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.
Acting (71 movies)
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Andre's Mother
1990
The Lazarus Project
2008
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
Riding the Rails
1997
Winning
1969
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020
Last Summer
1969
Timepiece
1996
Annie's Point
2005
The Christmas Secret
2000
September 30, 1955
1977
The Invaders
1995
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
Red Sky at Morning
1971
To Save the Children
1994
I Can Make You Love Me
1993
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
The Easter Story
1990
Final Jeopardy
1985
The Todd Killings
1971
Time After Time
2011
Glory! Glory!
1989
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983
Wonder Boys
2000
The Christmas Box
1995
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997
You'll Like My Mother
1972
What Love Sees
1996
Anna's Dream
2002
Common Ground
1990
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022
Big and Hairy
1998
Go Toward the Light
1988
Barefoot In the Park
1982
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
Wild Hearts
2006
The Red Badge of Courage
1974
The Miracle of the Cards
2001
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002
Linda
1993
Taking Woodstock
2009
Precious Victims
1993
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
To Find My Son
1980
Death in Small Doses
1995
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
Getting Married
1978
Every Act of Life
2018
A Walton Easter
1997
No Other Love
1979
Fifth of July
1982
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
Hobson's Choice
1983
The Price for Silence
2018
The Unforgivable
2021
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
Johnny Belinda
1982
A Doll's House
1959
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999
The Silence
1975
In the Name of the People
2000
A Walton Wedding
1995
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | 1983 | Executive Producer |