Richard Thomas
Actor
- Born
- June 13, 1951 (age 75) · New York City, New York, USA
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
The Unforgivable
November 24, 2021
Wonder Boys
February 22, 2000
Taking Woodstock
August 26, 2009
The Lazarus Project
October 24, 2008
Battle Beyond the Stars
September 8, 1980
All Quiet on the Western Front
November 14, 1979
Anesthesia
January 8, 2016
Winning
May 22, 1969
Last Summer
June 19, 1969
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
October 15, 2021
I Can Make You Love Me
February 9, 1993
You'll Like My Mother
October 13, 1972
Acting80
- 2022A Waltons Thanksgiving as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021The Waltons' Homecoming as Self - Narrator
- 2021The Unforgivable as Michael Malcolm
- 2021Christmas vs The Walters as Roger
- 2021Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ as Himself
- 2020Christmas Day in the Morning as Self
- 2018The Price for Silence as Richard Davenport
- 2018Every Act of Life as Self
- 2016Anesthesia as Mr. Werth
- 2012The Music Teacher