Acting

Richard Thomas

Born 1951-06-13 · New York City, New York, USA

Richard Earl Thomas, an American actor, was born on June 13, 1951 in Manhattan, the son of Barbara (née Fallis) and Richard S. Thomas. His parents were dancers with the New York City Ballet and owned the New York School of Ballet. Richard has a younger brother Bronwyn Thomas. 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. He is 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.

Credits

Newest first

A Waltons Thanksgiving
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Waltons' Homecoming
as Self - Narrator
2021
The Unforgivable
as Michael Malcolm
2021
Christmas vs The Walters
as Roger
2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
2021
The Ice Road
Stunts
2021
Christmas Day in the Morning
as Self
2020
The Comey Rule
as Chuck Rosenberg
2020
The Price for Silence
as Richard Davenport
2018
Every Act of Life
as Self
2018
Ozark
as Nathan Davis
2017
Conviction
as Earl Slavitt
2016
Billions
as Sanford Bensinger
2016
Anesthesia
as Mr. Werth
2016
NCIS: New Orleans
as Ezra Van Cleef
2014
Chicago P.D.
as Adam Ames
2014
The Blacklist
as David Foy
2013
The Americans
as Frank Gaad
2013
Elementary
as Mitch Barrett
2012
The Music Teacher
as Ray
2012
Time After Time
2011
Blue Bloods
as Richard Walters
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Prof. Dwayne Kravitz
2010
White Collar
as William Wolcott
2009
The Good Wife
as Ed Pratt
2009
Taking Woodstock
as Don
2009
The Lazarus Project
as Cop #2
2008
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
as Self
2008
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
as Howard Cottrell
2006
Wild Hearts
as Bob
2006
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
as Tennessee Williams
2006
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
as Self - Narrator
2005
Annie's Point
as Richard Eason
2005
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
Century City
as Dr. Brezak
2004
Anna's Dream
as Rod Morgan
2002
Just Cause
2002
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
Stunt Double
2002
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
as Charles Ingalls
2002
The Miracle of the Cards
as Dr. Neal Kassell
2001
The Christmas Secret
as Jerry McNeil
2000
Wonder Boys
as Walter Gaskell
2000
In the Name of the People
as Jack Murphy
2000
The Million Dollar Kid
as Ted Hunter
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Nat Randolph
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Daniel Varney
1999
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
as Charles Ingalls
1999
Big and Hairy
as Victor Dewlap
1998
It's a Miracle
1998
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
as David Robinson
1998
A Thousand Men and a Baby
as Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan
1997
Flood: A River's Rampage
as Herb Dellenbach
1997
A Walton Easter
as John-Boy Walton
1997
The Practice
as Walter 'The Hummer' Arens
1997
Riding the Rails
as Narrator
1997
Timepiece
as Richard Evans
1996
What Love Sees
as Gordon Holly
1996
Promised Land
as Joe Greene
1996
The Christmas Box
as Richard Evans
1995
The Invaders
as Jerry Thayer
1995
The Invaders
as Jerry Thayer
1995
Down, Out and Dangerous
as Tim Willows
1995
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Stephen Ledbetter
1995
A Walton Wedding
as John-Boy Walton
1995
Death in Small Doses
as Richard Lyon
1995
Touched by an Angel
as Joe Greene
1994
To Save the Children
as David Young
1994
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as John-Boy Walton
1993
Linda
as Paul Cowley
1993
Precious Victims
as Don Weber
1993
Dave's World
as Richard Thomas
1993
I Can Make You Love Me
as Richard Farley
1993
Lincoln
as John Hay (voice)
1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Gary Brown
1992
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
as James O'Hanlan
1991
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Lieutenant Steven Scott
1991
It
as Bill Denbrough
1990
Law & Order
as Roger Jenkins
1990
Common Ground
as Colin Diver
1990
Andre's Mother
as Cal
1990