
Richard Thomas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 13, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Richard Earl Thomas, an American actor, was born on June 13, 1951 in Manhattan, the son of Barbara (née Fallis) and Richard S. Thomas. His parents were dancers with the New York City Ballet and owned the New York School of Ballet. Richard has a younger brother Bronwyn Thomas. 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. He is 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.
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Filmography

Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self

Elsbeth
TV · as Lenny Swift · 1 ep

A Waltons Thanksgiving
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

Christmas vs The Walters
Movie · as Roger

The Waltons' Homecoming
Movie · as Self - Narrator

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Movie · as Himself

The Unforgivable
Movie · as Michael Malcolm

Christmas Day in the Morning
Movie · as Self

The Comey Rule
TV · as Chuck Rosenberg · 1 ep

Every Act of Life
Movie · as Self

The Price for Silence
Movie · as Richard Davenport

Ozark
TV · as Nathan Davis · 10 eps

Anesthesia
Movie · as Mr. Werth

Conviction
TV · as Earl Slavitt · 1 ep

Billions
TV · as Sanford Bensinger · 3 eps

Chicago P.D.
TV · as Adam Ames · 1 ep

NCIS: New Orleans
TV · as Ezra Van Cleef · 2 eps

The Americans
TV · as Frank Gaad · 42 eps

The Blacklist
TV · as David Foy · 1 ep

The Music Teacher
Movie · as Ray

Elementary
TV · as Mitch Barrett · 1 ep

Time After Time
Movie

Rizzoli & Isles
TV · as Prof. Dwayne Kravitz · 1 ep

Blue Bloods
TV · as Richard Walters · 1 ep

Taking Woodstock
Movie · as Don

The Good Wife
TV · as Ed Pratt · 1 ep

White Collar
TV · as William Wolcott · 1 ep

The Lazarus Project
Movie · as Cop #2

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Movie · as Self
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Movie · as Tennessee Williams

Wild Hearts
Movie · as Bob

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
TV · as Howard Cottrell · 1 ep

Annie's Point
Movie · as Richard Eason
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Century City
TV · as Dr. Brezak · 1 ep

Anna's Dream
Movie · as Rod Morgan

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

Just Cause
TV · 22 eps

The Miracle of the Cards
Movie · as Dr. Neal Kassell

The Christmas Secret
Movie · as Jerry McNeil

The Million Dollar Kid
Movie · as Ted Hunter

Wonder Boys
Movie · as Walter Gaskell

In the Name of the People
Movie · as Jack Murphy

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Movie · as Charles Ingalls

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Nat Randolph, Daniel Varney · 1 ep

Big and Hairy
Movie · as Victor Dewlap

It's a Miracle
TV · 28 eps

The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
TV · as David Robinson · 30 eps

Riding the Rails
Movie · as Narrator

A Thousand Men and a Baby
Movie · as Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan

A Walton Easter
Movie · as John-Boy Walton

Flood: A River's Rampage
Movie · as Herb Dellenbach

The Practice
TV · as Walter 'The Hummer' Arens · 1 ep

Timepiece
Movie · as Richard Evans

What Love Sees
Movie · as Gordon Holly

Promised Land
TV · as Joe Greene · 1 ep

The Invaders
Movie · as Jerry Thayer

The Christmas Box
Movie · as Richard Evans

Down, Out and Dangerous
Movie · as Tim Willows

Death in Small Doses
Movie · as Richard Lyon

A Walton Wedding
Movie · as John-Boy Walton

The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Stephen Ledbetter · 1 ep

The Invaders
TV · as Jerry Thayer · 2 eps

To Save the Children
Movie · as David Young

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Joe Greene · 2 eps

I Can Make You Love Me
Movie · as Richard Farley

Linda
Movie · as Paul Cowley

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie · as John-Boy Walton

Precious Victims
Movie · as Don Weber

Dave's World
TV · as Richard Thomas · 1 ep

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Movie · as Gary Brown
Lincoln
Movie · as John Hay (voice)

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Movie · as Lieutenant Steven Scott

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Movie · as James O'Hanlan

Andre's Mother
Movie · as Cal

The Easter Story
Movie · as Mark (voice)

Common Ground
Movie · as Colin Diver

It
TV · as Bill Denbrough · 2 eps

Law & Order
TV · as Roger Jenkins · 1 ep

Glory! Glory!
Movie · as Rev. Bobby Joe

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Dr. Trask · 1 ep

Go Toward the Light
Movie · as Greg Madison

American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Final Jeopardy
Movie · as Marty Campbell

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self

The Master of Ballantrae
Movie · as Henry Durie

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Movie · as Hank Williams, Jr.

Hobson's Choice
Movie · as Will Mossup

Barefoot In the Park
Movie · as Paul Bratter

Fifth of July
Movie · as Kenneth Talley Jr.

Johnny Belinda
Movie · as William Richmond

Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

American Playhouse
TV · as Kenneth Talley Jr., Cal Porter · 1 ep

Berlin Tunnel 21
Movie · as Sandy Mueller

Battle Beyond the Stars
Movie · as Shad

To Find My Son
Movie · as David Benjamin

All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie · as Paul Bäumer

No Other Love
Movie · as Andrew Madison

Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Jim Warner · 3 eps

Getting Married
Movie · as Michael Carboni

September 30, 1955
Movie · as Jimmy J.

The Silence
Movie · as Cadet James Pelosi

The Red Badge of Courage
Movie · as Pvt. Henry Fleming

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

You'll Like My Mother
Movie · as Kenny

The Waltons
TV · as John Walton Jr. · 120 eps

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Movie · as John-Boy Walton

Red Sky at Morning
Movie · as Joshua Arnold

The Todd Killings
Movie · as Billy Roy
Cactus in the Snow
Movie · as Harley MacIntosh

Night Gallery
TV · as Ian Evans · 1 ep

Winning
Movie · as Charley Capua

Last Summer
Movie · as Peter

Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Dennis Alan Graham · 1 ep

The F.B.I.
TV · as John 'Chill' Chilton · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Give Us Barabbas!
Movie · as Junge

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 4 eps
1, 2, 3 Go
TV · as Himself · 1 ep

A Doll's House
Movie · as Ivor

Bonanza
TV · as Billy · 1 ep
The Christmas Tree
Movie · as Joey

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Joey, Paul Baumer, Henry Durie, Ivor, The Boy · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep


