Happy Birthday actor Richard Thomas

Born: Richard Earl Thomas
June 13, 1951 in New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Georgiana Bischoff (20 November 1994 – present) (1 child)
Alma Gonzales (14 February 1975 – 22 June 1993) (divorced) (4 children)

Uses two tiny hearing aids due to the 50% hearing loss, as a result of otosclerosis (a nerve disorder).

Speaks some Chinese, after changing his major at Columbia from Literature to Chinese. He changed his major from Literature to Chinese because he attended Columbia during the time that the Vietnam War was underway and as well as the controversy surrounding it. He was frustrated with the anti-war demonstrations and how they were interupting his educations and he felt the best way to avoid such disturbances was to change his major to Chinese.

Has one son, Montana James (born on July 28, 1996), with second and current wife, Georgiana Bischoff.

Father of triplet-girls, Barbara Ayala, Gweneth Gonzales and Pilar Alma (born August 26, 1981), with ex-wife, Alma Gonzales.

Father of a son, Richard Francisco (born 1976), with Alma Gonzales.
Richard Thomas left The Waltons (1971) at the end of the fifth season because he only signed a 5-year contract. He planned to pursue other acting opportunities. The Waltons: The Achievement (1977) was his last episode but he did made a comeback in Season 6 and the last three family television reunions.