Richard Thomas
Known for Acting
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
The Unforgivable
2021
as Michael Malcolm
The Lazarus Project
2008
as Cop #2
Wonder Boys
2000
as Walter Gaskell
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
as Paul Bäumer
Taking Woodstock
2009
as Don
Winning
1969
as Charley
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
as Shad
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
I Can Make You Love Me
1993
as Richard Farley
Last Summer
1969
as Peter
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
as Himself
Anesthesia
2016
as Mr. Werth
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983
as Hank Williams, Jr.
September 30, 1955
1977
as Jimmy J.
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
as Lieutenant Steven Scott
Every Act of Life
2018
as Self
No Other Love
1979
as Andrew Madison
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002
as Charles Ingalls
Common Ground
1990
as Colin Diver
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
as John-Boy Walton