Still of Ralph Waite in NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
				
				
						 Caption: Still of Ralph Waite in NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
																																				
						Actor, Director, Soundtrack
						Born: June 22, 1928
						Star sign: Cancer
						Height: 6' (1.83 m)
						Known for: The Waltons (1971), The Bodyguard (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), Cool Hand Luke (1967)
						Source: IMDB
						Ralph Waite was born in White Plains, New York on June 22, 1928. Educated at Bucknell University where he graduated with a BA degree, Waite existed rather aimlessly as a young adult while trying to find his way in the world. Occupations came and went, including social worker, religious editor for Harper & Row, and even Presbyterian minister after ...