Director · Actor

Richard Thomas

52 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

Richard Thomas in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$3.4M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Winning

$15M

Standout efficiency

5.5x

Battle Beyond the Stars · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$6.9M

Combined reported budget

$3.2M

Gross / budget

2.2x

Bankability Index

25 / 100

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