Richard Thomas
Date of birth: 1951-06-13
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Richard E. Thomas, Richard Earl Thomas, ریچارد توماس
Biography
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 (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.
Movie Credits
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981-03-25
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the
Christmas vs The Walters
2021-11-05
Diane Walters, an over-burdened mother of two with a third child on the way, strives to create the p
All Quiet on the Western Front
1979-11-14
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated wi
Andre's Mother
1990-03-07
Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre's Mother is the story of Kat
The Lazarus Project
2008-10-24
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980-09-08
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil ty
Riding the Rails
1997-01-01
Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautiona
Winning
1969-05-22
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapoli
The Waltons' Homecoming
2021-11-28
The Walton family is excited to learn that John Sr. will be coming home for Christmas during the win
Christmas Day in the Morning
2020-10-16
In December 2019, The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells at Temple Square joine
Last Summer
1969-06-10
During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tri
Timepiece
1996-12-22
Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder whe
Annie's Point
2005-01-22
A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes f
The Christmas Secret
2000-12-12
In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discove
September 30, 1955
1977-08-19
A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies i
The Invaders
1995-11-12
Nolan Wood is a pilot who uncovers a plot to promote the ecological destruction of Earth in order to
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971-12-19
It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they a
Red Sky at Morning
1971-05-12
Before going off to World War II, Frank Arnold (Richard Crenna) relocates his wife, Ann (Claire Bloo
To Save the Children
1994-04-05
Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of
I Can Make You Love Me
1993-02-09
A beautiful young computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the Eighties,
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992-02-24
Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an em
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991-09-29
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and
The Million Dollar Kid
2000-01-18
The Hunter family has hit the jackpot--scoring a winning 50 million dollar lottery ticket! But when
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991-12-08
While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a "special" assignme
The Easter Story
1990-01-01
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that
Final Jeopardy
1985-12-08
A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in
The Todd Killings
1971-10-20
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper
Time After Time
2011-03-19
A young journalist returns home to work in the local newspaper. There again see his girlfriend, who
Glory! Glory!
1989-09-25
A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter
Cactus in the Snow
1971-12-01
A young soldier attempts to lose his virginity before he leaves for Vietnam.
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
1983-03-08
TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of th
Wonder Boys
2000-02-22
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his
The Christmas Box
1995-12-17
A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in he
A Thousand Men and a Baby
1997-12-07
An American soldier finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster. The aircraft's crew welcomed him enthusia
You'll Like My Mother
1972-10-13
Francesca, a pregnant Los Angeles widow, journeys to her late husband's Minnesota hometown to finall
What Love Sees
1996-09-22
Jean Treadway, a beautiful young girl in her twenties, comes from a world of wealth and privilege. G
Anna's Dream
2002-09-20
After a gymnastics accident leaves her paraplegic, 18-year-old Anna Morgan returns to high school. B
Common Ground
1990-03-25
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court or
Down, Out and Dangerous
1995-08-23
An escaped killer convict (Richard Thomas) upheaves the lives of a San Diego businessman (Bruce Davi
A Waltons Thanksgiving
2022-11-20
Follows the Walton family as they prepare enthusiastically for the annual Harvest Festival Fair on W
Big and Hairy
1998-11-30
A boy moves into a new town and has difficulty making friends, so he joins the basketball team. Init
Go Toward the Light
1988-11-01
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
Lincoln
1992-12-26
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civ
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
2006-01-01
Theater producer and director Margo Jones pioneered the regional theater movement, supporting the wo
Barefoot In the Park
1982-03-20
HBO Standing Room Only presentation of the 1981 stage revival. From the Neil Simon Book. New Yorkers
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017-11-16
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
Wild Hearts
2006-07-08
When Bob Hart, a widowed police detective trying to raise a rebellious teenage daughter, inherits a
The Red Badge of Courage
1974-12-03
During the Civil War, a young man enthusiastically joins the Union army thirsting to find glory and
The Miracle of the Cards
2001-06-06
"The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eigh
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
2002-03-17
Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in searc
Give Us Barabbas!
1961-03-24
A drama detailing the transformation of Barabbas, a thief and murderer, who is chosen to survive by
Linda
1993-10-08
Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the wo
Taking Woodstock
2009-08-26
The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the fame
Precious Victims
1993-09-27
Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no tra
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993-11-21
The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, tr
To Find My Son
1980-10-06
A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply
Death in Small Doses
1995-01-16
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immed
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
2021-10-15
Thirty-plus years after its release, the popular two-part miniseries "It" and its infamous villain P
Getting Married
1978-05-17
A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in
Every Act of Life
2018-04-23
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbrea
A Walton Easter
1997-03-30
In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorperson in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new boo
No Other Love
1979-03-24
A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world
Fifth of July
1982-10-11
Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with h
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
2008-03-04
A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector's Edition DVD.
Hobson's Choice
1983-12-21
Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.
The Price for Silence
2018-10-19
After the death of her father, a troubled woman returns home to confront the family who paid for her
The Christmas Tree
1958-12-14
The Christmas Tree is a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film that was broadcast on NB
The Unforgivable
2021-11-24
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society
Flood: A River's Rampage
1997-11-16
After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it's banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Ka
Johnny Belinda
1982-10-19
While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond be
A Doll's House
1959-11-15
A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
1999-01-21
A version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last th
The Silence
1975-11-06
A cadet at West Point is subjected to "internal exile," which means that other students refuse to ta
In the Name of the People
2000-02-02
John Burke is on death row for the murder of a young girl. He is worried about what will happen to h
A Walton Wedding
1995-02-12
In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashio
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
2005-10-07
Set against the backdrop of the magical White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, SACRED STAGE explor
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In 1960, seven pre-teen outcasts fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty year