In a recent interview, the actor spoke about the challenges of finding other roles after starring in the famous series “The Waltons” as John-Boy.
Richard Thomas said in a recent interview that after starring in “The Waltons”, he struggled to find other roles.
In the drama series, which aired from 1972 to 1981, Thomas played the lead character John-Boy Walton, the eldest son of a large family living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II.
Speaking to Page Six, the 74-year-old actor explained that his opportunities became limited after the end of the show, which was a major television success during the 1970s.
According to Thomas, after five years on the program, “it would take at least another five years before I could work enough to begin balancing the scales.”
Even so, the actor made clear his gratitude for the experience and described the series as “a wonderful television production for its time.”
After “The Waltons”, Thomas worked intensely to prove his versatility and has since found success in television films, theater and shows such as “The Americans” and “Ozark”.
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