Richard Thomas
Actor
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.
Filmography
Wonder Boys
as Walter Gaskell 2000
Taking Woodstock
as Don 2009
The Lazarus Project
as Cop #2 2008
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Paul Bäumer 1979
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Shad 1980
Winning
as Charley 1969
Last Summer
as Peter 1969
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself 2021
I Can Make You Love Me
as Richard Farley 1993
You'll Like My Mother
as Kenny 1972
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as John-Boy Walton 1971
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Lieutenant Steven Scott 1991
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as James O'Hanlan 1991
Time After Time
2011
The Miracle of the Cards
as Dr. Neal Kassell 2001
The Christmas Secret
as Jerry McNeil 2000