Richard Thomas
Acting
Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor, best known as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons. During his career, Thomas won an Emmy Award, and received nominations for another Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. During his career, Thomas won an Emmy Award, and received nominations for another Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.Thomas was born in Manhattan, the son of Barbara (née Fallis) and Richard S. Thomas, in 1951. His parents were dancers with the New York City Ballet and owned the New York School of Ballet. He attended The Allen Stevenson School and the McBurney School in Manhattan. Thomas was seven when he made his Broadway debut in Sunrise at Campobello (1958) playing John Roosevelt, son of future U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Born: June 13, 1951 · New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (79)
The Unforgivable
2021
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
The Ice Road
2021
The Comey Rule
2020
The Price for Silence
2018
Every Act of Life
2018
Ozark
2017
Conviction
2016
Billions
2016
Anesthesia
2016
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Blacklist
2013
The Americans
2013
Elementary
2012
Time After Time
2011
Blue Bloods
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
White Collar
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Taking Woodstock
2009
The Lazarus Project
2008
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
2006
Wild Hearts
2006
Annie's Point
2005
Century City
2004
Just Cause
2002
Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled
2002
The Miracle of the Cards
2001
The Christmas Secret
2000
Wonder Boys
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Big and Hairy
1998
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
1998
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
The Practice
1997
Riding the Rails
1997
Timepiece
1996
Promised Land
1996
The Christmas Box
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Linda
1993
Dave's World
1993
I Can Make You Love Me
1993
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
It
1990
Law & Order
1990
The Easter Story
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Go Toward the Light
1988
American Experience
1988
Final Jeopardy
1985
Nature
1982
American Playhouse
1982
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
September 30, 1955
1977
Dinah!
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
You'll Like My Mother
1972
The Waltons
1972
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
The Todd Killings
1971
Night Gallery
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Last Summer
1969
Winning
1969
The F.B.I.
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944