
Richard Thomas
Acting • Born 1951-06-13
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.
Filmography
128 credits
Berlin Tunnel 21
Movie • 1981
Sandy Mueller

Christmas vs The Walters
Movie • 2021
Roger

All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie • 1979
Paul Bäumer

Andre's Mother
Movie • 1990
Cal

The Lazarus Project
Movie • 2008
Cop #2

Battle Beyond the Stars
Movie • 1980
Shad

Riding the Rails
Movie • 1997
Narrator

Winning
Movie • 1969
Charley

The Waltons' Homecoming
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator

Christmas Day in the Morning
Movie • 2020
Self

Last Summer
Movie • 1969
Peter

Timepiece
Movie • 1996
Richard Evans

Annie's Point
Movie • 2005
Richard Eason

The Christmas Secret
Movie • 2000
Jerry McNeil

September 30, 1955
Movie • 1977
Jimmy J.

The Invaders
Movie • 1995
Jerry Thayer

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Movie • 1971
John-Boy Walton

Red Sky at Morning
Movie • 1971
Joshua Arnold

To Save the Children
Movie • 1994
David Young

I Can Make You Love Me
Movie • 1993
Richard Farley

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Movie • 1992
Gary Brown

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Movie • 1991
Lieutenant Steven Scott

The Million Dollar Kid
Movie • 2000
Ted Hunter

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Movie • 1991
James O'Hanlan

The Easter Story
Movie • 1990
Mark (voice)

Final Jeopardy
Movie • 1985
Marty Campbell

The Todd Killings
Movie • 1971
Billy Roy

Time After Time
Movie • 2011

Glory! Glory!
Movie • 1989
Rev. Bobby Joe

Cactus in the Snow
Movie • 1971
Harley MacIntosh

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Movie • 1983
Hank Williams, Jr.

Wonder Boys
Movie • 2000
Walter Gaskell

The Christmas Box
Movie • 1995
Richard Evans

A Thousand Men and a Baby
Movie • 1997
Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan

You'll Like My Mother
Movie • 1972
Kenny

What Love Sees
Movie • 1996
Gordon Holly

Anna's Dream
Movie • 2002
Rod Morgan

Common Ground
Movie • 1990
Colin Diver

Down, Out and Dangerous
Movie • 1995
Tim Willows

A Waltons Thanksgiving
Movie • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)

Big and Hairy
Movie • 1998
Victor Dewlap

Go Toward the Light
Movie • 1988
Greg Madison

Lincoln
Movie • 1992
John Hay (voice)

Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Movie • 2006
Tennessee Williams

Barefoot In the Park
Movie • 1982
Paul Bratter

Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie
Self

Wild Hearts
Movie • 2006
Bob

The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1974
Pvt. Henry Fleming

The Miracle of the Cards
Movie • 2001
Dr. Neal Kassell

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Movie • 2002
Charles Ingalls

Give Us Barabbas!
Movie • 1961
Junge

Linda
Movie • 1993
Paul Cowley

Taking Woodstock
Movie • 2009
Don

Precious Victims
Movie • 1993
Don Weber

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie • 1993
John-Boy Walton

To Find My Son
Movie • 1980
David Benjamin

Death in Small Doses
Movie • 1995
Richard Lyon

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Movie • 2021
Himself

Getting Married
Movie • 1978
Michael Carboni

Every Act of Life
Movie • 2018
Self

A Walton Easter
Movie • 1997
John-Boy Walton

No Other Love
Movie • 1979
Andrew Madison

Fifth of July
Movie • 1982
Kenneth Talley Jr.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Movie • 2008
Self

Hobson's Choice
Movie • 1983
Will Mossup

The Price for Silence
Movie • 2018
Richard Davenport

The Christmas Tree
Movie • 1958
Joey

The Unforgivable
Movie • 2021
Michael Malcolm

Flood: A River's Rampage
Movie • 1997
Herb Dellenbach

Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1982
William Richmond

A Doll's House
Movie • 1959
Ivor

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Movie • 1999
Charles Ingalls

The Silence
Movie • 1975
Cadet James Pelosi

In the Name of the People
Movie • 2000
Jack Murphy

A Walton Wedding
Movie • 1995
John-Boy Walton

Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
Movie • 2005
Self - Narrator

Anesthesia
Movie • 2016
Mr. Werth

The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest

The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
John 'Chill' Chilton

Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Dr. Trask

Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Dennis Alan Graham

The Practice
TV • 1997
Walter 'The Hummer' Arens

It's a Miracle
TV • 1998

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Joey

Century City
TV • 2004

The Waltons
TV • 1972
John Walton Jr.

Dave's World
TV • 1993
Richard Thomas

American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)

It
TV • 1990
Bill Denbrough

The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Dr. Stephen Ledbetter

The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
TV • 1998
David Robinson

Just Cause
TV • 2002

The Americans
TV • 2013
Frank Gaad

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
TV • 2006
Howard Cottrell

The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Ed Pratt

White Collar
TV • 2009
William Wolcott

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Nat Randolph

American Playhouse
TV • 1982
Cal Porter

Bonanza
TV • 1959
Billy

Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Ian Evans

Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Prof. Dwayne Kravitz

Law & Order
TV • 1990
Roger Jenkins

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host

Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)

Elementary
TV • 2012
Mitch Barrett

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self

Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Joe Greene

Promised Land
TV • 1996
Joe Greene

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Paul Baumer

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Henry Durie

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Ivor

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
The Boy

Chicago P.D.
TV • 2014
Adam Ames

Ozark
TV • 2017
Nathan Davis

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Daniel Varney

Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Richard Walters

The Invaders
TV • 1995
Jerry Thayer

The Blacklist
TV • 2013
David Foy

1, 2, 3 Go
TV • 1961
Himself

Conviction
TV • 2016
Earl Slavitt

NCIS: New Orleans
TV • 2014
Ezra Van Cleef

Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self

The Comey Rule
TV • 2020
Chuck Rosenberg

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter

Roots: The Next Generations
TV • 1979
Jim Warner