Spoiler : Raitt, John (birth name was John Emmet Raitt) Born in Santa Ana, California 1/18/1917; died 2/20/2005 of complications from pneumonia at his home in Pacific Palisades, California. Married and divorced to Marjorie Haydock (?-?); Rosemary ? (1971-2005 his death). Father of singer Bonnie Raitt. Raitt was a devout Quaker. While he was in college, was a football and shotput star. Professional debut as a singer in 1940, in a production of HMS Pinafore at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. Conscientious objector during WWII. On Broadway as Billy Bigelow in Carousel (1945). Screen debut in Flight Command (1940). Last movie was The Pajama Game (1957).

Spoiler : Television actor from 1950 to the late 1990s. Bill Sothern on The Buick Circus Show for NBC-TV (1952-1953). Raitt and Janet Blair co-starred on The Blair and Raitt Show (The Chevy Show) for NBC-TV (1958-1959).