Ralph Waite

Ralph Waite was an American actor, best known for his lead role as John Walton Sr. on The Waltons (1972–1981), which he occasionally directed. He later had recurring roles as two other heroic fathers; in NCIS as Jackson Gibbs, the father of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and in Bones, as Seeley Booth's grandfather. Waite had supporting roles in movies such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Grissom Gang (1971), The Bodyguard (1992), and Cliffhanger (1993).

22 June 1928

Born on the same birth day (22 June): Anthony Low • Bernard Ashmole • Bernie McGann • Bill Blass • Bruce McAvaney • Bruno Latour • Craig Gruber • Dan Brown • Danny Green (basketball) • Darrell Armstrong • Edmund A. Chester • Eriks Ādamsons • Gary Connolly • Ignác Goldziher • Kevin Bond (English footballer) • Michał Kalecki • Miroslav Kadlec • Pascual Díaz y Barreto • Randolph Hokanson • Rubén Martínez (footballer, born 1984) • Shah Mahmood Qureshi • Vernon Kirby • Yeoh Ghim Seng • Étienne Méhul

Born in the same month (June 1928): Asrat Woldeyes • Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli • Ian Bannen • John Forbes Nash Jr. • Klaus von Dohnanyi • Michel Brault • Nancy Marchand • Petros Molyviatis • Ron Reynolds (footballer, born 1928) • Ruth Westheimer • Tommy DeVito (musician)