Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas

1951-06-13 New York City, New York, USA 79 Credits

Biography

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 F...

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A Waltons Thanksgiving

A Waltons Thanksgiving

2022

as Self - Narrator (voice)

4.7
Acting

Follows the Walton family as they prepare enthusiastically for the annual Harvest Festival Fair on Walton Mountain in 1934, but their lives are dramat...

The Waltons' Homecoming

The Waltons' Homecoming

2021

as Self - Narrator

6.0
Acting

The Walton family is excited to learn that John Sr. will be coming home for Christmas during the winter of 1933. However, when a storm threatens his a...

The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021

as Michael Malcolm

7.4
Acting

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Christmas vs The Walters

Christmas vs The Walters

2021

as Roger

5.0
Acting

Diane Walters, an over-burdened mother of two with a third child on the way, strives to create the perfect Christmas while her loving but dysfunctiona...

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

2021

as Himself

7.6
Acting

Thirty-plus years after its release, the popular two-part miniseries "It" and its infamous villain Pennywise live on in the minds of horror fans aroun...

The Ice Road

The Ice Road

2021

Stunts

6.8

After a remote diamond mine collapses in far northern Canada, an ice road driver must lead an impossible rescue mission over a frozen ocean to save th...

Christmas Day in the Morning

Christmas Day in the Morning

2020

as Self

Acting

In December 2019, The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells at Temple Square joined with award–winning star Kelli O’Hara and renowne...

The Price for Silence

The Price for Silence

2018

as Richard Davenport

5.9
Acting

After the death of her father, a troubled woman returns home to confront the family who paid for her silence. Kira Flynn grew up in a storybook NJ se...

Every Act of Life

Every Act of Life

2018

as Self

7.0
Acting

The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay righ...

Broadway: The Next Generation

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

10.0
Acting

A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.

Time After Time

Time After Time

2011

5.6
Acting

A young journalist returns home to work in the local newspaper. There again see his girlfriend, who is now engaged. For her, this reunion will be a gr...

Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

2009

as Don

6.2
Acting

The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happe...

The Lazarus Project

The Lazarus Project

2008

as Cop #2

6.0
Acting

After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death senten...

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

2008

as Self

Acting

A making of featurette of 12 Angry Men made exclusively for the Collector's Edition DVD.

Wild Hearts

Wild Hearts

2006

as Bob

6.2
Acting

When Bob Hart, a widowed police detective trying to raise a rebellious teenage daughter, inherits a Montana horse ranch, he jumps at the opportunity t...

Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater

2006

as Tennessee Williams

Acting

Theater producer and director Margo Jones pioneered the regional theater movement, supporting the work of new playwrights such as Tennessee Williams.

Annie's Point

Annie's Point

2005

as Richard Eason

6.0
Acting

A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Poi...

Anna's Dream

Anna's Dream

2002

as Rod Morgan

Acting

After a gymnastics accident leaves her paraplegic, 18-year-old Anna Morgan returns to high school. Because of time lost due to her injury and rehab, s...

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

2002

Stunt Double

4.5

The unspeakable evil of the soul-devouring djinn rises again in this fourth electrifying installment of the unstoppable Wishmaster horror legacy! But ...

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues

2002

as Charles Ingalls

5.0
Acting

Laura, her husband Almanzo and their daughter Rose leave South Dakota and head for Missouri in search of a better, more financially stable life. It's ...

The Miracle of the Cards

The Miracle of the Cards

2001

as Dr. Neal Kassell

6.6
Acting

"The Miracle of the Cards" is based on the true story of Marion Shergold and her son, Craig, an eight-year-old English boy who had a brain tumor. Seve...

The Christmas Secret

The Christmas Secret

2000

as Jerry McNeil

5.8
Acting

In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas...

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

2000

as Walter Gaskell

6.8
Acting

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago....

In the Name of the People

In the Name of the People

2000

1.0
Acting

John Burke is on death row for the murder of a young girl. He is worried about what will happen to his own young daughter after his execution. He asks...

The Million Dollar Kid

The Million Dollar Kid

2000

as Ted Hunter

2.0
Acting

The Hunter family has hit the jackpot--scoring a winning 50 million dollar lottery ticket! But when the ticket is lost on the way to cashing it in, th...

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder

1999

as Charles Ingalls

6.4
Acting

A version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last three books of the series and the book "The First Fo...

Big and Hairy

Big and Hairy

1998

as Victor Dewlap

4.2
Acting

A boy moves into a new town and has difficulty making friends, so he joins the basketball team. Initially experiencing little success, his popularity ...

A Thousand Men and a Baby

A Thousand Men and a Baby

1997

as Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan

5.0
Acting

An American soldier finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster. The aircraft's crew welcomed him enthusiastically to provide necessary medical care, but th...

Flood: A River's Rampage

Flood: A River's Rampage

1997

as Herb Dellenbach

4.8
Acting

After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it's banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Kate Vernon realise their town is next on the hit li...

A Walton Easter

A Walton Easter

1997

as John-Boy Walton

6.5
Acting

In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorperson in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new book. He and a very pregnant Janet are making plans t...

Riding the Rails

Riding the Rails

1997

as Narrator

5.7
Acting

Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers ...

Timepiece

Timepiece

1996

as Richard Evans

7.0
Acting

Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when the racist is killed. However, Kevin Kilner come...

What Love Sees

What Love Sees

1996

as Gordon Holly

6.8
Acting

Jean Treadway, a beautiful young girl in her twenties, comes from a world of wealth and privilege. Gordon Holly is a handsome but humble rancher, the ...

The Christmas Box

The Christmas Box

1995

as Richard Evans

5.1
Acting

A ski-shop owner reluctantly moves himself, his wife, and his daughter in to an estate as live-in help for an elderly widow. While struggling to balan...

The Invaders

The Invaders

1995

as Jerry Thayer

4.5
Acting

Nolan Wood is a pilot who uncovers a plot to promote the ecological destruction of Earth in order to pave the way for alien colonization. Now, with th...

Down, Out and Dangerous

Down, Out and Dangerous

1995

as Tim Willows

5.6
Acting

An escaped killer convict (Richard Thomas) upheaves the lives of a San Diego businessman (Bruce Davison) and his pregnant wife (Cynthia Ettinger).

A Walton Wedding

A Walton Wedding

1995

as John-Boy Walton

Acting

In 1964, John-Boy Walton is planning his wedding to Janet Gilchrist, the editor of a New York fashion magazine and the daughter of a diplomat. The two...

Death in Small Doses

Death in Small Doses

1995

as Richard Lyon

6.0
Acting

One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her ...

To Save the Children

To Save the Children

1994

as David Young

6.0
Acting

Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is sh...

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

1993

as John-Boy Walton

7.5
Acting

The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, trying to persuade his fiancée to marry him. Meanwhi...

Linda

Linda

1993

as Paul Cowley

4.2
Acting

Two couples, friends for a long time, decide to go away together. Things soon take a turn for the worse when Linda and Jeff spend far too much time to...

Precious Victims

Precious Victims

1993

as Don Weber

7.0
Acting

Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for ...

I Can Make You Love Me

I Can Make You Love Me

1993

as Richard Farley

6.6
Acting

A beautiful young computer technician starting off her career in Silicon Valley during the Eighties, is stalked and harassed by a nerdy, dangerous and...

Lincoln

1992

as John Hay (voice)

6.8
Acting

Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992

as Gary Brown

5.8
Acting

Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on J...

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

as James O'Hanlan

7.0
Acting

While newspaper writer Church struggles with the death of his wife, he receives a "special" assignment. He must answer a little girl's question about ...

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

1991

as Lieutenant Steven Scott

6.2
Acting

True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-marti...

Common Ground

Common Ground

1990

as Colin Diver

10.0
Acting

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focus...

Andre's Mother

Andre's Mother

1990

as Cal

Acting

Written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Andre's Mother is the story of Katherine Gerard (Sada Thompson) who has lost her son...

The Easter Story

The Easter Story

1990

as Mark (voice)

7.5
Acting

The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers—Derek, Margo, an...

Glory! Glory!

Glory! Glory!

1989

as Rev. Bobby Joe

7.0
Acting

A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.

Go Toward the Light

Go Toward the Light

1988

as Greg Madison

7.4
Acting

A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.

Final Jeopardy

Final Jeopardy

1985

as Marty Campbell

6.1
Acting

A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderou...

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0
Acting

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

1983

as Will Mossup

Acting

Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

1983

as Hank Williams, Jr.

6.0
Acting

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and as...

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story

1983

Executive Producer

6.0
Producing

TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and as...

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1982

as William Richmond

6.0
Acting

While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond becomes aware of a mute, disheveled girl named Belin...

Fifth of July

Fifth of July

1982

as Kenneth Talley Jr.

7.0
Acting

Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggl...

Barefoot In the Park

Barefoot In the Park

1982

as Paul Bratter

5.0
Acting

HBO Standing Room Only presentation of the 1981 stage revival. From the Neil Simon Book. New Yorkers Paul Bratter and Corie Bratter née Banks have jus...

Berlin Tunnel 21

Berlin Tunnel 21

1981

as Sandy Mueller

6.5
Acting

In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, inc...

To Find My Son

To Find My Son

1980

as David Benjamin

5.3
Acting

A young man wishes to adopt a problematical eight-year-old boy being kept in an institution. Simply because he is single, he has an uphill battle with...

Battle Beyond the Stars

Battle Beyond the Stars

1980

as Shad

5.4
Acting

A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979

as Paul Bäumer

6.7
Acting

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerl...

No Other Love

No Other Love

1979

as Andrew Madison

7.0
Acting

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- d...

Getting Married

Getting Married

1978

as Michael Carboni

4.0
Acting

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

September 30, 1955

September 30, 1955

1977

as Jimmy J.

6.6
Acting

A young Southerner loses his grip on reality when his favorite movie star James Dean suddenly dies in a car crash.

The Silence

The Silence

1975

as Cadet James Pelosi

Acting

A cadet at West Point is subjected to "internal exile," which means that other students refuse to talk to him or acknowledge his existence, after he i...

The Red Badge of Courage

1974

as Pvt. Henry Fleming

6.7
Acting

During the Civil War, a young man enthusiastically joins the Union army thirsting to find glory and honor, but his first battle opens his eyes to real...

You'll Like My Mother

You'll Like My Mother

1972

as Kenny

6.3
Acting

Francesca, a pregnant Los Angeles widow, journeys to her late husband's Minnesota hometown to finally meet his mother and family. After being met with...

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971

as John-Boy Walton

7.2
Acting

It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in th...

Cactus in the Snow

1971

as Harley MacIntosh

Acting

A young soldier attempts to lose his virginity before he leaves for Vietnam.

The Todd Killings

The Todd Killings

1971

as Billy Roy

4.3
Acting

Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year ol...

Red Sky at Morning

Red Sky at Morning

1971

as Joshua Arnold

6.7
Acting

Before going off to World War II, Frank Arnold (Richard Crenna) relocates his wife, Ann (Claire Bloom), and son, Joshua (Richard Thomas), to New Mexic...

Last Summer

Last Summer

1969

as Peter

6.3
Acting

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationsh...

Winning

Winning

1969

as Charley

5.9
Acting

Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing...

Give Us Barabbas!

1961

as Junge

Acting
A Doll's House

A Doll's House

1959

as Ivor

10.0
Acting

A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.

The Christmas Tree

1958

as Joey

Acting

The Christmas Tree is a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film that was broadcast on NBC on December 14, 1958. It is based on the short s...