Richard Thomas
Biography
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.
Movies (73)
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021
The Unforgivable
2021
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020
The Price for Silence
2018
Every Act of Life
2018
Anesthesia
2016
Time After Time
2011
Taking Woodstock
2009
The Lazarus Project
2008
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
Wild Hearts
2006
Annie's Point
2005
Anna's Dream
2002
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002
The Miracle of the Cards
2001
The Christmas Secret
2000
Wonder Boys
2000
In the Name of the People
2000
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999
Big and Hairy
1998
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
A Walton Easter
1997
Riding the Rails
1997
Timepiece
1996
What Love Sees
1996
The Christmas Box
1995
The Invaders
1995
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
A Walton Wedding
1995
Death in Small Doses
1995
To Save the Children
1994
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
Linda
1993
Precious Victims
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
Common Ground
1990
Andre's Mother
1990
The Easter Story
1990
Glory! Glory!
1989
Go Toward the Light
1988
Final Jeopardy
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
Hobson's Choice
1983
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983
Johnny Belinda
1982
Fifth of July
1982
Barefoot In the Park
1982
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
To Find My Son
1980
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
No Other Love
1979
Getting Married
1978
September 30, 1955
1977
The Silence
1975
The Red Badge of Courage
1974
You'll Like My Mother
1972
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
The Todd Killings
1971
Red Sky at Morning
1971
Last Summer
1969
Winning
1969
A Doll's House
1959
Broadway: The Next Generation
TV Shows (53)
The Comey Rule
2020
Ozark
2017
Conviction
2016
Billions
2016
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Chicago P.D.
2014
The Blacklist
2013
The Americans
2013
Elementary
2012
Blue Bloods
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
White Collar
2009
The Good Wife
2009
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
2006
Century City
2004
Just Cause
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
It's a Miracle
1998
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
1998
The Practice
1997
Promised Land
1996
The Invaders
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994
Dave's World
1993
It
1990
Law & Order
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989
American Experience
1988
Nature
1982
American Playhouse
1982
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Dinah!
1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Waltons
1972
Night Gallery
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The F.B.I.
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bonanza
1959
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Golden Globe Awards
1944