Cast & creator
Richard Thomas
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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.
Also known as: Richard E. Thomas, Richard Earl Thomas, ریچارد توماس
84
film credits
57
television credits
137
1944–2022 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (141)
Showing 141 of 141 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nat Randolph
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Daniel Varney
1999
Law & Order
Roger Jenkins
1990
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Blacklist
David Foy
2013
Chicago P.D.
Adam Ames
2014
Blue Bloods
Richard Walters
2010
The Good Wife
Ed Pratt
2009
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Bonanza
Billy
1959
Elementary
Mitch Barrett
2012
Rizzoli & Isles
Prof. Dwayne Kravitz
2010
The Outer Limits
Dr. Stephen Ledbetter
1995
The Practice
Walter 'The Hummer' Arens
1997
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Touched by an Angel
Joe Greene
1994
Billions
Sanford Bensinger
2016
American Playhouse
Kenneth Talley Jr.
1982American Playhouse
Cal Porter
1982
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
White Collar
William Wolcott
2009
The Americans
Frank Gaad
2013
The Waltons
John Walton Jr.
1972The Waltons
Director
1972
NCIS: New Orleans
Ezra Van Cleef
2014
Ozark
Nathan Davis
2017
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The F.B.I.
John 'Chill' Chilton
1965
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dennis Alan Graham
1969
Tales from the Crypt
Dr. Trask
1989
Dinah!
Self
1974
Night Gallery
Ian Evans
1970
Dave's World
Richard Thomas
1993
Promised Land
Joe Greene
1996
It
Bill Denbrough
1990
Conviction
Earl Slavitt
2016
The Ice Road
Stunts
2021
Roots: The Next Generations
Jim Warner
1979
The Unforgivable
Michael Malcolm
2021
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Howard Cottrell
2006
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Century City
Dr. Brezak
2004
The Lazarus Project
Cop #2
2008
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Joey
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Paul Baumer
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Henry Durie
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ivor
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Boy
1951
The Comey Rule
Chuck Rosenberg
2020
Wonder Boys
Walter Gaskell
2000
Just Cause
2002
Taking Woodstock
Don
2009
Battle Beyond the Stars
Shad
1980
Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled
Stunt Double
2002
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer
1979
It's a Miracle
1998
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson
David Robinson
1998
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
John-Boy Walton
1971
The Invaders
Jerry Thayer
1995
Anesthesia
Mr. Werth
2016
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
I Can Make You Love Me
Richard Farley
1993
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
Himself
2021
Johnny Belinda
William Richmond
1982
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
The Invaders
Jerry Thayer
1995
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Lieutenant Steven Scott
1991
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Gary Brown
1992
Last Summer
Peter
1969
Every Act of Life
Self
2018
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
James O'Hanlan
1991
Final Jeopardy
Marty Campbell
1985
Glory! Glory!
Rev. Bobby Joe
1989
No Other Love
Andrew Madison
1979
You'll Like My Mother
Kenny
1972
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
John-Boy Walton
1993
The Million Dollar Kid
Ted Hunter
2000
Barefoot In the Park
Paul Bratter
1982
The Miracle of the Cards
Dr. Neal Kassell
2001
The Easter Story
Mark (voice)
1990
The Master of Ballantrae
Henry Durie
1984
A Thousand Men and a Baby
Dr. Hugh Bud Keenan
1997
The Christmas Secret
Jerry McNeil
2000
Go Toward the Light
Greg Madison
1988
Red Sky at Morning
Joshua Arnold
1971
Christmas vs The Walters
Roger
2021
To Save the Children
David Young
1994
What Love Sees
Gordon Holly
1996
Time After Time
2011
Big and Hairy
Victor Dewlap
1998
Death in Small Doses
Richard Lyon
1995
Common Ground
Colin Diver
1990
Winning
Charley Capua
1969
Down, Out and Dangerous
Tim Willows
1995
Getting Married
Michael Carboni
1978
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Hank Williams, Jr.
1983Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story
Executive Producer
1983
Flood: A River's Rampage
Herb Dellenbach
1997
A Doll's House
Ivor
1959
To Find My Son
David Benjamin
1980
Berlin Tunnel 21
Sandy Mueller
1981
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder
Charles Ingalls
1999
A Walton Easter
John-Boy Walton
1997
In the Name of the People
Jack Murphy
2000
The Price for Silence
Richard Davenport
2018
A Waltons Thanksgiving
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
The Todd Killings
Billy Roy
1971
Wild Hearts
Bob
2006
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'
Self
2008
The Red Badge of Courage
Pvt. Henry Fleming
1974
The Music Teacher
Ray
2012
Christmas Day in the Morning
Self
2020
Fifth of July
Kenneth Talley Jr.
1982
September 30, 1955
Jimmy J.
19771, 2, 3 Go
Himself
1961Cactus in the Snow
Harley MacIntosh
1971Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater
Tennessee Williams
2006Lincoln
John Hay (voice)
1992
A Walton Wedding
John-Boy Walton
1995
Timepiece
Richard Evans
1996
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder Continues
Charles Ingalls
2002
Annie's Point
Richard Eason
2005
The Waltons' Homecoming
Self - Narrator
2021
Hobson's Choice
Will Mossup
1983
Linda
Paul Cowley
1993
Precious Victims
Don Weber
1993
The Silence
Cadet James Pelosi
1975The Christmas Tree
Joey
1958Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
Self - Narrator
2005Give Us Barabbas!
Junge
1961
The Christmas Box
Richard Evans
1995
Andre's Mother
Cal
1990
Riding the Rails
Narrator
1997
Anna's Dream
Rod Morgan
2002
And yet it turns
Bill Denbrough
1990