Robert Wightman

Robert Wightman is an American actor, born in Los Angeles, who has worked extensively in the theater. He appeared in the West Coast premiere of the Tennessee Williams play Vieux Carré, produced by Karen Kondazian, and critic Robert Osborne called his performance touching and heartbreaking. He also acted in Kondazian's productions of Sweet Bird of Youth, with Ed Harris, and The Rose Tattoo, which won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. On stage he played Edgar in LATC's King Lear and Budge in Don DeLillo's The Day Room, earning praise from the critics Sylvie Drake and Hoyt Hilsman. On television he took over from Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton in The Waltons from 1979 to 1981 and played the part again in the 1982 movie A Day of Thanks on Walton's Mountain. His films include American Gigolo (1980) and the starring role in Stepfather III (1992).