What is Ralph Waite?
{{Infobox person | image = Ralph Waite.jpg | image_caption = Waite at ''[[The Waltons]]'' 40th Anniversary in 2012 | name = Ralph Waite | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|6|22}} | birth_place = [[White Plains, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|2|13|1928|6|22}} | death_place = [[Palm Desert, California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Natural causes]] | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1965–2013 | spouse = Beverly Waite (1951&ndash;1966)<br>Kerry Shear Waite (1977&ndash;1981)<br>Linda East (1982&ndash;2014) | children = 3 }} '''Ralph Waite''' (June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] actor. He is best known for his role as John Walton, Sr., on the 1970s [[CBS]] TV series ''[[The Waltons]]''. He played the [[slave ship]] [[third mate]] Slater in the mini-series ''[[Roots (TV miniseries)|Roots]]''.<ref name=Website>{{cite web|last=Haley|first=Alex|title=Alex Haley.com|url=http://www.alex-haley.com/alex_haley_roots.htm|work=Roots|publisher=Alex Haley.com|accessdate=October 13, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413024150/http://www.alex-haley.com/alex_haley_roots.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Waite died on February 13, 2014, aged 85, from natural causes <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mydesert.com/article/20140213/NEWS01/302130019/The-Waltons-actor-Ralph-Waite-dies-85-Palm-Desert?nclick_check=1 | title=The Desert Sun &#124; Palm Springs and Coachella Valley news }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0906627}} *{{IBDB name|25935}} *[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;type=simple;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;q1=Ralph%20Waite;view=reslist;subview=detail;sort=freq;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a Ralph Waite] at the [[University of Wisconsin]]'s [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=uw-whs-tape00339a;focusrgn=summaryinfo;cc=wiarchives;byte=50771135 Actors Studio audio colle