Richard Thomas
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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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Nat Randolph
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Daniel Varney
- Law & Order (1990) as Roger Jenkins
- The Blacklist (2013) as David Foy
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Richard Walters
- Chicago P.D. (2014) as Adam Ames
- The Good Wife (2009) as Ed Pratt
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Elementary (2012) as Mitch Barrett
- Billions (2016) as Sanford Bensinger
- Bonanza (1959) as Billy
- Rizzoli & Isles (2010) as Prof. Dwayne Kravitz
- White Collar (2009) as William Wolcott
- The Waltons (1972) as John Walton Jr.
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Nature (1982) as Narrator (voice)
- American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
- The Practice (1997) as Walter 'The Hummer' Arens
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- The Americans (2013) as Frank Gaad
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Performer
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee