Richard Thomas (born Richard Earl Thomas) is an American actor best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama The Waltons, where he won one Emmy Award, and received nominations for another Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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Tell Me Your Secrets (2021)
Guest starring as Bodie Lord
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: The Dead Come Back (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x09: Gotcha (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x08: Be Mine (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x07: Now You See Me (Feb 19, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: I Got Here By Myself (Feb 19, 2021)
Ozark (2017)
Guest starring as Nathan Davis
(8 episodes)
- Episode 4x14: A Hard Way to Go (Apr 29, 2022)
- Episode 4x13: Mud (Apr 29, 2022)
- Episode 4x12: Trouble The Water (Apr 29, 2022)
- Episode 4x11: Pound of Flesh and Still Kickin' (Apr 29, 2022)
- Episode 4x10: You're the Boss (Apr 29, 2022)
- Episode 4x09: Pick a God and Pray (Apr 29, 2022)
- Episode 4x06: Sangre Sobre Todo (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 4x04: Ace Deuce (Jan 21, 2022)
Conviction (2016)
Guest starring as Earl Slavitt
- Episode 1x09: A Different Kind of Death (Dec 5, 2016)
Billions (2016)
Guest starring as Sanford Bensinger
(3 episodes)
- Episode 4x12: Extreme Sandbox (Jun 9, 2019)
- Episode 4x09: American Champion (May 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: The Oath (Mar 12, 2017)
NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Guest starring as NCIS Deputy Director Ezra Van Cleef
(2 episodes)
- Episode 6x20: Predators (Apr 19, 2020)
- Episode 6x01: Judgement Call (Sep 24, 2019)
The Blacklist (2013)
Guest starring as David Foy
- Episode 6x17: The Third Estate (No. 136) (Apr 19, 2019)
The Americans (2013)
Starring as FBI Agent Frank Gaad
(16 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: Munchkins (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 4x08: The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears (May 4, 2016)
- Episode 4x07: Travel Agents (Apr 27, 2016)
- Episode 4x06: The Rat (Apr 20, 2016)
- Episode 4x03: Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow (Mar 30, 2016)
- Episode 4x02: Pastor Tim (Mar 23, 2016)
- Episode 4x01: Glanders (Mar 16, 2016)
- Episode 3x13: March 8, 1983 (Apr 22, 2015)
- Episode 3x11: One Day in the Life of Anton Baklanov (Apr 8, 2015)
- Episode 3x09: Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? (Mar 25, 2015)
- Episode 3x08: Divestment (Mar 18, 2015)
- Episode 3x07: Walter Taffet (Mar 11, 2015)
- Episode 3x04: Dimebag (Feb 18, 2015)
- Episode 3x03: Open House (Feb 11, 2015)
- Episode 3x02: Baggage (Feb 4, 2015)
- Episode 3x01: EST Men (Jan 28, 2015)
Guest starring as FBI Agent Frank Gaad
(25 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Echo (May 21, 2014)
- Episode 2x12: Operation Chronicle (May 14, 2014)
- Episode 2x11: Stealth (May 7, 2014)
- Episode 2x10: Yousaf (Apr 30, 2014)
- Episode 2x09: Martial Eagle (Apr 23, 2014)
- Episode 2x08: New Car (Apr 16, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: Behind the Red Door (Apr 2, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: The Deal (Mar 26, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: A Little Night Music (Mar 19, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: The Walk In (Mar 12, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Cardinal (Mar 5, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Comrades (Feb 26, 2014)
- Episode 1x13: The Colonel (May 1, 2013)
- Episode 1x12: The Oath (Apr 24, 2013)
- Episode 1x11: Covert War (Apr 17, 2013)
- Episode 1x10: Only You (Apr 10, 2013)
- Episode 1x09: Safe House (Apr 3, 2013)
- Episode 1x08: Mutually Assured Destruction (Mar 20, 2013)
- Episode 1x07: Duty and Honor (Mar 13, 2013)
- Episode 1x06: Trust Me (Mar 6, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: COMINT (Feb 27, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: In Control (Feb 20, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Gregory (Feb 13, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: The Clock (Feb 6, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 30, 2013)
Elementary (2012)
Guest starring as Mitch Barrett
- Episode 5x04: Henny Penny the Sky is Falling (Oct 30, 2016)
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
Guest starring as Prof. Dwayne Cravitz
- Episode 2x06: Rebel Without a Pause (Aug 15, 2011)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Daniel Varney
- Episode 2x21: Scourge (May 11, 2001)
Guest starring as Nat Randolph
- Episode 14x23: Brief Interlude (May 15, 2013)
The Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson (1998)
Starring as David Robinson
(30 episodes)
- Episode 1x30: Boston (Part 3) (Oct 15, 1998)
- Episode 1x29: Boston (Part 2) (Oct 14, 1998)
- Episode 1x28: Boston (Part 1) (Oct 11, 1998)
- Episode 1x27: Paradise Lost (Part 3) (Oct 10, 1998)
- Episode 1x26: Paradise Lost (Part 2) (Oct 9, 1998)
- Episode 1x25: Paradise Lost (Part 1) (Oct 8, 1998)
- Episode 1x24: Star-Crossed Lovers (Part 3) (Oct 5, 1998)
- Episode 1x23: Star-Crossed Lovers (Part 2) (Oct 4, 1998)
- Episode 1x22: Star-Crossed Lovers (Part 1) (Oct 3, 1998)
- Episode 1x21: The Treasure Hunt (Part 3) (Oct 2, 1998)
- Episode 1x20: The Treasure Hunt (Part 2) (Sep 29, 1998)
- Episode 1x19: The Treasure Hunt (Part 1) (Sep 28, 1998)
- Episode 1x18: The Ghost of Raven Jones (Part 3) (Sep 27, 1998)
- Episode 1x17: The Ghost of Raven Jones (Part 2) (Sep 26, 1998)
- Episode 1x16: The Ghost of Raven Jones (Part 1) (Sep 23, 1998)
- Episode 1x15: Captives (Part 3) (Sep 22, 1998)
- Episode 1x14: Captives (Part 2) (Sep 21, 1998)
- Episode 1x13: Captives (Part 1) (Sep 20, 1998)
- Episode 1x12: Princess from the Sea (Part 3) (Sep 17, 1998)
- Episode 1x11: Princess from the Sea (Part 2) (Sep 16, 1998)
- Episode 1x10: Princess from the Sea (Part 1) (Sep 15, 1998)
- Episode 1x09: Invasion (Part 3) (Sep 14, 1998)
- Episode 1x08: Invasion (Part 2) (Sep 11, 1998)
- Episode 1x07: Invasion (Part 1) (Sep 10, 1998)
- Episode 1x06: The Island of the Gods (Part 3) (Sep 9, 1998)
- Episode 1x05: The Island of the Gods (Part 2) (Sep 8, 1998)
- Episode 1x04: The Island of the Gods (Part 1) (Sep 4, 1998)
- Episode 1x03: Survival (Part 3) (Sep 3, 1998)
- Episode 1x02: Survival (Part 2) (Sep 2, 1998)
- Episode 1x01: Survival (Part 1) (Sep 1, 1998)
The Outer Limits (1995)
Guest starring as Dr. Stephen Ledbetter
- Episode 1x17: The New Breed (Jul 5, 1995)
Touched by an Angel (1994)
Guest starring as Joe Greene
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x02: Vengance Is Mine (aka Saving Grace: Part 1) (Sep 27, 1998)
- Episode 4x01: Joe's Return (aka The Road Home: Part 1) (Sep 21, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Guest starring as Dr. Trask
- Episode 2x15: Mute Witness to Murder (Jul 10, 1990)
The Waltons (1972)
Starring as John-Boy Walton
(53 episodes)
- Episode 5x21: The Heartbreaker (Feb 17, 1977)
- Episode 5x19: The Hero (Feb 3, 1977)
- Episode 5x18: The Career Girl (Jan 27, 1977)
- Episode 5x17: John's Crossroad (Jan 20, 1977)
- Episode 5x14: The Rebellion (Dec 23, 1976)
- Episode 5x12: The Best Christmas (Dec 9, 1976)
- Episode 5x11: The Pony Cart (Dec 2, 1976)
- Episode 5x09: The Cloudburst (Nov 11, 1976)
- Episode 5x08: The Wedding (2) (Nov 4, 1976)
- Episode 5x07: The Wedding (1) (Nov 4, 1976)
- Episode 5x04: The Baptism (Oct 14, 1976)
- Episode 5x03: The Comeback (Oct 7, 1976)
- Episode 5x02: The Vigil (Sep 30, 1976)
- Episode 5x01: The First Edition (Sep 23, 1976)
- Episode 4x24: The Fledgling (Feb 26, 1976)
- Episode 4x22: The Quilting (Feb 12, 1976)
- Episode 4x21: The Test (Feb 5, 1976)
- Episode 4x19: The Burn Out (2) (Jan 22, 1976)
- Episode 4x18: The Burn Out (1) (Jan 22, 1976)
- Episode 4x16: The Secret (Jan 8, 1976)
- Episode 4x15: The Search (Jan 1, 1976)
- Episode 4x14: The Intruders (Dec 18, 1975)
- Episode 4x10: The Loss (Nov 13, 1975)
- Episode 4x01: The Sermon (Sep 11, 1975)
- Episode 3x25: The Venture (Mar 6, 1975)
- Episode 3x24: The Woman (Feb 27, 1975)
- Episode 3x23: The Song (Feb 20, 1975)
- Episode 3x20: The Shivaree (Jan 30, 1975)
- Episode 3x17: The Matchmakers (Jan 9, 1975)
- Episode 3x16: The Lie (Jan 2, 1975)
- Episode 3x15: The Birthday (Dec 19, 1974)
- Episode 3x11: The Book (Nov 14, 1974)
- Episode 3x08: The System (Oct 24, 1974)
- Episode 3x02: The Conflict (2) (Sep 12, 1974)
- Episode 3x01: The Conflict (1) (Sep 12, 1974)
- Episode 2x23: The Five Foot Shelf (Mar 7, 1974)
- Episode 2x22: The Graduation (Feb 21, 1974)
- Episode 2x21: The Ghost Story (Feb 14, 1974)
- Episode 2x18: The Gift (Jan 24, 1974)
- Episode 2x14: The Triangle (Dec 20, 1973)
- Episode 2x12: The Bequest (Nov 29, 1973)
- Episode 2x10: The Thanksgiving Story (Nov 15, 1973)
- Episode 1x25: An Easter Story (2) (Apr 19, 1973)
- Episode 1x24: An Easter Story (1) (Apr 19, 1973)
- Episode 1x18: The Courtship (Jan 25, 1973)
- Episode 1x16: The Fire (Jan 11, 1973)
- Episode 1x15: The Actress (Jan 4, 1973)
- Episode 1x09: The Ceremony (Nov 9, 1972)
- Episode 1x08: The Boy from the C.C.C. (Nov 2, 1972)
- Episode 1x07: The Sinner (Oct 26, 1972)
- Episode 1x06: The Star (Oct 19, 1972)
- Episode 1x05: The Typewriter (Oct 12, 1972)
- Episode 1x01: The Foundling (Sep 14, 1972)
Night Gallery (1969)
Guest starring as Ian Evans
- Episode 2x58: The Sins of the Fathers (Feb 23, 1972)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Co-Host
(2 episodes)
- Episode 16x208: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Pete Rose, Tom Seaver, Billy Paul (Jul 20, 1977)
- Episode 13x166: Apr 22, 1974 (Apr 22, 1974)
Guest starring as Richard Thomas
- Episode 16x59: Nov 25, 1976 (Nov 25, 1976)
Tony Awards (1957)
Guest starring as Performer
- Episode 1981-06-07: The 35th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 7, 1981)
Guest starring as Presenter
- Episode 2006-06-11: The 60th Annual Tony Awards (Jun 11, 2006)