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 (nΓ©e 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.
The Million Dollar Kid
2000
Broadway: The Next Generation
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Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999
The Unforgivable
2021
What Love Sees
1996
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002
The Red Badge of Courage
1974
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983
The Lazarus Project
2008
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
The Waltons' Homecoming
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1979
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
Wonder Boys
2000
Every Act of Life
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The Todd Killings
1971
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Timepiece
1996
No Other Love
1979
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
Taking Woodstock
2009
Anesthesia
2016
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
A Waltons Thanksgiving
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The Christmas Secret
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Anna's Dream
2002
Last Summer
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Glory! Glory!
1989
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995
I Can Make You Love Me
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To Save the Children
1994
Johnny Belinda
1982
The Christmas Box
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The Price for Silence
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Pennywise: The Story of βItβ
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Death in Small Doses
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
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