Jon Walmsley
{{short description|Actor and musician}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2014}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| years_active = 1960–present
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Jon Walmsley is a musician and actor.
Acting career
Walmsley is known for his accomplishments as an actor, most notably a nine-season run as Jason Walton on The Waltons.{{cite book|last=Lucas|first=Eddie|title=Close-Ups – Conversations with Our TV Favorites|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EeqCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT201|accessdate=January 3, 2016|year=2015|publisher=BearManor Media|page=201}} He also returned for all of the Waltons reunion projects during the 1980s and 1990s.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
He provided the voice of Christopher Robin for Disney's Winnie the Pooh cartoons.{{cite book|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|title=Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA241|accessdate=January 3, 2016|year=2011|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8694-6|page=241}}
Musical career
Walmsley 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
= 1960s =
- 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 =
- 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 =
- 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 =
- A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993)
- A Walton Wedding (1995)
- A Walton Easter (1997)
= 2000s =
- 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 =
- Elf Sparkle And The Special Red Dress (animation) (voice) (2010)
- Waltons (TV special) (2010)
- The Today Show (2011)
- Good Morning America (2013)
Musical works
- 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
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External links
- [https://www.jonwalmsleymusic.com/ Jon Walmsley Official Website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909455/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Jon Walmsley on IMDB]
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Category:American male film actors