Richard Thomas (actor)

Richard Thomas (2015)

Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951 in New York City ) is an American actor .

Life

Thomas began his career on New York's Broadway when he was seven . His parents were dancers. The international breakthrough followed from 1972 with the role in the television series The Waltons . In this series he played John Boy , the eldest son of an extended family. After around five years and 122 episodes, he left the series in 1977. Since then he has acted in numerous feature and television films. He also plays theater regularly .

He has published three volumes of poetry so far. Occasionally he is involved in the Better Hearing Institute because he has been wearing a hearing aid himself since he was 30 years old due to a nervous hearing loss .

Thomas is married for the second time. He has five biological children (one of them triplets ) and two stepchildren. He lives with his family in New York. His hobbies are family, reading, jazz music and cooking.

Filmography (selection)

• 1958: The Christmas Tree
• 1961: Give Us Barabbas!
• 1969: Indianapolis (Winning)
• 1969: Petting (Last Summer)
• 1970: Bonanza (TV series, episode 12x03 - Tired Willies, The Weary Willies )
• 1971: Red Sky at Morning
• 1971: Delivered (You'll Like My Mother)
• 1972-1978: The Waltons (The Waltons)
• 1975: The Silence
• 1977: 9/30/55
• 1978: Your bride is mine (Getting Married)
• 1979: on the Western Front (All Quiet on the Western Front)
• 1979: Roots : The Next Generations
• 1980: Sador - ruler in space (Battle Beyond the Stars)
• 1981: Berlin Tunnel 21
• 1981: Barefoot in the Park
• 1982: Johnny Belinda
• 1985: The Night Without Pity (Final Jeopardy)
• 1988: Light at the end of the tunnel (Go Toward the Light)
• 1989: Glory! Glory!
• 1990: Stephen King's It (Movie made for TV)
• 1990: Tales from the Crypt ( Tales from the Crypt , TV series, Episode 2x15 Mute Witness to Murder )
• 1991: Operation Haifisch - Death comes silently (Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the USS Indianapolis)
• 1991: ... and Santa Claus does exist! (Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus)
• 1992: Disaster Flight 232 (Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232)
• 1993: Laura's Shadow (I Can Make You Love Me)
• 1993: The Secret of Linda (Linda)
• 1993: The Waltons Family Reunion (A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion)
• 1995: A Walton Wedding
• 1995: Outer Limits ( The Outer Limits , television series, an episode)
• 1995: The Call of the Angel (The Christmas Box)
• 1997: Offspring for John-Boy (A Walton Easter)
• 1997–1998: A Sign from Heaven (Promised Land)
• 1997: A River's Rampage
• 1998: The Robinsons - Departure into the Unknown (The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson)
• 1998: Our Buddy Bigfoot (Big and Hairy)
• 1999: Fortune Hunters (The Million Dollar Kid)
• 2000: In the Name of the People
• 2000: The WonderBoys (Wonder Boys)
• 2000: Flight of the Reindeer (The Christmas Secret)
• 2001: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 2x21)
• 2006: Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King)
• 2009: Law & Order (TV series, episode 20x05 - Dignity, Dignity )
• 2009: Taking Woodstock
• 2012: Rizzoli & Isles (TV series, episode 2x06)
• 2013–2016: The Americans (TV series, 48 ​​episodes)
• 2014: Good Wife (TV series, episode 6x03)
• 2016: Chicago PD (TV series, episode 3x15)
• 2016: Elementary (TV series) (TV series, episode 5x04)
• 2019: The Blacklist (TV series, episode 6x17)
• 2019: NCIS New Orleans (TV series, episode 6x1)

Web links

Commons : Richard Thomas  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Richard Thomas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Photo portrait of Richard Thomas in his role as John-Boy in the 1970s from www.die-waltons.de, accessed on 18 Oct 2011