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.
Filmography
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021
as Self - Narrator
The Unforgivable
2021
as Michael Malcolm
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
as Roger
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
as Himself
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020
as Self
The Price for Silence
2018
as Richard Davenport
Every Act of Life
2018
as Self
Anesthesia
2016
as Mr. Werth
The Music Teacher
2012
as Ray
Time After Time
2011
Taking Woodstock
2009
as Don
The Lazarus Project
2008
as Cop #2
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
as Self
Wild Hearts
2006
as Bob
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Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
2006
as Tennessee Williams
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Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
2005
as Self - Narrator
Annie's Point
2005
as Richard Eason
Anna's Dream
2002
as Rod Morgan
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002
as Charles Ingalls
The Miracle of the Cards
2001
as Dr. Neal Kassell
The Christmas Secret
2000
as Jerry McNeil
Wonder Boys
2000
as Walter Gaskell
In the Name of the People
2000
as Jack Murphy