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Actor

Richard Thomas

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Acting credits

113

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.5

Moderate attention

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Movies: 73Series: 42Crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 19576

IMDb ID: nm0001796

Known for: Acting

Born: June 13, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1944 - 2022

Years active: 79

Average TMDB rating: 7.1

Wikidata: Q492238

Also known as

Richard E. Thomas • Richard Earl Thomas • ریچارد توماس

Other jobs

Director (1)Executive Producer (1)Stunt Double (1)Stunts (1)

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.

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