Richard Thomas ~

Richard Earl Thomas {born June 13, 1951}
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 from two nominations
 and received two Golden Globe Award nominations
 He also starred in the 1990 television mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It and played Special Agent Frank Gaad on FX's spy thriller series The Americans