What is Richard Thomas (actor)?
[[File:Richard Thomas 2015.jpg|thumb|Thomas at the Peabody Awards in May 2015]] '''Richard Earl Thomas''' (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor. He was born in [[New York City]]. He acted in the leading role as author [[John-Boy Walton]] in the [[CBS]] drama ''[[The Waltons]]'', for which he won one [[Emmy Award]] and received nominations for another Emmy Award<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/richard-thomas |title=Richard Thomas |publisher=[[Emmy Awards]] |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> and two [[Golden Globe Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/richard-thomas |title=Richard Thomas |publisher=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> He also starred in [[Stephen King]]'s [[miniseries]] ''[[It (miniseries)|It]]'' and played Special Agent Frank Gaad on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]'s [[spy thriller]] series ''[[The Americans]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Richard}} [[Category:Emmy Award winning actors]] [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:American child actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:American television directors]] [[Category:American television producers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from New York City]] {{US-actor-stub}}