LOS ANGELES - Ralph Waite, who played the good-hearted but soft-spoken patriarch on the 1970s U.S. television drama "The Waltons," died on Thursday in Southern California, the actor's manager said. He ...

Ralph Waite was determined to make an unforgettable impression on his TV wife Michael Learned. It was 50 years ago that "The Waltons," a series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great ...

One of television's most enduring father figures has passed away. Ralph Waite, who played the stalwart John Walton Sr. on The Waltons, a CBS drama hit of the 1970s and early 1980s, died Thursday at ...

Stars of The Waltons gathered together on June 6 and 7 at The Hollywood Show in Burbank, Calif. During a Q&A with fans, star Michael Learned said how much she loved her late costar, Ralph Waite, ...