Thursday, February 13, 2014

Ralph Waite, R. I. P.

Deadline.com: The man who played the patriarch on CBS’ long-running series The Waltons has died. Ralph Waite was 86. He starred for nine seasons on the Depression-era drama as John Walton Sr., who eked out a living at the family lumber mill on Walton’s Mountain.

3 comments:

Jerry House said...

He was everybody's father, including Gibbs on CNIS and Booth on BONES. I always enjoyed watching him.

Anonymous said...

I was just going to send that. Ironically, in his last role he really was a "father" as he was playing a priest on Days of Our Lives.

RIP


Jeff

Cap'n Bob said...

Good night, Pa.