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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 13, 1951
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Richard E. Thomas
- Richard Earl Thomas
- ریچارد توماس
Richard Thomas
2.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.7
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022
6.0
Self - Narrator
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021
7.4
Michael Malcolm
The Unforgivable
2021
5.0
Roger
Christmas vs The Walters
2021
7.4
Himself
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021
0.0
Self
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020
6.9
Chuck Rosenberg
The Comey Rule
2020
5.5
Richard Davenport
The Price for Silence
2018
6.4
Self
Every Act of Life
2018
10.0
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
Credits
A Waltons Thanksgiving
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
4.7
The Waltons' Homecoming
as Self - Narrator
2021
6.0
The Unforgivable
as Michael Malcolm
2021
7.4
Christmas vs The Walters
as Roger
2021
5.0
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
2021
7.4
Christmas Day in the Morning
as Self
2020
0.0
The Comey Rule
as Chuck Rosenberg
2020
6.9
The Price for Silence
as Richard Davenport
2018
5.5
Every Act of Life
as Self
2018
6.4
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
Ozark
as Nathan Davis
2017
8.2
Conviction
as Earl Slavitt
2016
6.8
NCIS: New Orleans
as Ezra Van Cleef
2014
7.3
Chicago P.D.
as Adam Ames
2014
8.4
The Blacklist
as David Foy
2013
7.6
The Americans
as Frank Gaad
2013
7.9
Elementary
as Mitch Barrett
2012
7.6
Time After Time
2011
5.7
Blue Bloods
as Richard Walters
2010
7.8
Rizzoli & Isles
as Prof. Dwayne Kravitz
2010
7.9
White Collar
as William Wolcott
2009
8.2
The Good Wife
as Ed Pratt
2009
7.6
Taking Woodstock
as Don
2009
6.2
The Lazarus Project
as Cop #2
2008
6.0
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
as Self
2008
0.0
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
as Howard Cottrell
2006
6.9
Wild Hearts
as Bob
2006
6.2
🎬
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
as Tennessee Williams
2006
0.0
🎬
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
as Self - Narrator
2005
0.0
Annie's Point
as Richard Eason
2005
5.4
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
Century City
2004
5.0
Anna's Dream
as Rod Morgan
2002
0.0
Just Cause
2002
9.5
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
as Charles Ingalls
2002
5.0
The Miracle of the Cards
as Dr. Neal Kassell
2001
6.8
The Christmas Secret
as Jerry McNeil
2000
5.8
Wonder Boys
as Walter Gaskell
2000
6.8
In the Name of the People
as Jack Murphy
2000
1.0
The Million Dollar Kid
as Ted Hunter
2000
2.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Nat Randolph
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Daniel Varney
1999
7.9
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
as Charles Ingalls
1999
6.4
Big and Hairy
as Victor Dewlap
1998
4.2
It's a Miracle
1998
0.0
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
as David Robinson
1998
5.9
A Thousand Men and a Baby
as Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan
1997
5.0
Flood: A River's Rampage
as Herb Dellenbach
1997
4.8
A Walton Easter
as John-Boy Walton
1997
6.5
The Practice
as Walter 'The Hummer' Arens
1997
7.6
Riding the Rails
as Narrator
1997
5.7
Timepiece
as Richard Evans
1996
7.0
What Love Sees
as Gordon Holly
1996
6.8
Promised Land
as Joe Greene
1996
6.1
The Christmas Box
as Richard Evans
1995
5.2
The Invaders
as Jerry Thayer
1995
4.5
The Invaders
as Jerry Thayer
1995
5.5
Down, Out and Dangerous
as Tim Willows
1995
5.6
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Stephen Ledbetter
1995
7.7
A Walton Wedding
as John-Boy Walton
1995
0.0
Death in Small Doses
as Richard Lyon
1995
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Joe Greene
1994
7.2
To Save the Children
as David Young
1994
6.0
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as John-Boy Walton
1993
7.5
Linda
as Paul Cowley
1993
3.8
Precious Victims
as Don Weber
1993
7.0
Dave's World
as Richard Thomas
1993
6.4
I Can Make You Love Me
as Richard Farley
1993
6.6
🎬
Lincoln
as John Hay (voice)
1992
6.8
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Gary Brown
1992
5.8
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as James O'Hanlan
1991
7.0
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Lieutenant Steven Scott
1991
6.2
It
as Bill Denbrough
1990
6.9
Law & Order
as Roger Jenkins
1990
7.4
Common Ground
as Colin Diver
1990
10.0
Andre's Mother
as Cal
1990
0.0
The Easter Story
as Mark (voice)
1990
7.5
Glory! Glory!
as Rev. Bobby Joe
1989
7.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Trask
1989
8.0
Go Toward the Light
as Greg Madison
1988
7.2
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
Final Jeopardy
as Marty Campbell
1985
6.1
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Hobson's Choice
as Will Mossup
1983
0.0
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
as Hank Williams, Jr.
1983
6.0
Johnny Belinda
as William Richmond
1982
6.0
Fifth of July
as Kenneth Talley Jr.
1982
7.0
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
1982
7.8
Barefoot In the Park
as Paul Bratter
1982
5.8
American Playhouse
as Cal Porter
1982
6.2
Berlin Tunnel 21
as Sandy Mueller
1981
6.5
To Find My Son
as David Benjamin
1980
5.3
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Shad
1980
5.3
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Paul Bäumer
1979
6.7
No Other Love
as Andrew Madison
1979
7.0
Roots: The Next Generations
as Jim Warner
1979
7.5
Getting Married
as Michael Carboni
1978
4.0
September 30, 1955
as Jimmy J.
1977
6.4
The Silence
as Cadet James Pelosi
1975
0.0
The Red Badge of Courage
as Pvt. Henry Fleming
1974
6.7
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
You'll Like My Mother
as Kenny
1972
6.3
The Waltons
as John Walton Jr.
1972
7.2
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as John-Boy Walton
1971
7.2
🎬
Cactus in the Snow
as Harley MacIntosh
1971
0.0
The Todd Killings
as Billy Roy
1971
4.1
Red Sky at Morning
as Joshua Arnold
1971
6.7
Night Gallery
as Ian Evans
1970
7.8
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dennis Alan Graham
1969
6.5
Last Summer
as Peter
1969
6.2
Winning
as Charley
1969
5.9
The F.B.I.
as John 'Chill' Chilton
1965
5.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
🎬
1, 2, 3 Go
as Himself
1961
0.0
🎬
Give Us Barabbas!
as Junge
1961
0.0
A Doll's House
as Ivor
1959
10.0
Bonanza
as Billy
1959
7.5
🎬
The Christmas Tree
as Joey
1958
0.0
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Joey
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Paul Baumer
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Durie
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ivor
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Boy
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2