‘Walton’ Rerun in Los Feliz

Actor RICHARD THOMAS, who is probably best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of John-Boy in the long-running series “The Waltons,” has purchased a house in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles.

Thomas, who got married for the second time last November, played John-Boy in the CBS movie “A Walton Wedding,” which aired in February. He also starred in the ABC movie “Death in Small Doses,” which aired earlier this year.

Since he toured with his ballet-dancing parents and appeared on Broadway for the first time when he was 7, Thomas, 43, has appeared in many stage, TV and film productions, besides “The Waltons,” which ran on CBS for nine years, until 1981.

During the ‘80s, Thomas was in the HBO miniseries “Glory, Glory!” and starred in eight plays back-to-back, including “The Front Page” at Lincoln Center and “Hamlet” on the Hartford Stage. He also has written three published volumes of poetry.

Thomas bought a gated Mediterranean-style home, built in 1924, for $600,000. The home, which has a secluded garden and swimming pool, has four bedrooms and maid’s quarters in 4,000 square feet. The former owners, who had five children, created a large living area upstairs that they called “the dormitory.” There is also a library on the second floor.

There are six children in Thomas’ family, including two daughters from his wife’s previous marriages and triplet daughters and a college-age son by his former wife, from whom he was divorced in 1993 after 18 years of marriage. The actor has lived in the Los Feliz area, not far from his current residence, for quite a few years, sources say.

Elisabeth Klock of Jon Douglas Co., Los Feliz, represented the sellers, and Morrie Zagha of Marcus & Millichap represented Thomas.

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BARBET SCHROEDER, who produced and directed the just-released David Caruso-starring remake of the 1947 Richard Widmark thriller “Kiss of Death” and is now shooting “Before and After” in Connecticut with Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep, has put his Hollywood Hills home up for lease at $7,600 a month.

Built in 1926, the home, on about an acre with views from downtown to the ocean, includes a main house; one-bedroom studio; tennis court; two pools, and a pool house with a diving platform. The main house with one pool and a spa may be rented at $4,975 a month.

Schroeder, who directed and produced “Single White Female” (1991) and “Reversal of Fortune” (1990), bought the home in 1992 from the estate of the late Oscar-winning British director Tony Richardson. Schroeder recently bought a condo near Central Park and plans to live in New York for at least a year, a source said.

Steve Robinson, a director of Fred Sands Estates, Beverly Hills, has the lease listing.

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Indy 500 racing legend ANDY GRANATELLI is asking $6.85 million for his compound in the Dominican Republic.

“He’s been there three times now and it’s just too far for him to travel,” said Lois Landau of Fred Sands Estates, Montecito, a California contact for the property. Marilyn Hoffman of Hoffman International Realty in Dallas is marketing it.

Granatelli took the island home in trade, along with $14 million in cash, for his 30,000-square-foot, 12-acre villa in Montecito. Since the sale, last December, he and his wife, Dolly, have been living in their Montecito beach home.

“I’ll also be happy to trade it [the Dominican Republic home] for a plane, boat or classic-car collection,” Granatelli said last week. He has a number of classic cars but not enough for a museum, he added.

The island home has 12 bedrooms in 24,000 square feet on about three acres, with two pools and a tennis court. The compound, which has 600 feet of sea frontage, is in the 7,000-acre resort of Casa de Campo, which has an airport, golf course and polo facilities. Granatelli leases out the compound at $49,000 a week or $8,000 a day, he said.

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MICHAEL STORM moved to New York as a young actor to play a part for six months on the soap “One Life to Live.” That was 26 years ago. After 25 years on the show, Storm moved back to L.A. last year with his wife, Sally, and they recently purchased a home in Sherman Oaks.

They bought a 2,060-square-foot home, built in 1933, for $387,000, says their realtor, Susan Kent of RE/MAX on The Boulevard. The actor went to New York 13 times last year to appear on the soap but bought in L.A., anyway, because he likes it here, Kent said.