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Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951 height 5′ 8½” (1,74 m)) 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.
Richard Thomas Biography / Wiki
| Name | Richard Thomas |
| Also Know | Richard E. Thomas, Richard Earl Thomas |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1951-06-13 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 71 |
| Deathday |
Richard Thomas Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Paul Bäumer | 1979-11-14 | At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerl… |
| Battle Beyond the Stars | Shad | 1980-09-08 | A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant…. |
| Riding the Rails | Narrator | 1997-01-01 | Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers … |
| The Christmas Secret | Jerry McNeil | 2000-12-12 | In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas… |
| September 30, 1955 | Jimmy J. | 1977-08-19 | A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash…. |
| To Save the Children | David Young | 1994-04-05 | Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is sh… |
| I Can Make You Love Me | Richard Farley | 1993-02-09 | A beautiful young computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the Eighties, is stalked and harassed by a nerdy, dangerous and… |
| The Million Dollar Kid | Ted Hunter | 2000-01-18 | The Hunter family has hit the jackpot–scoring a winning 50 million dollar lottery ticket! But when the ticket is lost on the way to cashing it in, th… |
| Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | James O’Hanlan | 1991-12-08 | While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a “special” assignment. He must answer a little girl’s question about … |
| Final Jeopardy | Marty Campbell | 1985-12-08 | A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderou… |
| Time After Time | 2011-03-19 | A young journalist returns home to work in the local newspaper. There again see his girlfriend, who is now engaged. For her, this reunion will be a gr… | |
| Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | Hank Williams, Jr. | 1983-03-08 | TV movie based on the singer’s life, under his mother’s thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, an… |
| Cactus in the Snow | Harley MacIntosh | 1971-12-01 | A young soldier attempts to lose his virginity before he leaves for Vietnam…. |
| A Thousand Men and a Baby | Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan | 1997-12-07 | An American soldier finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster. The aircraft’s crew welcomed him enthusiastically to provide necessary medical care, but th… |
| What Love Sees | Gordon Holly | 1996-09-22 | Jean Treadway, a beautiful young girl in her twenties, comes from a world of wealth and privilege. Gordon Holly is a handsome but humble rancher, the … |
| Big and Hairy | Victor Dewlap | 1998-11-30 | A boy moves into a new town and has difficulty making friends, so he joins the basketball team. Initially experiencing little success, his popularity … |
| Barefoot In the Park | Paul Bratter | 1982-03-20 | HBO Standing Room Only presentation of the 1981 stage revival. From the Neil Simon Book. New Yorkers Paul Bratter and Corie Bratter née Banks have ju… |
| Wild Hearts | Bob | 2006-07-08 | When Bob Hart, a widowed police detective trying to raise a rebellious teenage daughter, inherits a Montana horse ranch, he jumps at the opportunity t… |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Pvt. Henry Fleming | 1974-12-03 | During the Civil War, a young man enthusiastically joins the Union army thirsting to find glory and honor, but his first battle opens his eyes to real… |
| Red Sky at Morning | Joshua Arnold | 1971-05-12 | Before going off to World War II, Frank Arnold (Richard Crenna) relocates his wife, Ann (Claire Bloom), and son, Joshua (Richard Thomas), to New Mexic… |
| A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | John-Boy Walton | 1993-11-21 | The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, trying to persuade his fiancée to marry him. Meanwh… |
| To Find My Son | David Benjamin | 1980-10-06 | A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with… |
| Death in Small Doses | Richard Lyon | 1995-01-16 | One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after – poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her … |
| Getting Married | Michael Carboni | 1978-05-17 | A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man…. |
| A Walton Easter | John-Boy Walton | 1997-03-30 | In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorperson in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new book. He and a very pregnant Janet are making plans t… |
| No Other Love | Andrew Madison | 1979-03-24 | Two marginally intellectually disabled young adults fall in love and wish to marry…. |
| Fifth Of July | Kenneth Talley Jr. | 1982-03-09 | Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggl… |
| Hobson’s Choice | Will Mossup | 1983-12-21 | Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees…. |
| Flood: A River’s Rampage | Herb Dellenbach | 1997-11-16 | After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it’s banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Kate Vernon realise their town is next on the hit li… |
| Johnny Belinda | William Richmond | 1982-10-19 | While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond becomes aware of a mute, disheveled girl named Belin… |
| Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Charles Ingalls | 1999-01-21 | A version of the “Little House” stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last three books of the series and the book “The First Fo… |
| The Silence | Cadet James Pelosi | 1975-11-06 | A cadet at West Point is subjected to “internal exile,” which means that other students refuse to talk to him or acknowledge his existence, after he i… |
| A Walton Wedding | John-Boy Walton | 1995-02-12 | In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. The two… |
| The Waltons’ Homecoming | Himself – Narrator | 2021-11-28 | The Walton family is excited to learn that John Sr. will be coming home for Christmas during the winter of 1933. However, when a storm threatens his a… |
| The Easter Story | Mark (voice) | 1990-01-01 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers—Derek, Margo, … |
| Last Summer | Peter | 1969-06-10 | During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio’s newly found relationsh… |
| The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | John-Boy Walton | 1971-12-19 | The Walton family is preparing for Christmas in the early 1930s. It’s Christmas Eve, and they are waiting for Daddy Walton to come home from his job i… |
| Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Gary Brown | 1992-02-24 | Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on J… |
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis | Lieutenant Steven Scott | 1991-09-29 | True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew’s struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain’s scape-goat court-marti… |
| The Todd Killings | Billy Roy | 1971-10-20 | Based on the true story of ’60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt (“The Pied Piper of Tucson”), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year ol… |
| Glory! Glory! | Rev. Bobby Joe | 1989-09-25 | A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé…. |
| Go Toward the Light | Greg Madison | 1988-11-01 | A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS…. |
| Linda | Paul Cowley | 1993-10-08 | Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the worse when Linda and Jeff spend far too much time to… |
| Annie’s Point | Richard Eason | 2005-01-22 | A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband’s last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie’s Poi… |
| In the Name of the People | 2000-02-02 | John Burke is on death row for the murder of a young girl. He is worried about what will happen to his own young daughter after his execution. He asks… | |
| Andre’s Mother | Cal | 1990-03-07 | Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre’s Mother is the story of Katherine Gerard (Sada Thompson) who has lost her son… |
| Christmas Day in the Morning | Self | 2020-10-16 | In December 2019, The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells at Temple Square joined with award–winning star Kelli O’Hara and ren… |
| The Invaders | Jerry Thayer | 1995-11-12 | Nolan Wood is a pilot who uncovers a plot to promote the ecological destruction of Earth in order to pave the way for alien colonization. Now, with th… |
| You’ll Like My Mother | Kenny | 1972-10-13 | Francesca, a pregnant Los Angeles widow, journeys to her late husband’s Minnesota hometown to finally meet his mother and family. After being met with… |
| Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues | Charles Ingalls | 2002-03-17 | Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in search of a better, more financially stable life. It’s … |
| Pennywise: The Story of IT | Himself | 2022-07-26 | Thirty-plus years after its release, the popular two-part miniseries “IT” and its infamous villain Pennywise live on in the minds of horror fans aroun… |
| Berlin Tunnel 21 | Sandy Mueller | 1981-01-01 | In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, inc… |
| Winning | Charley | 1969-05-22 | Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one – the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing… |
| The Christmas Box | Richard Evans | 1995-12-17 | A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balan… |
| Precious Victims | Don Weber | 1993-09-27 | Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there’s no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for … |
| Anna’s Dream | Rod Morgan | 2002-09-20 | After a gymnastics accident leaves her paraplegic, 18-year-old Anna Morgan returns to high school. Because of time lost due to her injury and rehab, s… |
| The Unforgivable | Michael Malcolm | 2021-11-24 | A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past…. |
| Give Us Barabbas! | Junge | 1961-03-24 | … |
| Timepiece | Richard Evans | 1996-12-22 | Set in the 1940’s, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when the racist is killed. However, Kevin Kilner come… |
| Lincoln | John Hay (voice) | 1992-12-26 | Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War…. |
| Christmas vs. The Walters | Roger | 2021-11-05 | Diane Walters, an over-burdened mother of two with a third child on the way, strives to create the perfect Christmas while her loving but dysfunctiona… |
| Common Ground | Colin Diver | 1990-03-25 | Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970’s because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focus… |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making ’12 Angry Men’ | Himself | 2008-03-04 | A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector’s Edition DVD…. |
| A Doll’s House | Ivor | 1959-11-15 | A wealthy woman’s attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded…. |
| Wonder Boys | Walter Gaskell | 2000-02-22 | Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn’t had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning ‘Great American Novel’ 7 years ag… |
| The Price for Silence | Richard Davenport | 2018-10-19 | After the death of her father, a troubled woman returns home to confront the family who paid for her silence. Kira Flynn grew up in a storybook NJ se… |
| Taking Woodstock | Don | 2009-08-26 | The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happe… |
| The Christmas Tree | Joey | 1958-12-14 | The Christmas Tree is a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film that was broadcast on NBC on December 14, 1958. It is based on the short s… |
| The Lazarus Project | Cop #2 | 2008-10-24 | After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death senten… |
| The Miracle of the Cards | Dr. Neal Kassell | 2001-06-06 | “The Miracle of the Cards” is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Seve… |
| Every Act of Life | Self | 2018-04-23 | The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ… |
Richard Thomas Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Director | The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II…. | ||
Richard Thomas Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | Executive Producer | 1983-03-08 | TV movie based on the singer’s life, under his mother’s thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, an… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled | Stunt Double | 2002-06-10 | The unspeakable evil of the soul-devouring djinn rises again in this fourth electrifying installment of the unstoppable Wishmaster horror legacy! But … |
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