I was just wondering,is Richard Thomas part Korean or Chinese or something?He kind of looks it,and he never seems to age,even though he's like,what,almost 60???I'm not trying to offend anyone--it's just that typical white people aren't usually that well-preserved.Does anyone know this?Just curious.

I always enjoyed Richard Thomas.  He's been in a series of bad B-Rate movies, a few of which I own and enjoy.  His days on the Waltons will be forever his most remembered works. I really thought he did an outstanding job as a character in Stephen King's "IT".  He's an underrated actor who has since slipped off the stage.  Although it seems a little ludicrus even to myself to say this I always thought casting directors were a little too weary of his mole. 

I always enjoyed Richard Thomas.  He's been in a series of bad B-Rate movies, a few of which I own and enjoy.  His days on the Waltons will be forever his most remembered works. I really thought he did an outstanding job as a character in Stephen King's "IT".  He's an underrated actor who has since slipped off the stage.  Although it seems a little ludicrus even to myself to say this I always thought casting directors were a little too weary of his mole. 
If someone has a mole,can't they cover it to suit the role?I mean if they can make a bald man appear to have hair,certainlky they can make a man with a mole appear not to have one!

I was just wondering,is Richard Thomas part Korean or Chinese or something?He kind of looks it,and he never seems to age,even though he's like,what,almost 60???I'm not trying to offend anyone--it's just that typical white people aren't usually that well-preserved.Does anyone know this?Just curious.



"typical white people aren't usually that well-preserved"?  What kind of statement is that?

Has anyone ever seen that movie where he played some crazy guy who went and shot all these people? That was a strange role to see him in.

"typical white people aren't usually that well-preserved"?  What kind of statement is that?
Well,I'm white,although with some Russian ancestry(they possibly mixed with the Mongols)and I can accept the fact that white people burn more and get more freckles and wrinkles.The lighter you are,the more careful you have to be---but often the lightest people try the hardest to get a tan,so they get more wrinkles.My younger sister has blue eyes and is more wrinkled than I am.

Well,I'm white,although with some Russian ancestry(they possibly mixed with the Mongols)and I can accept the fact that white people burn more and get more freckles and wrinkles.The lighter you are,the more careful you have to be---but often the lightest people try the hardest to get a tan,so they get more wrinkles.My younger sister has blue eyes and is more wrinkled than I am.



It was worded weirdly, that's all.

I always enjoyed Richard Thomas.  He's been in a series of bad B-Rate movies, a few of which I own and enjoy.  His days on the Waltons will be forever his most remembered works. I really thought he did an outstanding job as a character in Stephen King's "IT".  He's an underrated actor who has since slipped off the stage.  Although it seems a little ludicrus even to myself to say this I always thought casting directors were a little too weary of his mole. 



I agree with you that he is underrated and a very good actor. I liked him in a movie called "To Find my Son" and a forgotten movie called "Last Summer."  He also was good in "Johnny Belinda". But yeah, he will ALWAYS been known as John-Boy Walton.


As far as his ethnicity, the only thing I could find out was that his parents both were dancers with the New York City Ballet and were owners of the New York School of Ballet.



Cat

I agree with you that he is underrated and a very good actor. I liked him in a movie called "To Find my Son" and a forgotten movie called "Last Summer."  He also was good in "Johnny Belinda". But yeah, he will ALWAYS been known as John-Boy Walton.


As far as his ethnicity, the only thing I could find out was that his parents both were dancers with the New York City Ballet and were owners of the New York School of Ballet.


That's strange.Somewhere you usually find out something about a well-known person's ethnicity.I've kind of wondered about Yul Brynner because he claimed ,I think,two different Russian islands near Japan as his birthplace,and he said he was part Mongol.But people from his era did experience a lot of anti-Japanese sentiment,so a lot of Asians said htey were chinese,Filipino,or what have you.
Cat

Has anyone ever seen that movie where he played some crazy guy who went and shot all these people? That was a strange role to see him in.


He also did a role on Law and Order where he played a disturbed character who stabbed young boys to death.  Turns out his character had a nasty undiagnosed case of syphyllis.

Given that Thomas is known as "John Boy" he did a great job portraying a syph head.  :)

He also did a role on Law and Order where he played a disturbed character who stabbed young boys to death.  Turns out his character had a nasty undiagnosed case of syphyllis.

Given that Thomas is known as "John Boy" he did a great job portraying a syph head.  :)




I remember that episode.. He was really good in that .. Law andOrder has some strange eppys..Its all good though... Goodnite John Boy etc...........

I remember that episode.. He was really good in that .. Law andOrder has some strange eppys..Its all good though... Goodnite John Boy etc...........




LOLOLOL :D ;D  My parent's were obsessed with the "Walton's" show...infact, that's where they got my name from (Erin). ;)

LOLOLOL :D ;D  My parent's were obsessed with the "Walton's" show...infact, that's where they got my name from (Erin). ;)
Erin was good-looking when she got older.

Ya....she turned out to be pretty.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiNkJOZENnMAstWjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=11o7bif9d/EXP=1156019684/**http%3a//www.the-waltons.com/erin2.jpg

Ya....she turned out to be pretty.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiNkJOZENnMAstWjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=11o7bif9d/EXP=1156019684/**http%3a//www.the-waltons.com/erin2.jpg
Elizabeth wasn't bad either when she grew up,though unfortunately as the series drew to a close,she was in the middle of puberty!

Elizabeth wasn't bad either when she grew up,though unfortunately as the series drew to a close,she was in the middle of puberty!


Yeah, Elizabeth definitely was hot.

here's a cool site of some Walton's reunion pictures...it's in German...but you can still see the pics.


http://www.die-waltons.de/deutschland2.html

He also did a role on Law and Order where he played a disturbed character who stabbed young boys to death.  Turns out his character had a nasty undiagnosed case of syphyllis.

Given that Thomas is known as "John Boy" he did a great job portraying a syph head.  :)
I saw a movie where he played hank Williams Jr.