Jon Walmsley is a musician and actor.
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 Walmsley in 2014 | |
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| Years active | 1960–present |
Acting career
editWalmsley is known for his accomplishments as an actor, most notably a nine-season run as Jason Walton on The Waltons.[1] He also returned for all of the Waltons reunion projects during the 1980s and 1990s.[citation needed]
He provided the voice of Christopher Robin for Disney's Winnie the Pooh cartoons.[2]
Musical career
editWalmsley was a member of Richard Marx's touring band in the late 1980s, and appeared in at least two of Marx's music videos—"Should've Known Better" and "Too Late to Say Goodbye."
Filmography
edit1960s
edit- Combat! (ABC military drama, 1966)
- Daniel Boone (NBC western series, 1968)
- The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (musical film with Walter Brennan and Buddy Ebsen, 1968)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) (voice)
- My Three Sons (1968)
- Adam-12 (NBC crime drama, 1969)
- The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
1970s
edit- My Three Sons (1971)
- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
- The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (voice) 1972)
- The Waltons (1972–1981)
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1973–1974)
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) (voice)
- Dinky Hocker (1979)
- Family Feud (1979)
- $weepstake$ (1979)
1980s
edit- A Wedding on Walton's Mountain (1982)
- Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain (1982)
- A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982)
- Waiting to Act (1985)
1990s
edit- A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
- A Walton Wedding (1995)
- A Walton Easter (1997)
2000s
edit- O Christmas Tree (TV Special) (2002)
- TV total German Talkshow (2004)
- 7th Heaven (2005)
- 8 Simple Rules (2005)
- It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2006)
- Elf Sparkle Meets Christmas The Horse (animation) (voice) (2009)
2010s
edit- Elf Sparkle And The Special Red Dress (animation) (voice) (2010)
- Waltons (TV special) (2010)
- The Today Show (2011)
- Good Morning America (2013)
Musical works
edit- The Waltons – TV Series (composer, musician) 1971–1981
- 7th Heaven – TV Series (musician) 1996–2007
- Waltons' Christmas CD (composer, musician, producer) 1999
- For the Love of May – Short Movie (composer, musician, producer) 2000
- 8 Simple Rules – TV Series (musician) 2002–2005
- The Sunflowers – CD (musician, producer) 2005
- Primal Twang – The legacy of the guitar DVD (musician) 2008
- Love-in Show – A Musical Celebration DVD (musician) 2009
- Secret Life of the American Teenager – TV Series (musician) 2008–2013
- Elf Sparkle and the Special Red Dress – Animation (composer) 2010
- The U.K. Beat – CD (composer, musician, producer) 2010
- The Sunflowers – CD (Musician, producer) 2011
- A Joyful Noise – CD (composer, musician, producer) 2013 (soon to be released)
- Christmas In America – single (composer, Musician, producer) 2014
- Goin' To Clarksdale – CD (composer, musician, producer) 2017
References
edit- ^ Lucas, Eddie (2015). Close-Ups – Conversations with Our TV Favorites. BearManor Media. p. 201. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-7864-8694-6. Retrieved January 3, 2016.