ralph waite played leroy jethro gibbs father on ncis.
ralph waite played leroy jethro gibbs father on ncis.
who plays leroy jethro gibbs father on ncis?
ralph waite
in the backstory, gibbs was born on may 2, 1954, and was shown in the episode "heartland" to have grown up in stillwater, pennsylvania. the town is real, and the scenes in the episode were modeled after bellisario's hometown of cokeburg. his father, jackson gibbs (played by ralph waite), owned and ran the stillwater general store. he is named after his father's close friend and partner in the store, leroy jethro "lj" moore, after they worked together in the coal mines (winslow mining company). in "the namesake", it is revealed that lj, a world war ii veteran and montford point marine, had influenced the teenaged gibbs to join the marines. gibbs left stillwater in 1976 at age 18 to join the marine corps and did not return for over thirty years. in a flashback scene in the episode, as a teenager, gibbs often provoked violence with defiance to his father, who constantly comes to his unwanted aid with a winchester rifle. he was also known around the area as a delinquent, as said by the new sheriff, one of the other delinquents during his teenage years, stating, "funny, never expected to find you on the same side of the law." he met his first wife shannon (portrayed by both darby stanchfield and aviva baumann), who worked at the local department store, when both were teenagers. shannon and gibbs spoke to each other for the first time while waiting for a train, and shannon mentioned she had thought about creating a set of life rules for herself; gibbs later incorporated this idea into his own series of around fifty rules that he now uses for his profession (with the rules in the forties and above constituting emergency situations), with shannon quietly sneaking in a fifty-first rule to remind him he's not infallible. gibbs is known by his first name, leroy, to family and people in his hometown (as well as his ex-wife diane), whereas at work he is known as gibbs, jethro, or simply "boss".
leroy jethro gibbs
leroy jethro gibbs is a fictional character of the cbs tv series "ncis", portrayed by mark harmon. he is a former u.s. marine corps scout sniper turned special agent who commands a team for the naval criminal investigative service. gibbs is the most accomplished marksman on the team and the most skilled at handling violent standoffs; he depends on his other agents heavily for technical forensics and background checks. he is patient but firm with his team and has little patience for bureaucracy; he commands most other main characters—including his current staff timothy mcgee, ellie bishop, nick torres and jacqueline sloane and previous staff caitlin todd (killed in the line of duty), anthony dinozzo (left to look after his newly found daughter), ziva david (presumably killed after leaving ncis; later revealed to have gone into hiding), alexandra quinn (left to look after her sick mother) and clayton reeves (killed defending abby sciuto). leroy jethro gibbs was born in 1954 as confirmed in the episode "date with destiny", in which he visits shannon's grave and the date is shown on the headstone.
leroy jethro gibbs