Richard Thomas(I)

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Follows the Walton family as they prepare enthusiastically for the annual Harvest Festival Fair on Walton Mountain in 1934, but their lives are dramatically changed after a young boy arrives.

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A Waltons Thanksgiving (2022)

Richard Earl Thomas is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons for which he won an Emmy Award from two nominations and received two Golden Globe Award nominations. He also starred in the 1990 television mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It and played Special Agent Frank Gaad on FX's spy thriller series The Americans.

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Richard Thomas, Will Geer, Judy Norton, Ellen Corby, Kami Cotler, David W. Harper, Michael Learned, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Ralph Waite, and Jon Walmsley in The Waltons (1972)

The Waltons

7.6

TV Series

John-Boy Walton

Battle Beyond the Stars

5.5

Shad

1980

6.8

TV Mini Series

Bill Denbrough

Wonder Boys

7.2

Walter Gaskell

2000

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Ozark
8.5
TV Series
- Nathan Davis
- 2022
The Unforgivable
7.1
- Michael Malcolm
- 2021
Christmas vs. The Walters
4.5
- Roger
- 2021
Tell Me Your Secrets
7.3
TV Series
- Bodie Lord
- 2021
The Comey Rule
7.5
TV Mini Series
- Chuck Rosenberg
- 2020
NCIS: New Orleans
6.8
TV Series
- NCIS Deputy Director Van Cleef
- 2019–2020
Billions
8.3
TV Series
- Sanford Bensinger
- 2017–2019
The Blacklist
7.9
TV Series
- David Foy
- 2019
The Price for Silence
4.3
- Richard Davenport
- 2018
Blue Bloods
7.7
TV Series
- Richard Walters
- 2017
Conviction
7.1
TV Series
- Earl Slavitt
- 2016
Elementary
7.9
TV Series
- Mitch Barrett
- 2016
The Americans
8.4
TV Series
- Frank Gaad
- 2013–2016
Incident at Vichy
8.2
TV Movie
- Von Berg
- 2016
Chicago P.D.
8.1
TV Series
- Adam Ames
- 2016

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Alternative names
- Richard E. Thomas
Height
- 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
Born
- June 13, 1951
- New York City, New York, USA
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Relatives
- Bronwyn Thomas(Sibling)
Other works
(5/98) Stage: Appeared (as "Brother Julian") in "Tiny Alice", by Edward Albee. Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT.
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Uses two tiny hearing aids due to the 50% hearing loss, as a result of otosclerosis (primarily a bone disorder that affects the bones of the middle ear, and may progress to a nerve disorder affecting the nerves of the inner ear).