Richard Thomas
Known for ActingBorn 1951-06-13New 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.
Known for
The Unforgivable
2021 · as Michael Malcolm
The Lazarus Project
2008 · as Cop #2
Taking Woodstock
2009 · as Don
Anesthesia
2016 · as Mr. Werth
Wonder Boys
2000 · as Walter Gaskell
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980 · as Shad
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979 · as Paul Bäumer
Johnny Belinda
1982 · as William Richmond
The Invaders
1995 · as Jerry Thayer
Common Ground
1990 · as Colin Diver
Glory! Glory!
1989 · as Rev. Bobby Joe
Final Jeopardy
1985 · as Marty Campbell
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · as Self
I Can Make You Love Me
1993 · as Richard Farley
Last Summer
1969 · as Peter
No Other Love
1979 · as Andrew Madison
Every Act of Life
2018 · as Self
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021 · as Himself