Richard Thomas
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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.

Films Featuring Richard Thomas

Berlin Tunnel 21

19816.7

Christmas vs The Walters

20215.0

All Quiet on the Western Front

19796.7

Andre's Mother

1990

The Lazarus Project

20086.0

Battle Beyond the Stars

19805.4

Riding the Rails

19976.0

Winning

19696.0

The Waltons' Homecoming

20216.0

Christmas Day in the Morning

2020

Last Summer

19696.2

Timepiece

19967.0

Annie's Point

20055.6

The Christmas Secret

20005.9

September 30, 1955

19776.8

The Invaders

19955.0

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

19717.3

Red Sky at Morning

19717.1

To Save the Children

19946.2

I Can Make You Love Me

19936.7

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

19925.9

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

19916.4

The Million Dollar Kid

20003.4

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

19917.3

The Easter Story

19907.4

Final Jeopardy

19856.3

The Todd Killings

19714.6

Time After Time

20115.7

Glory! Glory!

19898.0

Cactus in the Snow

Cactus in the Snow

19719.0

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

19837.3

Wonder Boys

20006.8

The Christmas Box

19955.5

A Thousand Men and a Baby

19976.0

You'll Like My Mother

19726.3

What Love Sees

19967.8

Anna's Dream

20028.0

Common Ground

19908.5

Down, Out and Dangerous

19955.7

A Waltons Thanksgiving

20225.3

Big and Hairy

19984.8

Go Toward the Light

19887.7

Lincoln

Lincoln

19927.3

Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater

Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater

2006

Barefoot In the Park

19826.3

Broadway: The Next Generation

Wild Hearts

20066.3

The Red Badge of Courage

19747.3

The Miracle of the Cards

20017.0

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

20026.0

Give Us Barabbas!

Give Us Barabbas!

196110.0

Linda

19934.8

Taking Woodstock

20096.2

Precious Victims

19937.0

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

19937.3

To Find My Son

19806.4

Death in Small Doses

19956.5

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

20217.4

Getting Married

19786.0

Every Act of Life

20186.4

A Walton Easter

19977.3

No Other Love

19798.0

Fifth of July

19827.0

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

2008

Hobson's Choice

19837.0

The Price for Silence

20185.5

The Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree

19582.0

The Unforgivable

20217.4

Flood: A River's Rampage

19975.3

Johnny Belinda

19826.3

A Doll's House

195910.0

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

19997.0

The Silence

19759.0

In the Name of the People

20005.5

A Walton Wedding

1995

Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater

Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater

20059.0

Anesthesia

20165.7

The Master of Ballantrae

19846.3

The Music Teacher

20125.0