ACTOR

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 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Thomas has received more than 74,993 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Thomas is the 4,047th most popular actor (down from 2,270th in 2019), the 6,017th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,703rd in 2019) and the 1,822nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Thomas by language

Over the past year Richard Thomas has had the most page views in the with 81,002 views, followed by Spanish (25,596), and Italian (17,882). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (426.53%), Simple English (133.15%), and Korean (94.78%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Thomas ranks 4,047 out of 13,578. Before him are Mike Starr, Linda Thompson, Cassandra Peterson, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Vladimir Mashkov, and Pia Degermark. After him are Art LaFleur, Matthew Gray Gubler, Beulah Bondi, Zach Braff, Paul Dooley, and Mark Boone Junior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Richard Thomas ranks 306. Before him are Dan Bricklin, Luis Llosa, Patrick Bergin, François Bracci, Cassandra Peterson, and Mark Isham. After him are Pier Luigi Bersani, Timothy Zahn, Mike D'Antoni, Anton Tkáč, Philip Bailey, and Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Thomas ranks 6,017 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Starr (1950), Norah Jones (1979), Linda Thompson (1950), Cassandra Peterson (1951), Mark Isham (1951), and William Lombardy (1937). After him are Christopher Scarver (1969), Art LaFleur (1943), Reginald Rose (1920), Matthew Gray Gubler (1980), Chuck Grassley (1933), and Beulah Bondi (1889).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Thomas ranks 1,822. Before him are Pia Zadora (1953), Leila Hyams (1905), Ed Begley Jr. (1949), Mike Starr (1950), Linda Thompson (1950), and Cassandra Peterson (1951). After him are Art LaFleur (1943), Matthew Gray Gubler (1980), Beulah Bondi (1889), Zach Braff (1975), Paul Dooley (1928), and Mark Boone Junior (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

It
Bill Denbrough
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
6.908 / 10
The Unforgivable
Michael Malcolm
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Nov 24o 20217.449 / 10
All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Bäumer
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to bear, and as his friends die or become gravely wounded, Paul questions the sanity of fighting over a few hundreds yards of war-torn countryside.
Nov 14o 19796.7 / 10