Ralph Waite Net Worth

Ralph Waite's Quotes

• Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a lens. Either an artist grows or he stagnates.
• You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
• 'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
• The beauty of life is in people who feel some obligation to enhance life. Without that, we're only half alive.
• I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.

Interesting Facts about Ralph Waite

1. Unsuccessfully ran for Congress in California to fill the unexpired term of the late Sonny Bono, achieving the Democratic nomination, then defeated by Mary Bono (Sonny's widow), April 7, 1998.
2. First ran for congress in 1990, as the Democratic nominee, only to lose against incumbent Representative Al McCandless (R).
3. John Walton Sr., Waite's character on The Waltons (1972), was ranked #3 by TV Guide in its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
4. Stepfather of Liam Waite.
5. Stepgrandfather of two boys, by stepson Liam Waite, Tristan River Waite, born October 12, 1998, and Asher Sky Waite, born September 2001. The mother of both boys was Liam's then fiancée Natasha Henstridge.
6. Grandfather of Jackson Waite and Charlotte Ray Rosenberg.
7. Ex-son-in-law of Pearl Shear.
8. Did not attend the funeral of Ellen Corby, when the actress passed away in 1999.
9. Ralph Waite passed away on February 13, 2014. Just before his death, his final role was on Days of Our Lives (1965).
10. Executive Producer of Ralph Waite Productions from 1983 to 1984.
11. Once owned a house in Rancho Mirage, California.
12. Appeared on the front cover of TV Guide 5 times.
13. Served in the United States Marine Corps.
14. Before he was a successful actor, ordained minister and political activist, he was the religious editor for book publisher Harper & Row.
15. He also became active in politics, picketing for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
16. After his divorce, at age 38, he moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1966, to pursue a career in acting. His two daughters stayed with his ex-wife in New York.
17. Between Norman Lloyd, Angela Lansbury, Dick Van Dyke, Ernest Borgnine, Mickey Rooney, Betty White and Larry Hagman, Waite was one of the stars in Hollywood never to retire.
18. In On the Nickel (1980), Waite played a recovering alcoholic, in real-life, he was also a former alcoholic.
19. Longtime friend of Hal Williams.
20. Upon his death, he was cremated. His remains were buried at the White Plains Rural Cemetery, White Plains, Westchester County, New York.