Richard Thomas
Acting
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.
As actor 127
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Blacklist
2013
Chicago P.D.
2014
Blue Bloods
2010
Elementary
2012
The Good Wife
2009
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tony Awards
1956
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
Bonanza
1959
The Americans
2013
Billions
2016
Nature
1982
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
White Collar
2009
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Practice
1997
The Waltons
1972
Golden Globe Awards
1944
American Playhouse
1982
American Experience
1988
Touched by an Angel
1994
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Ozark
2017
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
The Outer Limits
1995
Night Gallery
1970
The F.B.I.
1965
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Dinah!
1974
It
1990
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
2006
Dave's World
1993
Promised Land
1996
The Unforgivable
2021
Conviction
2016
The Lazarus Project
2008
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
1998
Century City
2004
Wonder Boys
2000
The Comey Rule
2020
Taking Woodstock
2009
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Just Cause
2002
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
It's a Miracle
1998
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
Anesthesia
2016
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Final Jeopardy
1985
Johnny Belinda
1982
Last Summer
1969
I Can Make You Love Me
1993
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
Winning
1969
The Invaders
1995
The Christmas Tree
1958
Fifth of July
1982
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Timepiece
1996
The Invaders
1995
Time After Time
2011
Glory! Glory!
1989
Common Ground
1990
No Other Love
1979
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
Broadway: The Next Generation
Go Toward the Light
1988
The Easter Story
1990
What Love Sees
1996
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
A Walton Wedding
1995
The Music Teacher
2012
Getting Married
1978
Lincoln
1992
The Todd Killings
1971
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
Wild Hearts
2006
The Miracle of the Cards
2001
In the Name of the People
2000
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
A Walton Easter
1997
You'll Like My Mother
1972
Every Act of Life
2018
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
The Silence
1975
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
Annie's Point
2005
September 30, 1955
1977
Linda
1993
Barefoot In the Park
1982
Precious Victims
1993
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
Hobson's Choice
1983
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
The Christmas Secret
2000
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
A Doll's House
1959
To Find My Son
1980
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021
Andre's Mother
1990
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
2006
Riding the Rails
1997
The Christmas Box
1995
Cactus in the Snow
1971
Red Sky at Morning
1971
The Red Badge of Courage
1974
Big and Hairy
1998
Death in Small Doses
1995
The Price for Silence
2018
To Save the Children
1994
1, 2, 3 Go
1961
Give Us Barabbas!
1961
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
2005
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020
Anna's Dream
2002
