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Ralph Waite

Actor · 42 credits · 16 in highly-rated films

Best known for Five Easy Pieces (1970)

Frequent collaborators: Ellen Corby, Eric Scott, Jon Walmsley, Richard Thomas, Kami Cotler

Best Ralph Waite movies by genre

Movies (41 total, ranked by score)

  1. Five Easy Pieces

    1970 · ★ 7.1 (608 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. The Bodyguard

    1992 · ★ 6.7 (3,302 votes)

    Action, Drama, Romance

    2

  3. Chato's Land

    1972 · ★ 6.5 (166 votes)

    Western

    3

  4. Lawman

    1971 · ★ 6.5 (138 votes)

    Western

    4

  5. The Grissom Gang

    1971 · ★ 6.7 (41 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    5

  6. Last Summer

    1969 · ★ 6.1 (49 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco

    1996 · ★ 6.6 (538 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. Letters to God

    2010 · ★ 6.8 (138 votes)

    Drama, Family

    8

  9. Wild by Law

    1991 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Generation Gap

    2008 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Family

    10

  11. A Wedding on Waltons Mountain

    1982 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Family, Drama, TV Movie

    11

  12. Sunshine State

    2002 · ★ 6.3 (42 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

    1993 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, Family, TV Movie

    13

  14. The Magnificent Seven Ride!

    1972 · ★ 5.6 (103 votes)

    Western, Action, Drama

    14

  15. Trouble Man

    1972 · ★ 6.2 (38 votes)

    Crime, Action, Thriller

    15

  16. A Walton Easter

    1997 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie, Family

    16

  17. A Good Sport

    1984

    Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

    17

  18. A Season of Hope

    1995 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    18

  19. Gabe the Cupid Dog

    2012 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)

    Family, Comedy

    19

  20. Red Alert

    1977 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Thriller, TV Movie

    20

  21. A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain

    1982 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Family, Drama, TV Movie

    21

  22. OHMS

    1980 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    22

  23. Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses

    2007 · ★ 7.3 (8 votes)

    TV Movie, Mystery

    23

  24. Spirit

    2001 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Drama, Horror, Thriller

    24

  25. 25 Hill

    2011 · ★ 6.1 (18 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. The Sporting Club

    1971 · ★ 4.2 (7 votes)

    Comedy

    26

  27. A Natural Born World-Shaker: The Making of 'Cool Hand Luke'

    2008

    27

  28. Keys

    1994 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    28

  29. The Desperate Hours

    1967 · ★ 4.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    29

  30. Crime of Innocence

    1985 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.