Richard Thomas
Acting
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.
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
The Blacklist
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Waltons
Chicago P.D.
Elementary
The Good Wife
Blue Bloods
White Collar
Bonanza
Rizzoli & Isles
Billions
The Practice
NCIS: New Orleans
Ozark
The Americans
Touched by an Angel
The Outer Limits
Tales from the Crypt
Night Gallery
It
Conviction
The Unforgivable
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
The Comey Rule
Taking Woodstock
Anesthesia
Wonder Boys
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