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Known for movies

John-Boy Walton

The Waltons (1971-1978)
as John-Boy Walton

Walter Gaskell

Wonder Boys (2000)
as Walter Gaskell

Paul Baumer

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
as Paul Baumer

Shad

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
as Shad

Short Info

Date Of BirthJune 13, 1951, June 13, 1951, June 10, 1958
SpouseGeorgiana Bischoff (m. 1994), Alma Gonzales (m. 1975–1993), Georgiana Bischoff (m. 1994), Alma Gonzales (m. 1975–1993)
MarkBirthmark on his left cheek
FactHas one son, Montana James (born on July 28, 1996), with second and current wife, Georgiana Bischoff.


Richard Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his role as John-Boy Walton in the CBS television series The Waltons, for which he won an Emmy Award.

Richard Thomas was born in New York City, the son of Barbara and Richard Thomas. His parents were both of Welsh descent. He has two sisters, Lynn and Nancy.

Richard Thomas began his acting career at the age of seven, when he appeared in a television commercial for Ivory soap. He made his film debut in 1957 in the film adaptation of the play The Diary of Anne Frank. He also appeared in the films The Miracle Worker (1962) and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).

In 1971, Richard Thomas starred in the CBS television series The Waltons. The show was a huge success and ran for nine seasons. Thomas won an Emmy Award for his role as John-Boy Walton.

After The Waltons ended, Thomas appeared in a number of films and television shows, including the miniseries Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and the TV movie All Quiet on the Western Front (1979). He also starred in the short-lived TV series The Red Hand Gang (1977) and The Richard Thomas Show (1982).

In recent years, Thomas has appeared in the films Gangs of New York (2002) and Syriana (2005). He has also guest-starred on the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006) and Damages (2007).

Richard Thomas is divorced from his first wife, Alma Gonzales. He has three children from his second marriage, to Georgiana Bischoff: Richard Jr., Gabrielle, and Isabel.

Richard Thomas has a net worth of $5 million. His salary is not known.

General Info

Full NameRichard Thomas
Date Of BirthJune 13, 1951, June 13, 1951, June 10, 1958
Height1.74 m, 1.74 m
ProfessionFilm producer, Actor, Television Director, Film producer, Actor, Television Director, Entrepreneur, Investor
EducationAllen-Stevenson School, McBurney School, Columbia University, Allen-Stevenson School, McBurney School, Columbia University
NationalityAmerican, American, American

Family

SpouseGeorgiana Bischoff (m. 1994), Alma Gonzales (m. 1975–1993), Georgiana Bischoff (m. 1994), Alma Gonzales (m. 1975–1993)
ChildrenPilar Alma Thomas, Gweneth Gonzales Thomas, Richard Francisco Thomas, Barbara Ayala Thomas, Montana James Thomas, Pilar Alma Thomas, Gweneth Gonzales Thomas, Richard Francisco Thomas, Barbara Ayala Thomas, Montana James Thomas
ParentsBarbara Fallis, Richard Thomas, Barbara Fallis, Richard Thomas
SiblingsBronwyn Thomas, Bronwyn Thomas

Accomplishments

NominationsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, The Robert Prosky Award for ...
MoviesBattle Beyond the Stars, I Can Make You Love Me, All Quiet on the Western Front, Wonder Boys, Last Summer, You'll Like My Mother, Go Toward the Light, Annie's Point, The Christmas Secret, Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, The Christmas Box, Red Sky at Morning, Andre's Mother...
TV Shows1, 2, 3 Go!, The Waltons, It, The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson, This Morning with Richard Not Judy, Attention Scum, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, It's a Miracle, The Americans, Just Cause, A Flame in the Wind, 1, 2, 3 Go!, The Waltons, It, The Adventures of Swiss...

Social profile links

IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0001796

Marks

#Marks / Signs
1Birthmark on his left cheek

Facts

#Fact
1He was awarded the 1990 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Lisbon Traviata" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2Does voice overs for Mercedes Benz [2008]
3Starring in a production of Terrence McNally's "Unusual Acts of Devotion", at the La Jolla Playhouse, alongside Doris Roberts and Harriet Sansom Harris. [May 2009]
4Will be opening in the play, "Twelve Angry Men" in Dallas, co-starring George Wendt. [February 2007]
5Richard Thomas left The Waltons (1971) at the end of the fifth season because he only signed a 5-year contract. He planned to pursue other acting opportunities. The Waltons: The Achievement (1977) was his last episode but he did made a comeback in Season 6 and the last three family television reunions.
6Father of a son, Richard Francisco (born 1976), with Alma Gonzales.
7Father of triplet-girls, Barbara Ayala, Gweneth Gonzales and Pilar Alma (born August 26, 1981), with ex-wife, Alma Gonzales.
8Has one son, Montana James (born on July 28, 1996), with second and current wife, Georgiana Bischoff.
9Speaks some Chinese, after changing his major at Columbia from Literature to Chinese. He changed his major from Literature to Chinese because he attended Columbia during the time that the Vietnam War was underway and as well as the controversy surrounding it. He was frustrated with the anti-war demonstrations and how they were interupting his educations and he felt the best way to avoid such disturbances was to change his major to Chinese.
10Uses two tiny hearing aids due to the 50% hearing loss, as a result of otosclerosis (a nerve disorder).
11Served as the host of the University of South Carolina's Ecumenical Service of the Family and introduced His Holiness Pope John Paul II.
12Is National Chairman of the Better Hearing Institute.
13He first acted professionally at age seven; appeared as a cast replacement on the Broadway stage as John A. Roosevelt, one of the children of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, in the drama, "Sunrise at Campobello".
14His parents were owners of the New York School of Ballet. Among their students were Trinka Lowe and Daniel Levins.
15Attended Columbia University.

Pictures

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Noah Emmerich, Richard Thomas
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Richard Thomas, Tiffani Thiessen
Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, Michael Learned, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, Jon Walmsley, David Harper, Mary McDonough
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Movies

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Elementary2016TV SeriesMitch Barrett
The Americans2013-2016TV SeriesFrank Gaad
Incident at Vichy2016TV MovieVon Berg
Chicago P.D.2016TV SeriesAdam Ames
Anesthesia2015Mr. Werth
The Good Wife2014TV SeriesEd Pratt
White Collar2013TV SeriesWilliam Wolcott
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit2001-2013TV SeriesNat Randolph / Daniel Varney
The Music Teacher2012TV MovieRay
The Making of Bloodhounds, Inc.2011TV MovieRobert Hunter
BloodHounds, Inc2011TV SeriesRobert Hunter
Rizzoli & Isles2011TV SeriesProfessor Dwayne Cravitz
Time after Time2011TV MovieDick Woodstein
Law & Order2009TV SeriesRoger Jenkins
Taking Woodstock2009Reverend Don
The Best of the Bloodhounds2008VideoRobert Hunter
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King2006TV Mini-SeriesHoward Cottrell
Wild Hearts2006TV MovieBob
Annie's Point2005TV MovieRichard Eason
Century City2004TV SeriesDr. Brezak
Just Cause2002-2003TV SeriesHamilton Whitney III
Anna's Dream2002TV MovieRod Morgan
Beyond the Prairie, Part 2: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder2002TV MovieCharles Ingalls
The Miracle of the Cards2001TV MovieDr. Neal Kassell
The Christmas Secret2000TV MovieJerry McNeil
Wonder Boys2000Walter Gaskell
Bloodhounds, Inc. #4: Invasion of the UFO's2000ShortRobert Hunter
In the Name of the People2000TV MovieJack Murphy
The Million Dollar Kid2000Ted Hunter
BloodHounds, Inc. #3: Phantom of the Haunted Church2000Video shortRobert Hunter
BloodHounds, Inc. #5: Fangs for the Memories2000VideoRobert Hunter
The Practice1999TV SeriesWalter Arens
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder1999VideoCharles Ingalls
Big and Hairy1998TV MovieVictor Dewlap
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson1998TV SeriesDavid Robinson
Touched by an Angel1997-1998TV SeriesJoe Greene
Flood: A River's Rampage1998TV MovieHerb Dellenbach
Promised Land1997-1998TV SeriesJoe Greene
A Thousand Men and a Baby1997TV MovieDr. Hugh 'Bud' Keenan
A Walton Easter1997TV MovieJohn-Boy Walton
Timepiece1996TV MovieRichard Evans
What Love Sees1996TV MovieGordon Holly
West Virginia1996TV Mini-SeriesNarrator (1996) (voice)
The Christmas Box1995TV MovieRichard Evans
The Invaders1995TV SeriesJerry Thayer
Down, Out & Dangerous1995TV MovieTim Willows
The Outer Limits1995TV SeriesDr. Stephen Ledbetter
A Walton Wedding1995TV MovieJohn-Boy
Death in Small Doses1995TV MovieRichard Lyon
Million Dollar Babies1994TV Mini-SeriesOliva-Edouard Dionne
To Save the Children1994TV MovieDavid Young
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion1993TV MovieJohn-Boy Walton
Linda1993TV MoviePaul Cowley
Precious Victims1993TV MovieDon Weber
I Can Make You Love Me1993TV MovieRichard Farley
Lincoln1992TV MovieJohn Hay (voice)
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 2321992TV MovieGary Brown
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus1991TV MovieJames O'Hanlan
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis1991TV MovieLieutenant Steven Scott
It1990TV Mini-SeriesBill Denbrough
Tales from the Crypt1990TV SeriesDr. Trask
Common Ground1990TV MovieColin Diver
American Playhouse1982-1990TV SeriesCal Porter - Andre's Lover / Kenneth Talley Jr.
The Easter Story1990Video shortMark (voice)
Glory! Glory!1989TV MovieRev. Bobby Joe
Go Toward the Light1988TV MovieGreg Madison
Final Jeopardy1985TV MovieMarty Campbell
The Master of Ballantrae1984TV MovieHenry Durie
Hobson's Choice1983TV MovieWill Mossup
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story1983TV MovieHank Williams, Jr.
Johnny Belinda1982TV MovieWilliam Richmond
Barefoot in the Park1982TV MoviePaul Bratter
Berlin Tunnel 211981TV MovieLieutenant Sandy Mueller
To Find My Son1980TV MovieDavid Benjamin
Battle Beyond the Stars1980Shad
All Quiet on the Western Front1979TV MoviePaul Baumer
No Other Love1979TV MovieAndrew Madison
Roots: The Next Generations1979TV Mini-SeriesJim Warner
Getting Married1978TV MovieMichael Carboni
The Waltons1971-1978TV SeriesJohn-Boy Walton
September 30, 19551977Jimmy J.
The Silence1975TV MovieCadet James Pelosi
The Red Badge of Courage1974TV MoviePvt. Henry Fleming
The Thanksgiving Story1973TV Movie
You'll Like My Mother1972Kenny
Night Gallery1972TV SeriesIan Evans (segment "The Sins of the Fathers")
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971TV MovieJohn-Boy Walton
Cactus in the Snow1971Harley MacIntosh
The F.B.I.1971TV SeriesJohn 'Chill' Chilton
The Todd Killings1971Billy Roy
Red Sky at Morning1971Joshua Arnold
Marcus Welby, M.D.1969-1970TV SeriesDennis Alan Graham
Bonanza1970TV SeriesBilly
Bracken's World1970TV SeriesAlan
Medical Center1970TV SeriesToby Tavormina
Last Summer1969Peter
Winning1969Charley
Seaway1965TV SeriesMartin Anderson
A Flame in the Wind1964TV SeriesChris Austen (1964-1965)
The Defenders1961TV SeriesJohnny Remington
Great Ghost Tales1961TV SeriesConradin
'Way Out1961TV SeriesJeremy Keeler
Give Us Barabbas!1961TV MovieThe Boy
The DuPont Show of the Month1959TV SeriesOliver Twist
A Doll's House1959TV MovieIvor (as Richard E. Thomas)
The Christmas Tree1958TV MovieJoey (as Richard Earl Thomas)
From These Roots1958TV SeriesRichard (1961)
As the World Turns1956TV SeriesThomas Christopher 'Tommy / Tom' Hughes #4 (1966-1967)
The Edge of Night1956TV SeriesBen Schultz, Jr. (1961)

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Waltons1975-1977TV Series 5 episodes

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Camping with Camus2000Short producer
For All Time2000TV Movie co-executive producer
What Love Sees1996TV Movie co-producer
Summer of Fear1996TV Movie co-executive producer
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story1983TV Movie executive producer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 35th Annual Tony Awards1981TV Special performer: "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "Once in Love with Amy", "Mame", "Hello, Dolly!"
The Waltons1973-1975TV Series performer - 3 episodes

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'2008Video documentary short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Broadway: The Next Generation2018Documentary filmingHimself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2016Documentary post-productionHimself
Nature2016TV Series documentaryHimself - Narrator
How Shakespeare Changed My Life2016Video shortHimself
Home & Family2015TV SeriesHimself
Earl Hamner Storyteller2015DocumentaryHimself
Fox News Sunday2014TV SeriesHimself - Power Player of the Week
Pershing's Last Patriot2013DocumentaryIntroduction (voice)
Today2011TV SeriesHimself - Guest
His Name Was Shad2011Video documentary shortHimself
A Walton's Family Reunion2010TV Movie documentaryHimself
TV Land Moguls2009TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'2008Video documentary shortHimself - Juror #8, 2006-2008 Touring Production
The 60th Annual Tony Awards2006TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: The Year in Plays
Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater2006TV Movie documentaryTennessee Williams
Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater2005DocumentaryNarrator
The Tony Danza Show2005TV SeriesHimself - Guest
CBS at 752003TV Special documentaryHimself
Great Books2002TV Series documentaryHimself
After They Were Famous2002TV Series documentaryHimself
It's a Miracle2001TV Series documentaryHimself - Host
The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television2000TV Movie documentaryHimself
American Experience1999TV Series documentaryHimself - Narrator
CBS: The First 50 Years1998TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show1997TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Riding the Rails1997DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
Dave's World1996TV SeriesHimself
CBS This Morning1988-1995TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Wild West1993TV Mini-Series documentary
All-Star Salute to Our Troops1991TV MovieHimself
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards1989TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Regional Theatre Award
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1985TV SpecialHimself - Performer
Night of 100 Stars II1985TV MovieHimself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish1984TV Special documentaryHimself
Hour Magazine1981-1983TV SeriesHimself
Tom Cottle: Up Close1982TV SeriesHimself
Christmas at Kennedy Center with Leontyne Price1982TV MovieHimself - Host
Pavarotti & Friends1982TV SpecialHimself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards1981TV SpecialHimself - Performer
The John Davidson Show1980TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Dinah!1974-1980TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show1975-1979TV SeriesHimself - Co-Host / Himself - Guest / Himself - Actor
The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1979TV SpecialHimself - Presenter: Outstanding Drama or Comedy Special
Everyday1979TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Great Performances: Dance in America1978TV SeriesHimself - Host
CBS: On the Air1978TV Mini-Series documentaryCo-host - part V
Good Morning America1977TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards1976TV SpecialHimself - Accepting Award for Favourite Television Drama
The Sonny and Cher Show1976TV SeriesHimself / Various Characters
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1973-1975TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Sisters of the Space Age1974Short documentaryNarrator (voice)
The Hollywood Palladium1974TV MovieHimself
The Merv Griffin Show1974TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Dinah's Place1973TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People1973TV SeriesHimself - Host
Match Game 731973TV SeriesHimself - Panelist
1, 2, 3 Go1961-1962TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Outer Limits1995TV SeriesDr. Stephen Ledbetter
Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure1988Shad (uncredited)

Awards

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1973Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama Series - Continuing)The Waltons (1971)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1995CableACECableACE AwardsActor in a Movie or MiniseriesLinda (1993)
1990CableACECableACE AwardsActor in a Movie or MiniseriesGlory! Glory! (1989)
1975Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest TV Actor - DramaThe Waltons (1971)
1974Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest TV Actor - DramaThe Waltons (1971)
1974Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesThe Waltons (1971)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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