Richard Farnsworth
- Acting
- September 1, 1920 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- October 6, 2000
Biography
Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for his performances in Comes a Horseman (1978), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama; Anne of Green Gables (1985); Misery (1990); and The Straight Story (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Known for
Filmography
- Kevin Sullivan's Classic · Self
- The Straight Story · Alvin
- Best Friends for Life · Will Harper
- Lassie · Len Collins
- The Getaway · Slim
- The Fire Next Time · Frank Morgan
- The Boys of Twilight · Cody McPherson
- Highway to Hell · Sam
- Havana · Professor
- Misery · Buster
- The Two Jakes · Earl Rawley
- Desperado: The Outlaw Wars · Sheriff Campbell
- Snake Treaty · Helmer
- Good Old Boy · Percy
- CBS Summer Playhouse · Carl
- Anne of Green Gables
- Space Rage · Colonel
- Anne of Green Gables · Matthew Cuthbert
- Anne of Green Gables · Matthew Cuthbert
- Chase · Judge Grand Pettitt
- Wild Horses · Chuck Reese
- Sylvester · John Foster
- Into the Night · Jack Caper
- Highway to Heaven · Jet Sanders
- Rhinestone · Noah Ferris
- The Natural · Red Blow
- Ghost Dancing · Russ Ward
- Travis McGee · Van Harder
- Independence Day · Evan
- The Grey Fox · Bill Miner
- Waltz Across Texas · Frank Walker
- A Few Days at Weasel Creek · Jason Stayvey
- The Legend of the Lone Ranger · Wild Bill Hickok
- Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail · Ridge Fenton
- Resurrection · Esco
- Ruckus · Sheriff Jethro Pough
- Tom Horn · John Coble
- Comes a Horseman · Dodger
- Superstunt · Self
- Another Man, Another Chance · Stagecoach Driver
- Roots · Trumbull
- The Outlaw Josey Wales · Comanchero (uncredited)
- The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox · Stagecoach driver
- The Master Gunfighter · Stunts
- Strange New World · Elder
- The Apple Dumpling Gang · Mover
- The Front Page · Stunts
- Little House on the Prairie · Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
- Honky Tonk · Driver
- Blazing Saddles · Sheriff (uncredited)
- Papillon · Manhunter (uncredited), Stunts
- The Soul of Nigger Charley · Walker
- High Plains Drifter · Stunts
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean · Outlaw, Stunts
- Ulzana's Raid · Trooper
- Pocket Money · Man (uncredited)
- The Cowboys · Henry Williams
- Skin Game · Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
- Monte Walsh · Cowboy
- The Good Guys and the Bad Guys · Workman (uncredited), Stunts
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Stunts
- Sam Whiskey · Pete the Guard (uncredited)
- The Stalking Moon · Man (uncredited), Stunts
- Assignment to Kill · Stunts
- The High Chaparral · Lloyd
- Cimarron Strip
- The War Wagon · Stunts
- Texas Across the River · Medicine Man
- Duel at Diablo · Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited), Stunts
- The War Lord · Stunts
- The Big Valley · Bolin, Businessman
- Cat Ballou · Stunts
- Major Dundee · Stunts
- How the West Was Won · Stunts
- Spartacus · Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
- The Rebel · Trooper
- Bonanza · Tate, Troy
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Rance, Hal
- The Hard Man · Posse Man (uncredited)
- The Tin Star · Posse Member (uncredited), Stunts