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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.
Known For
The Unforgivable
as Michael Malcolm
Wonder Boys
as Walter Gaskell
The Lazarus Project
as Cop #2
Battle Beyond the Stars
as Shad
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Paul Bäumer
Taking Woodstock
as Don
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as John-Boy Walton
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Lieutenant Steven Scott
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
