Richard Thomas played the role until 1977. After five seasons, he left The Waltons to pursue other acting roles, and he probably was also afraid of being typecast. For the last two seasons, Robert Wightman played the role. Thomas returned in three reunion movies: "A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion" (1993), "A Walton Wedding" (1995) and "A Walton Easter" (1997).
"Good night, John Boy."
John-Boy Walton from the TV series The Waltons is probably the best known of the many fictional characters known as John Boy.
The Thanksgiving StorySeason 2 episode 10
John-Boy Mary Ellen Jason Ben Erin Jim Bob Elizabeth
John "John-Boy" Walton, Jr. was played by two actors : Richard Thomas in seasons 1 to 6 and Robert Wightmanin the seasons 8 through 9 .
Richard Thomas
Boatwright University
"Good night, John Boy."
John-Boy Walton from the TV series The Waltons is probably the best known of the many fictional characters known as John Boy.
YES IT IS.......I READ A THING ON HIM AND IT SAID THAT IT WAS HIM WELL RICHARD THOMAS (JOHN BOY) SO YEAH IT IS HIM....
John-Boy on "The Waltons"
Blue was the white mule John Boy first used for transportation.
The Thanksgiving StorySeason 2 episode 10
The children in "The Waltons" television series, from oldest to youngest, were John-Boy, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Ben, Jim-Bob, and Elizabeth.
Richard Thomas played John-Boy Walton in 124 episodes of the show "The Waltons." The show origianlly aired from 1971 to 1981.
John-Boy Mary Ellen Jason Ben Erin Jim Bob Elizabeth
The spokesman in the ads is Richard Thomas, better known as John Boy on The Waltons series in the 1970s.