Richard Thomas
- Acting
- June 13, 1951 · 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 · Lenny Swift
- A Waltons Thanksgiving · Self
- The Waltons' Homecoming · Self
- The Unforgivable · Michael Malcolm
- Christmas vs The Walters · Roger
- Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ · Self
- The Ice Road · Stunts
- Christmas Day in the Morning · Self
- The Comey Rule · Chuck Rosenberg
- The Price for Silence · Richard Davenport
- Every Act of Life · Self
- Ozark · Nathan Davis
- Conviction · Earl Slavitt
- Billions · Sanford Bensinger
- Anesthesia · Mr. Werth
- NCIS: New Orleans · Ezra Van Cleef
- Chicago P.D. · Adam Ames
- The Blacklist · David Foy
- The Americans · Frank Gaad
- Elementary · Mitch Barrett
- The Music Teacher · Ray
- Time After Time
- Blue Bloods · Richard Walters
- Rizzoli & Isles · Prof. Dwayne Kravitz
- White Collar · William Wolcott
- The Good Wife · Ed Pratt
- Taking Woodstock · Don
- The Lazarus Project · Cop #2
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' · Self
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King · Howard Cottrell
- Wild Hearts · Bob
- Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater · Tennessee Williams
- Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater · Self
- Annie's Point · Richard Eason
- The Tony Danza Show · Self
- Century City · Dr. Brezak
- Anna's Dream · Rod Morgan
- Just Cause
- Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled · Stunt Double
- Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues · Charles Ingalls
- The Miracle of the Cards · Dr. Neal Kassell
- The Christmas Secret · Jerry McNeil
- Wonder Boys · Walter Gaskell
- In the Name of the People · Jack Murphy
- The Million Dollar Kid · Ted Hunter
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Nat Randolph, Daniel Varney
- Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder · Charles Ingalls
- Big and Hairy · Victor Dewlap
- It's a Miracle
- The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson · David Robinson
- A Thousand Men and a Baby · Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan
- Flood: A River's Rampage · Herb Dellenbach
- A Walton Easter · John-Boy Walton
- The Practice · Walter 'The Hummer' Arens
- Riding the Rails · Narrator
- Timepiece · Richard Evans
- What Love Sees · Gordon Holly
- Promised Land · Joe Greene
- The Christmas Box · Richard Evans
- The Invaders · Jerry Thayer
- The Invaders · Jerry Thayer
- Down, Out and Dangerous · Tim Willows
- The Outer Limits · Dr. Stephen Ledbetter
- A Walton Wedding · John-Boy Walton
- Death in Small Doses · Richard Lyon
- Touched by an Angel · Joe Greene
- To Save the Children · David Young
- A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion · John-Boy Walton
- Linda · Paul Cowley
- Precious Victims · Don Weber
- Dave's World · Richard Thomas
- I Can Make You Love Me · Richard Farley
- Lincoln · John Hay (Voice)
- Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 · Gary Brown
- Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus · James O'Hanlan
- Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis · Lieutenant Steven Scott
- It · Bill Denbrough
- Law & Order · Roger Jenkins
- Common Ground · Colin Diver
- Andre's Mother · Cal