Richard Thomas
Acting
Born 1951-06-13 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
The Unforgivable
2021 · Movie
Wonder Boys
2000 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
The Lazarus Project
2008 · Movie
A Doll's House
1959 · Movie
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · Movie
The Silence
1975 · Movie
No Other Love
1979 · Movie
Common Ground
1990 · Movie
Taking Woodstock
2009 · Movie
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021 · Movie
Glory! Glory!
1989 · Movie
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · Movie
Anna's Dream
2002 · Movie
A Walton Easter
1997 · Movie
What Love Sees
1996 · Movie
Last Summer
1969 · Movie
I Can Make You Love Me
1993 · Movie
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971 · Movie
Every Act of Life
2018 · Movie
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Movie
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991 · Movie
Go Toward the Light
1988 · Movie
The Easter Story
1990 · Movie
Anesthesia
2016 · Movie
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983 · Movie
Red Sky at Morning
1971 · Movie
Precious Victims
1993 · Movie
The Miracle of the Cards
2001 · Movie
Timepiece
1996 · Movie
Winning
1969 · Movie
Hobson's Choice
1983 · Movie
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981 · Movie
The Master of Ballantrae
1984 · Movie
September 30, 1955
1977 · Movie
Death in Small Doses
1995 · Movie
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991 · Movie
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997 · Movie
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999 · Movie
Johnny Belinda
1982 · Movie
Fifth of July
1982 · Movie
Getting Married
1978 · Movie
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992 · Movie
The Red Badge of Courage
1974 · Movie
To Find My Son
1980 · Movie
Wild Hearts
2006 · Movie
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995 · Movie
To Save the Children
1994 · Movie
Final Jeopardy
1985 · Movie
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002 · Movie
You'll Like My Mother
1972 · Movie
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021 · Movie
The Christmas Secret
2000 · Movie
The Christmas Box
1995 · Movie
In the Name of the People
2000 · Movie
Barefoot In the Park
1982 · Movie
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997 · Movie
Annie's Point
2005 · Movie
Time After Time
2011 · Movie
Riding the Rails
1997 · Movie