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.
79 movies · 47 shows
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022·4.7
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021·6.0
The Unforgivable
2021·7.4
Christmas vs The Walters
2021·5.0
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021·7.4
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020·0.0
The Price for Silence
2018·5.5
Every Act of Life
2018·6.4
Anesthesia
2016·5.7
The Music Teacher
2012·5.0
Time After Time
2011·5.7
Taking Woodstock
2009·6.2
The Lazarus Project
2008·6.0
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008·0.0
Wild Hearts
2006·6.3
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
2006·0.0
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
2005·9.0
Annie's Point
2005·5.6
Anna's Dream
2002·8.0
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002·6.0
The Miracle of the Cards
2001·7.0
The Christmas Secret
2000·5.9
Wonder Boys
2000·6.8
In the Name of the People
2000·5.5
The Million Dollar Kid
2000·3.4
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999·7.0
Big and Hairy
1998·4.8
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997·6.0
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997·5.3
A Walton Easter
1997·7.3
Riding the Rails
1997·6.0
Timepiece
1996·7.0
What Love Sees
1996·7.8
The Christmas Box
1995·5.5
The Invaders
1995·5.0
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995·5.7
A Walton Wedding
1995·0.0
Death in Small Doses
1995·6.5
To Save the Children
1994·6.2
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993·7.3
Linda
1993·4.8
Precious Victims
1993·7.0
I Can Make You Love Me
1993·6.7
Lincoln
1992·7.3
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992·5.9
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991·7.0
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991·6.4
Common Ground
1990·8.5
Andre's Mother
1990·0.0
The Easter Story
1990·7.4
Glory! Glory!
1989·8.0
Go Toward the Light
1988·7.7
Final Jeopardy
1985·6.3
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
The Master of Ballantrae
1984·6.3
Hobson's Choice
1983·7.0
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983·7.3
Johnny Belinda
1982·6.3
Fifth of July
1982·7.0
Barefoot In the Park
1982·6.0
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981·6.7
To Find My Son
1980·6.4
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980·5.4
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979·6.7
No Other Love
1979·8.0
Getting Married
1978·6.0
September 30, 1955
1977·6.8
The Silence
1975·9.0
The Red Badge of Courage
1974·7.3
You'll Like My Mother
1972·6.3
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971·7.3
Cactus in the Snow
1971·9.0
The Todd Killings
1971·4.6
Red Sky at Morning
1971·7.1
Last Summer
1969·6.1
Winning
1969·6.0
Give Us Barabbas!
1961·10.0
A Doll's House
1959·10.0
The Christmas Tree
1958·2.0