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Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951 height 5' 8½" (1,74 m)) 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
Berlin Tunnel 21
Sandy Mueller
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer
The Lazarus Project
Cop #2
Battle Beyond the Stars
Shad
Riding the Rails
Narrator
Winning
Charley
Last Summer
Peter
Timepiece
Richard Evans
The Christmas Secret
Jerry McNeil
September 30, 1955
Jimmy J.
The Invaders
Jerry Thayer
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
John-Boy Walton
To Save the Children
David Young
I Can Make You Love Me
Richard Farley
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Gary Brown
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Lieutenant Steven Scott
The Christmas Box
Richard Evans
The Million Dollar Kid
Ted Hunter
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
James O'Hanlan
Final Jeopardy
Marty Campbell
The Todd Killings
Billy Roy
Time After Time
Glory! Glory!
Rev. Bobby Joe
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Hank Williams, Jr.
Cactus in the Snow
Harley MacIntosh
Wonder Boys
Walter Gaskell
A Thousand Men and a Baby
Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan
You'll Like My Mother
Kenny
Anna's Dream
Rod Morgan
What Love Sees
Gordon Holly
Big and Hairy
Victor Dewlap
Taking Woodstock
Don
Go Toward the Light
Greg Madison
Lincoln
John Hay (voice)
Barefoot In the Park
Paul Bratter
Wild Hearts
Bob
The Red Badge of Courage
Pvt. Henry Fleming
The Miracle of the Cards
Dr. Neal Kassell
Red Sky at Morning
Joshua Arnold
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Charles Ingalls
Linda
Paul Cowley
Give Us Barabbas!
Junge
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
John-Boy Walton
Precious Victims
Don Weber
Annie's Point
Richard Eason
To Find My Son
David Benjamin
Death in Small Doses
Richard Lyon
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Himself
Getting Married
Michael Carboni
Every Act of Life
Self
A Walton Easter
John-Boy Walton
No Other Love
Andrew Madison
Fifth of July
Kenneth Talley Jr.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Self
Hobson's Choice
Will Mossup
The Price for Silence
Richard Davenport
The Christmas Tree
Joey
The Unforgivable
Michael Malcolm
Flood: A River's Rampage
Herb Dellenbach
Johnny Belinda
William Richmond
A Doll's House
Ivor
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Charles Ingalls
The Silence
Cadet James Pelosi
In the Name of the People
A Walton Wedding
John-Boy Walton
Christmas vs The Walters
Roger
Andre's Mother
Cal
The Waltons' Homecoming
Himself - Narrator
Christmas Day in the Morning
Self
The Easter Story
Mark (voice)
Common Ground
Colin Diver
Down, Out and Dangerous
Tim Willows
A Waltons Thanksgiving
Self - Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Tennessee Williams
Broadway: The Next Generation
Shows
The F.B.I.
John 'Chill' Chilton
The Practice
Attention Scum
The Waltons
John Walton Jr.
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Howard Cottrell
It's a Miracle
Roots: The Next Generations
It
Bill Denbrough
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
David Robinson
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Trask
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dennis Alan Graham
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Joey
Century City
Dave's World
The Outer Limits
Dr. Stephen Ledbetter
Just Cause
The Good Wife
Ed Pratt
White Collar
William Wolcott
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nat Randolph
The Americans
Frank Gaad
Rizzoli & Isles
Prof. Dwayne Kravitz
Nature
Narrator (voice)
Elementary
Mitch Barrett
Roots: The Next Generations
Jim Warner
Touched by an Angel
Joe Greene
Promised Land
Joe Greene
Blue Bloods
Richard Walters
The Blacklist
David Foy
1, 2, 3 Go
Himself
NCIS: New Orleans
Ezra Van Cleef
The Comey Rule
Chuck Rosenberg
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
American Playhouse
Cal Porter
Night Gallery
Ian Evans
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ivor
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Boy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Paul Baumer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Henry Durie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Daniel Varney
The Invaders
Jerry Thayer
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Bonanza
Billy
Law & Order
Roger Jenkins
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Chicago P.D.
Adam Ames
Ozark
Nathan Davis
Conviction
Earl Slavitt