Richard Thomas
Highest Rated: 100% All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Lowest Rated: 33% Sacred Stage - The Mariinsky Theater (2005)
Birthday: Jun 13, 1951
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Armed with a lifetime of talent and training with which to battle against Hollywood typecasting, actor Richard Thomas would, nonetheless, be forever identified with John-Boy, the earnest eldest son of "The Waltons" (CBS, 1972-1981). Born into a New York show business family, he made his Broadway debut at the age of seven, and later on film opposite Paul Newman in "Winning" (1969). The 20-year-old actor was already gaining modest notoriety as a gifted young star in films like "Last Summer" (1971) by the time his leading role in "The Waltons" made him a bona fide television star. When Thomas left the show in 1977 in order to pursue other roles, it proved difficult to shed the lingering image of the somewhat naïve John-Boy. Campy genre work in films like Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980) was balanced out by more rewarding efforts on stage in such Broadway productions as "Fifth of July." Thomas garnered accolades for his titular role in the music biopic "Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story" (NBC, 1983) and as a man haunted by a childhood terror in "It" (ABC, 1990). Continuing to mix television work with his theatrical endeavors, he took part in such lauded stage productions as "The Stendhal Syndrome" in 2004 and "Race" in 2009. Decades after leaving Waltons Mountain, Thomas appeared both content with his television legacy and determined to continually seek out new challenges as an actor.
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Richard Thomas
Filmography
Movies
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A Waltons Thanksgiving | Narrator | - | 2022 |
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The Waltons' Homecoming | Narrator | - | 2021 |
39% |
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The Unforgivable | Michael Malcolm (Character) | - | 2021 |
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Christmas vs. the Walters | Roger (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Price for Silence | Richard Davenport (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oddbods: The Festive Menace | Screenwriter | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Music Teacher | Ray (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time After Time | Dick Kerm (Character) | - | 2011 |
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Wild Hearts | Bob (Character) | - | 2006 |
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Annie's Point | Richard Eason (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sacred Stage | Narrator | - | 2005 |
33% | No Score Yet | Sacred Stage - The Mariinsky Theater | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Anna's Dream | Rod Morgan (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Prairie II: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues | Charles Ingalls (Character) | - | 2002 |
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The Miracle of the Cards | Dr. Neal Kassell (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Secret | Jerry McNeil (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Charles Ingalls (Character) | - | 2000 |
81% |
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Wonder Boys | Walter Gaskell (Character) | $19.4M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beyond the Prairie | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Fortune Hunters | Ted Hunter (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Name of the People | Jack Murphy (Character) | - | 2000 |
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Big and Hairy | Victor Dewlap (Character) | - | 1998 |
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Flood: A River's Rampage | Herb Dellenbach (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Walton Easter | John-Boy Walton (Character) | - | 1997 |
100% |
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Riding the Rails | Narrator | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Thousand Men and a Baby | Dr. Hugh `'Bud'` Keenan (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timepiece | Richard Evans (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Love Sees | Gordon Holly (Character) | - | 1996 |
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The Christmas Box | Richard Evans (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Walton Wedding | John-Boy (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invaders | Jerry Thayer (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Down, Out & Dangerous | Tim Willows (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Death in Small Doses | Richard Lyon (Character) | - | 1994 |
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To Save the Children | David Young (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | John-Boy Walton (Character) | - | 1993 |
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I Can Make You Love Me | Richard Farley (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Precious Victims | Don Weber (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Linda | Paul Cowley (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 | Gary Brown (Character) | - | 1992 |
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | James O'Hanlan (Character) | - | 1991 |
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Mission of the Shark | Lieutenant Steven Scott (Character) | - | 1991 |
68% |
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It | Bill Denbrough (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Andre's Mother | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glory! Glory! | Rev. Bobby Joe (Character) | - | 1989 |
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Go Toward the Light | Greg Madison (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Final Jeopardy | Marty Campbell (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Master of Ballantrae | Henry Durie (Character) | - | 1984 |
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Hobson's Choice | Will Mossup (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story | Hank Williams, Jr. (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fifth of July | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
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Johnny Belinda | William Richmond (Character) | - | 1982 |
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Berlin Tunnel 21 | Lieutenant Sandy Mueller (Character) | - | 1981 |
54% |
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Battle Beyond the Stars | Shad (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | To Find My Son | David Benjamin (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Other Love | Andrew Madison (Character) | - | 1979 |
100% |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | Paul Baumer (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Married | Michael Carboni (Character) | - | 1978 |
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September 30, 1955 | Jimmy J. (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silence | Cadet James Pelosi (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Red Badge of Courage | Pvt. Henry Fleming (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons: An Easter Story | John-Boy Walton (Character) | - | 1973 |
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The Waltons' Crisis | John-Boy Walton (Character) | - | 1973 |
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You'll Like My Mother | Kenny (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cactus in the Snow | Harley MacIntosh (Character) | - | 1972 |
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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | John-Boy Walton (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Todd Killings | Billy Roy (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Dangerous Friend | Billy Roy (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Sky at Morning | Joshua Arnold (Character) | - | 1971 |
63% |
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Winning | Charley Capua (Character) | - | 1969 |
78% |
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Last Summer | Peter (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Doll's House | Ivor (Character) | - | 1959 |
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Killer McCoy | Set Decoration | - | 1947 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson | David Robinson (Character) | 1998 2021 |
66% | 65% | The Comey Rule | Chuck Rosenberg (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 64% | NCIS: New Orleans | NCIS Deputy Director Ezra Van Cleef (Guest Star) | 2019-2020 |
91% | 79% | The Blacklist | David Foy (Guest Star) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Richard Walters (Guest Star) | 2017 |
20% | No Score Yet | Conviction | Earl Slavitt (Guest Star) | 2016 |
96% | 94% | The Americans |
Frank Gaad (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2013-2016 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Chicago P.D. | Adam Ames (Guest Star) | 2016 |
93% | 91% | The Good Wife | Ed Pratt (Guest Star) | 2014 |
96% | 93% | White Collar | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Daniel Varney (Guest Star) | 2001 2013 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Rizzoli and Isles | Professor Dwayne Cravitz (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons |
John Boy Walton (Character), Director |
1972-1978 2010 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
85% | No Score Yet | Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Century City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Cause | Unknown (Character) | 2002-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Miracle | Host | 1998-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Promised Land | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dave's World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Dr. Stephen Ledbetter (Character) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen King's It | Bill Denbrough (Character) | 1990 |
82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Common Ground | Colin Diver (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dennis Alan Graham (Guest Star) | 1969 |