Richard Thomas

Known for ActingBorn 1951-06-13 (age 74)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Give Us Barabbas!

A Doll's House

Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater

Just Cause

The Silence

Cactus in the Snow

1, 2, 3 Go

Chicago P.D.

Common Ground

Ozark

White Collar

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Anna's Dream

The Americans

Rizzoli & Isles

It's a Miracle

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Billions

Blue Bloods

Glory! Glory!

Tales from the Crypt

Night of 100 Stars II

What Love Sees

No Other Love

The Blacklist

Elementary

Nature

The Good Wife

The Outer Limits

The Practice

The Unforgivable

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

Go Toward the Light

Night Gallery

NCIS: New Orleans

A Walton Easter

The Easter Story

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

Lincoln

Roots: The Next Generations

Law & Order

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Touched by an Angel

The Comey Rule

Bonanza

The Miracle of the Cards

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King