Richard Thomas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Nat Randolph

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Daniel Varney

Law & Order

1990 • as Roger Jenkins

The Blacklist

2013 • as David Foy

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self - Co-Host

Filmography

2022

A Waltons Thanksgiving

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/20/2022

2021

Christmas vs The Walters

as Roger

Movie - Released: 11/5/2021

The Waltons' Homecoming

as Self - Narrator

Movie - Released: 11/28/2021

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

as Himself

Movie - Released: 10/15/2021

The Unforgivable

as Michael Malcolm

Movie - Released: 11/24/2021

2020

Christmas Day in the Morning

as Self

Movie - Released: 10/16/2020

The Comey Rule

as Chuck Rosenberg

TV - Released: 9/27/2020

2018

Every Act of Life

as Self

Movie - Released: 4/23/2018

The Price for Silence

as Richard Davenport

Movie - Released: 10/19/2018

2017

Broadway: The Next Generation

as Self

Movie - Released: 11/16/2017

Ozark

as Nathan Davis

TV - Released: 7/21/2017

2016

Conviction

as Earl Slavitt

TV - Released: 10/3/2016

2014

Chicago P.D.

as Adam Ames

TV - Released: 1/8/2014

NCIS: New Orleans

as Ezra Van Cleef

TV - Released: 9/23/2014

2013

The Americans

as Frank Gaad

TV - Released: 1/30/2013

The Blacklist

as David Foy

TV - Released: 9/23/2013

2012

Elementary

as Mitch Barrett

TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

Time After Time

Movie - Released: 3/19/2011

2010

Rizzoli & Isles

as Prof. Dwayne Kravitz

TV - Released: 7/12/2010

Blue Bloods

as Richard Walters

TV - Released: 9/24/2010

2009

Taking Woodstock

as Don

Movie - Released: 8/26/2009

The Good Wife

as Ed Pratt

TV - Released: 9/22/2009

White Collar

as William Wolcott

TV - Released: 10/23/2009

2008

The Lazarus Project

as Cop #2

Movie - Released: 10/24/2008

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/4/2008

2006

Movie

Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater

as Tennessee Williams

Movie - Released: 1/1/2006

Wild Hearts

as Bob

Movie - Released: 7/8/2006

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

as Howard Cottrell

TV - Released: 7/12/2006

2005

Annie's Point

as Richard Eason

Movie - Released: 1/22/2005

2004

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV - Released: 9/13/2004

Century City

TV - Released: 3/16/2004

2002

Anna's Dream

as Rod Morgan

Movie - Released: 9/20/2002

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

as Charles Ingalls

Movie - Released: 3/17/2002

Just Cause

TV - Released: 9/15/2002

2001

The Miracle of the Cards

as Dr. Neal Kassell

Movie - Released: 6/6/2001

Attention Scum

TV - Released: 2/25/2001

2000

The Christmas Secret

as Jerry McNeil

Movie - Released: 12/12/2000

The Million Dollar Kid

as Ted Hunter

Movie - Released: 1/18/2000

Wonder Boys

as Walter Gaskell

Movie - Released: 2/22/2000

In the Name of the People

Movie - Released: 2/2/2000

1999

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

as Charles Ingalls

Movie - Released: 1/21/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Nat Randolph

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Daniel Varney

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Big and Hairy

as Victor Dewlap

Movie - Released: 11/30/1998

It's a Miracle

TV - Released: 9/6/1998

The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson

as David Robinson

TV - Released: 9/1/1998

1997

Riding the Rails

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

A Thousand Men and a Baby

as Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan

Movie - Released: 12/7/1997

A Walton Easter

as John-Boy Walton

Movie - Released: 3/30/1997

Flood: A River's Rampage

as Herb Dellenbach

Movie - Released: 11/16/1997

The Practice

TV - Released: 3/4/1997

1996

Timepiece

as Richard Evans

Movie - Released: 12/22/1996

What Love Sees

as Gordon Holly

Movie - Released: 9/22/1996

Promised Land

as Joe Greene

TV - Released: 9/17/1996

1995

The Invaders

as Jerry Thayer

Movie - Released: 11/12/1995

The Christmas Box

as Richard Evans

Movie - Released: 12/17/1995

Down, Out and Dangerous

as Tim Willows

Movie - Released: 8/23/1995

Death in Small Doses

as Richard Lyon

Movie - Released: 1/16/1995

A Walton Wedding

as John-Boy Walton

Movie - Released: 2/12/1995

The Outer Limits

as Dr. Stephen Ledbetter

TV - Released: 3/26/1995

The Invaders

as Jerry Thayer

TV - Released: 11/12/1995

1994

To Save the Children

as David Young

Movie - Released: 4/5/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Joe Greene

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1993

I Can Make You Love Me

as Richard Farley

Movie - Released: 2/9/1993

Linda

as Paul Cowley

Movie - Released: 10/8/1993

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

as John-Boy Walton

Movie - Released: 11/21/1993

Precious Victims

as Don Weber

Movie - Released: 9/27/1993

Dave's World

as Richard Thomas

TV - Released: 9/20/1993

1992

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

as Gary Brown

Movie - Released: 2/24/1992

Movie

Lincoln

as John Hay (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/26/1992

1991

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

as Lieutenant Steven Scott

Movie - Released: 9/29/1991

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

as James O'Hanlan

Movie - Released: 12/8/1991

1990

Andre's Mother

as Cal

Movie - Released: 3/7/1990

The Easter Story

as Mark (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

Common Ground

as Colin Diver

Movie - Released: 3/25/1990

as Bill Denbrough

TV - Released: 11/18/1990

Law & Order

as Roger Jenkins

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Glory! Glory!

as Rev. Bobby Joe

Movie - Released: 9/25/1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Dr. Trask

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

1988

Go Toward the Light

as Greg Madison

Movie - Released: 11/1/1988

American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/4/1988

1985

Final Jeopardy

as Marty Campbell

Movie - Released: 12/8/1985

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/10/1985

1983

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

as Hank Williams, Jr.

Movie - Released: 3/8/1983

Hobson's Choice

as Will Mossup

Movie - Released: 12/21/1983

1982

Barefoot In the Park

as Paul Bratter

Movie - Released: 3/20/1982

Fifth of July

as Kenneth Talley Jr.

Movie - Released: 10/11/1982

Johnny Belinda

as William Richmond

Movie - Released: 10/19/1982

American Playhouse

as Cal Porter

TV - Released: 1/12/1982

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

TV - Released: 10/10/1982

1981

Berlin Tunnel 21

as Sandy Mueller

Movie - Released: 3/25/1981

1980

Battle Beyond the Stars

as Shad

Movie - Released: 9/8/1980

To Find My Son

as David Benjamin

Movie - Released: 10/6/1980

1979

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Paul Bäumer

Movie - Released: 11/14/1979

No Other Love

as Andrew Madison

Movie - Released: 3/24/1979

Roots: The Next Generations

TV - Released: 2/18/1979

Roots: The Next Generations

as Jim Warner

TV - Released: 2/18/1979

1978

Getting Married

as Michael Carboni

Movie - Released: 5/17/1978

1977

September 30, 1955

as Jimmy J.

Movie - Released: 8/19/1977

1975

The Silence

as Cadet James Pelosi

Movie - Released: 11/6/1975

1974

Movie

The Red Badge of Courage

as Pvt. Henry Fleming

Movie - Released: 12/3/1974

Dinah!

as Self

TV - Released: 10/21/1974

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

TV - Released: 4/2/1973

1972

You'll Like My Mother

as Kenny

Movie - Released: 10/13/1972

The Waltons

as John Walton Jr.

TV - Released: 9/14/1972

1971

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

as John-Boy Walton

Movie - Released: 12/19/1971

Red Sky at Morning

as Joshua Arnold

Movie - Released: 5/12/1971

The Todd Killings

as Billy Roy

Movie - Released: 10/20/1971

Movie

Cactus in the Snow

as Harley MacIntosh

Movie - Released: 12/1/1971

1970

Night Gallery

as Ian Evans

TV - Released: 12/16/1970

1969

Winning

as Charley

Movie - Released: 5/22/1969

Last Summer

as Peter

Movie - Released: 6/10/1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dennis Alan Graham

TV - Released: 9/23/1969

1965

The F.B.I.

as John 'Chill' Chilton

TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

Movie

Give Us Barabbas!

as Junge

Movie - Released: 3/24/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1, 2, 3 Go

as Himself

TV - Released: 10/8/1961

1959

A Doll's House

as Ivor

Movie - Released: 11/15/1959

Bonanza

as Billy

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1958

Movie

The Christmas Tree

as Joey

Movie - Released: 12/14/1958

1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Joey

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Paul Baumer

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Henry Durie

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ivor

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Boy

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV - Released: 1/20/1944