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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] He also received another Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations for that role. [3]
John Thomas Walton (October 8, 1946 [1] – June 27, 2005) was an American war veteran and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was also the chairman of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton cofounded the Children's Scholarship Fund, providing tuition scholarships for disadvantaged youth.
Thomas Walton (1891 – 2 August 1941) was an English professional golfer. His best performance in the Open Championship was a tie for 8th place in 1922 , his first appearance. He was runner-up in the 1923 Daily Dispatch Northern Professional Championship behind Abe Mitchell .
Thomas Walton Patey (20 February 1932 – 25 May 1970) was a Scottish climber, mountaineer, doctor and writer. He was a leading Scottish climber of his day ...
Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy "Nannie" Lee Lawrence Walton on December 20, 1921, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. His father worked as a farm appraiser and mortgage agent. The family moved often because of Thomas Walton's job. When he was two years old, his family moved from Oklahoma to Springfield, Missouri.
Richard Thomas didn't intend to replicate his iconic fictional family, but just like John and Olivia Walton, the actor has seven children of his own: Richard, Brooke, Barbara, Gwyneth, Pilar ...
The Walton Family Foundation created the Building Equity Initiative to provide charter schools with access to capital to create and expand their facilities. [9] This initiative was established after the foundation announced in 2016 that it would spend $1 billion over the next five years to expand "educational opportunity" by partnering with ...
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.