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Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951) 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. [2]
Wightman replaced Richard Thomas in the role of John-Boy Walton in the TV series The Waltons. He played the role beginning with the show's eighth season in 1979 until the end of the series in 1981. [6] He also appeared in the role in the TV movie A Day of Thanks on Walton's Mountain in 1982.
This first Walton child is known throughout the series as "John-Boy," is born in 1916 (according to the television show's chronology), and is the eldest son and child of Olivia Walton (née Daly) and John Walton Sr. John-Boy is based on creator / author Earl Hamner Jr (1923–2016), who narrates the opening and closing of each episode as the ...
Nov. 30—Richard Thomas is well aware of the common denominator between the beloved television series "The Waltons," which launched the veteran actor's career, and the treasured novel, film and ...
The “Waltons” star now stars in the touring production of Broadway’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” opening in Kansas City on Tuesday. From John-Boy to Atticus Finch: Richard Thomas a natural ...
The Waltons’ Homecoming stars Bellamy Young (Prodigal Son) as Olivia and Logan Shroyer (This Is Us) as John Boy. Richard Thomas, who played John Boy in the original Waltons TV series, will serve ...
The story is about the family of John Walton Jr. (known as John-Boy): his six siblings, his parents John and Olivia Walton, and paternal grandparents Zebulon "Zeb" and Esther Walton. John-Boy is the first of the seven children (15 years old in The Homecoming; 17 at the beginning of the series), [7] who becomes a journalist and novelist. Each ...
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest. As a novelist, he is best known for Spencer's Mountain, which was inspired by his own ...