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Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas

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.

On screen

  • The Comey Rule
  • Ozark
  • Conviction
  • Billions
  • Chicago P.D.
  • NCIS: New Orleans
  • The Americans
  • The Blacklist
  • Elementary
  • Rizzoli & Isles
  • Blue Bloods
  • The Good Wife
  • White Collar
  • Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
  • Century City
  • Just Cause
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • It's a Miracle
  • The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
  • The Practice
  • Promised Land
  • The Outer Limits
  • The Invaders
  • Touched by an Angel
  • Dave's World
  • It
  • Law & Order
  • Tales from the Crypt
  • American Experience
  • Nature
  • American Playhouse
  • Roots: The Next Generations
  • Dinah!
  • The Waltons
  • Night Gallery
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.
  • The F.B.I.
  • Bonanza
  • Tony Awards
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

Behind the camera

  • The Waltons

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