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Richard Thomas

1951 - Today

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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. He also received another Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations for that role. Thomas later starred as Bill Denbrough in the 1990 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It, and played Special Agent Frank Gaad on FX's spy thriller series The Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Thomas is the 4,261st most popular actor (down from 4,047th in 2024), the 6,801st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,016th in 2019) and the 1,962nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Richard Thomas ranks 4,261 out of 13,578. Before him are Jack Lord, Dinah Shore, Zoey Deutch, Candy Clark, Catherine Bach, and Brigitte Horney. After him are Sinéad Cusack, Laura Zapata, Jessica Walter, Prithviraj Kapoor, O. E. Hasse, and John Finn.

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Among people born in 1951, Richard Thomas ranks 348. Before him are Mark Isham, Gary Rossington, Tatyana Tolstaya, Luis Llosa, Ryūsei Nakao, and Debra Jo Rupp. After him are John Alexander, Trixi Schuba, Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, Cornelius Sim, Unshō Ishizuka, and Geoff Lees.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Thomas ranks 6,803 out of 20,380. Before him are Zoey Deutch (1994), Candy Clark (1947), Adolph Gottlieb (1903), Donald Piper (1911), Catherine Bach (1954), and Big Bill Broonzy (1903). After him are Randall Wallace (1949), Jessica Walter (1941), John Finn (1952), Milman Parry (1902), Mike Starr (1950), and Ruth Roman (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Thomas ranks 1,963. Before him are Debra Jo Rupp (1951), Jack Lord (1920), Dinah Shore (1916), Zoey Deutch (1994), Candy Clark (1947), and Catherine Bach (1954). After him are Jessica Walter (1941), John Finn (1952), Mike Starr (1950), Ruth Roman (1922), James Read (1953), and Barbara La Marr (1896).

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