The Waltons (1972–1981) Cast: Then and Now ★ 2023 [51 Years After]

The Waltons (1972–1981) Cast: Then and Now ★ 2023 [51 Years After]

This is a delightful series with wholesome values that my own family often watched together during my son's earlier growing up years. It chronicles the ongoing story of a Depression Era family living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia...often seen though the eyes of the oldest son John Boy, a budding author, who relates his family's experiences in a journal. The series follows the Walton family through both the Depression and World War II. It also portrays the career paths, courtships, & marriages of many of the children, the births of new grandchildren, and the illnesses, aging, & deaths of some of the characters.

The mother, Olivia, is a devout Baptist who must deal with an extended stay in hospital as she suffers from tuberculosis. The father, John, though perhaps a little lapsed in his own faith, runs a saw mill and is a hard working man of integrity. The couple have seven children. John Boy eventually goes off to Richmond for college, Boatwright University, and later embarks upon a journalistic career in New York. Mary Ellen, a feisty tomboy, grows up to become a nurse and marries a doctor, Curtis Willard, sent to Pearl Harbour just prior to the Japanese attack. Jason is the family's budding musician, sometimes providing lively entertainment at the local Dew Drop Inn. Ben marries at a young age the pretty Cindy, and the two are set up with charming little accommodations adjacent to the main Walton house. Erin, the pretty one with her various beaux, is employed at the local telephone switchboard and later by G.W. Haines. Jim Bob is a mechanical tinkerer, and Elizabeth the rather spoiled and generally irritating baby of the family.

Also living under the same roof are John's parents, the devilish but wise old Grandpa Zebulun and the strict & proper but feisty Grandma Esther. Years ago, it became a family chuckle that if Grandma Walton wouldn't have approved of the language, then it just wasn't acceptable! The banter between these grandparents is absolutely precious. I liked the multi generational aspects of the program with eventually four generations of Waltons. An ongoing storyline involved the stroke suffered by Grandma (and actress Ellen Corby), which restricted her movement and left her with a severe speech impediment. Also, actor Will Greer passed away, so the family was forced to grieve the loss of Grandpa.

The Waltons main cast:
Jon Walmsley as Jason Walton
Mary Beth McDonough as Erin Walton
Eric Scott as Ben Walton
Kami Cotler as Elizabeth Walton
Judy Norton as Mary Ellen Walton
David W. Harper as Jim-Bob Walton
Earl Hamner Jr. as The Narrator

#thewaltons #thenandnow #2023

[ValHemi]

You will never be forgotten dear waltons...

[mirvamartikainen]

Waltons Cast picture is very nice👍😎❤️🤩!

[douglasstone]

Love the untouched realistic pictures ❤❤❤

[melissahannah]

John Boy died when his car meant him and his dog .

[melissahannah]

Unicity works life style change . Try it .

[conniefunk]

How dare you write to keep comments respectful and to follow community guidelines when you have the audacity to highlight your thumbnails with false photoshopped pictures.

[Mr.White-]

Why do you people keep posting photos like this for the thumbnails? Just a matter of time before one these actors or actresses goes after you.

[DCFelix]

What's with this photoshopped clickbait thumbnail of David Harper (Jim Bob). He has gained weight but not THAT much. Then, you sit through the whole thing and no grossly overweight picture is included. Cuz it's fake.

[CelebritiesHeritage]

Family time has never been better since we started watching your videos. They have brought us closer and created lasting memories.

[kimberlystringer]

I have always loved the originals of John boy, Ashley, Curtis and the second one's I can't stand to watch the show because of the second one's.

[chenrylames]

I used to like to watch the Walton The Waltons a brand lots of joy into my home with no violence whatsoever lots of laughter grandpa and grandma and all the family came together The Waltons I was so shocked when I look at the picture with everybody grew up it reminds me when I was younger I'm in my I just turned 60 and I'm so grateful I am a senior I'm so grateful and Senior and I am I am diabetic but when you gain weight your turn your have heart problems and also you had diabetes problems and you is not what you eat is how much you eat you have to eat a little bit and specially you had to eat all your salad and your best. And your little bit of protein less rice and no carbs whatsoever you had to watch what you eat and I almost died in a hospital and I did not know I was a diabetic whatsoever I took a shower one morning in and I got dressed and I decide I was not feeling good I call the ambulance in the ambulance came and got me and took me to the hospital in the hospital the doctor said we're going to mix you they did not tell me why they hook me up in this over five days in the hospital I found out I was a diabetic I cannot believe how much life with change some pass when you don't realize what you put in your body I change how I was eating and I process everything everyday I used to watch everything outside House on the Prairie the old movies we're not shooting killings or stabbings or anything else it was a positive thing on TV when I used to watch TV all the time now you watch TV and watch the news is all about shootings and killings everything it's a shame what are welcome to be is all about shootings and every every town and every state in our state of California else all about hate crime and its oldest is so disgraced it's so sad where are where are state stands for if people do not do that whatsoever care for one another are respect for one another they want to steal they want to lie and they want to do black life matters and they will every life it matters Love Is Love love is powerful and Hate leave and live and God always will bless you all the way and God always could read your heart if you don't believe in God people always say straight gay and blacks Chinese and Indians and every box alive it's a shame that people always makes a racist Aaron nothing they always want to be any game at school when I was younger if you don't do this you're not going to get a piece of gum it's a shame you have to believe the kids and still as sandwich from a kid and knock him down and still a soda the next day has Kim bring up $5 and if he doesn't bring $5 you going to beat the crap out of him after school that is a hate crime that's violence it needs to stop and every school needs to stop and every parent needs it and protest for against every school and stand up for the your your kids the rights of your kids if you think your kids are safe now your kids are not safe in school or on the street anymore because there's so much hate crime and violence in school and enormous treats also

[rebeccaa]

I auditioned for role of John's daughter who showed up 14 years after his affair in Meagan's Meadows. I got the role and the first day I showed up for filming, they told me they changed the story. They wanted me to be a wild mountain girl they had caught and live with the Waltons. My name was supposed to be brunhilda. well that all changed when the girl who plays Erin freaked out and said she didn't want anyone better looking than her and that

[robertevans]

David W. Harper portrayed Jim Bob (James Robert) Walton NOT "Ben" Walton (4:20 in the video).

[JD-tntb]

This video has so many mis pronunciations, mis spellings and Jim Bob was not 14 in 1972. Do your math! And so wrong to put that awful picture up in the beginning. It's not right that you get away with false info.

[DonnaMM]

The music or sound track was an integral part of the cast and familiar connection that brought the viewers in, to become fully vested in the story line. To this day in June of 2023, hearing just a few bars of the theme song has me right back there in 1970s Waltons Mountain. Walton's Mountain is like confort food for the soul. My mother died in 1975 when I was 11 years old.

[BOLLOCKS]

It's Jim Bob ... not Jim Blob as depicted in your thumbnail. You tell us to be respectful! What about you? I can barely even understand 90 % of what you are saying! I sick of being baited into watching something that I enjoyed only to have you ruin it.

[rfdave]

Click bait, when it starts I pause and read the comments, If I see click bait I say good bye.

[ceilconstante]

It is VERY DISGUSTING, Disrespectful & insulting of you to use fake photos of what the actors look like in 2023!
The Waltons actors were/are dearly loved all over the world. It's like giving the middle finger to them. CHANGE THE THUMBNAIL!

[busterbiloxi]

Mary Beth thinks she's still on Walton's Mountain.