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Acting

Ralph Waite

Career: Active from 1967 to 2012, busiest in 1972 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Five Easy Pieces
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ralph Waite Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Dark Humor
1.8, average 2.8
Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 5
Character-Driven 4
Family Drama 3
Character Study 3
Political Intrigue 3
Emotional 2
Nostalgic 2
Heartwarming 2
Western 2
Crime 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Political Activism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

70

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

3 titles · average score 57

Gabe the Cupid Dog

53

as R.L. Dutton

25 Hill

70

as Ed

Letters to God

49

as Mr. Perryfield

2000s

15 titles · average score 59

Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective

28

as Grandpa Ventura

Generation Gap

69

as Chick

Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

66

as Jacob Brawley

Cane

51

TV show · as Father Mike

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Irving Waller

Bones

75

TV show · as Hank Booth

NCIS

64

TV show · as Jackson Gibbs

Carnivàle

74

TV show · as Reverend Norman Balthus

Blessings

as Sheriff

Spirit

52

as Jacob Hardesty

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

68

TV show · as Sheriff Montgomery

The President's Man

50

as President Mathews

1990s

18 titles · average score 62

A Walton Easter

72

as John Walton

The Third Twin

56

TV show · as Senator Proust

The Practice

76

TV show · as Walter Josephson

Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

56

as Shadow (voice)

The Outer Limits

82

TV show · as Gene Morton

Keys

as Dr. C.J. Halligan

Sin and Redemption

63

as Cal Simms

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

72

as John Walton

Cliffhanger

63

as Frank

The Bodyguard

52

as Herb Farmer

Wild by Law

as Aldo Leopold (voice)

Crash and Burn

40

as Lathan Hooks

1980s

12 titles · average score 65

Good Old Boy

68

as Narrator (voice)

Crime of Innocence

62

as Frank Hayward

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as D.A. Paul Robbins

A Good Sport

as Tommy O'Bannon

The Mississippi

TV show · as Ben Walker

A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

61

as John Walton

A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

60

as John Walton

Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain

59

as John Walton

The Gentleman Bandit

as Father Bernard Pagano

Angel City

70

as Jared Teeter

OHMS

as Floyd Wing

On the Nickel

as C.G.

1970s

16 titles · average score 59

Roots

76

TV show · as Slater

Red Alert

45

as Henry Stone

The Secret Life of John Chapman

as John Chapman

Kid Blue

56

as Drummer

The Waltons

65

TV show · as John Walton Sr.

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

48

as Jim Mackay

Chato's Land

63

as Elias Hooker

Hot Summer Week

43

as John

Trouble Man

39

as Pete Cockrell

The Sporting Club

as Olson

Nichols

70

TV show · as Sam Burton

Five Easy Pieces

81

as Carl Fidelio Dupea

1960s

5 titles · average score 74

Last Summer

78

as Peter's father (uncredited)

A Lovely Way to Die

50

as Sean Magruder

Cool Hand Luke

89

as Alibi

The Desperate Hours

as Lt. Fredericks

The Borgia Stick

78

as Man from Toledo

1950s

1 title · average score 73

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Hoby Miles