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Richard Thomas
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.
As actor
A Waltons Thanksgiving
Christmas vs The Walters
The Waltons' Homecoming
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
The Unforgivable
Christmas Day in the Morning
Every Act of Life
The Price for Silence
Anesthesia
The Music Teacher
Time After Time
Taking Woodstock
The Lazarus Project
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Wild Hearts
Annie's Point
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
Anna's Dream
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
The Miracle of the Cards
The Christmas Secret
The Million Dollar Kid
Wonder Boys
In the Name of the People
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Big and Hairy
Riding the Rails
A Thousand Men and a Baby
A Walton Easter