Richard Thomas
Acting
- Born:
- 1951-06-13
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Elsbeth
A Waltons Thanksgiving
The Waltons' Homecoming
The Unforgivable
Christmas vs The Walters
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
The Ice Road
Christmas Day in the Morning
The Comey Rule
The Price for Silence
Every Act of Life
Ozark
Conviction
Billions
Anesthesia
NCIS: New Orleans
Chicago P.D.
The Blacklist
The Americans
Elementary
The Music Teacher
Time After Time
Blue Bloods
Rizzoli & Isles
White Collar
The Good Wife
Taking Woodstock
The Lazarus Project
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Wild Hearts
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
Annie's Point
The Tony Danza Show
Century City
Anna's Dream
Just Cause
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
The Miracle of the Cards
The Christmas Secret
Wonder Boys
In the Name of the People
The Million Dollar Kid
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Big and Hairy
It's a Miracle
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
A Thousand Men and a Baby
Flood: A River's Rampage
A Walton Easter
The Practice
Riding the Rails
Timepiece
What Love Sees
Promised Land
The Christmas Box
The Invaders