 7 More Credits
- Roots: The Complete Miniseries
  Mr. Slater
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    1/24/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1 Roots: The Saga of An American Family
    1/23/77
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 59 November 25, 1976
    11/25/76
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 123 March 6, 1975
    3/6/75
- Nichols
  Sam Burton
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Specialists
    10/28/71
- Bonanza
  Hoby
  - S 11: Ep 18 The Lady and the Mark
    2/1/70
- N.Y.P.D.
  Colfax
  - S 2: Ep 11 'L' is for Love and Larceny
    12/24/68
- N.Y.P.D.
  Stryker
  - S 1: Ep 9 Murder For Infinity
    11/7/67
Director (2)

Role
- The Mississippi
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 5 Mardi Gras
    4/29/83
- The Waltons
  Director
  - S 8: Ep 19 The Inspiration
    1/31/80
  - S 8: Ep 15 The Unthinkable
    1/3/80
  - S 7: Ep 24 Founders' Day
    3/22/79
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Captive
    11/9/78
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Rumor
    1/5/78
  - + 11 More Credits

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- One of his daughters died at age 9.
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- Ralph is the step-father of Liam Waite.
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- Ralph ran for Sonny Bono's vacant Congressional seat against his wife, Mary and lost.
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