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