Ralph Waite by Anthony Hayward

Actor best known for playing John Walton Sr in the US television family drama The WaltonsRalph Waite, who has died aged 85, worked as a social worker, Presbyterian minister, publicist and book editor before turning to acting and landing the part as patriarch of a struggling American family in the wholesome US television drama The Waltons (1972-81).For nine series and more than 200 episodes from 1972 to 1981, as John …

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