Richard Farnsworth
Born in Los Angeles, California, USA — Sep 01 1920• Died Oct 06 2000
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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.
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Richard Farnsworth's Credits
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Bonanza
Tate
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Trooper
Little House on the Prairie
Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
Maverick
Stage Driver (uncredited)
The Big Valley
Bolin
The High Chaparral
Lloyd
Highway to Heaven
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Rance
The Oscars
Self
Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited)
The Rebel
Trooper
State Trooper
The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Roots
Trumbull
Misery
Buster
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Cimarron Strip
Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Farmer
CBS Summer Playhouse
Carl
Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Natural
Red Blow
The Cowboys
Henry Williams
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Crew
How the West Was Won
Crew
Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited)
High Plains Drifter
Crew
Fort Apache
Crew
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Red River
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
The Getaway
Slim
Into the Night
Jack Caper
The Grapes of Wrath
Crew
The Straight Story
Alvin
Duel at Diablo
Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)
The War Wagon
Crew
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
The Caine Mutiny
Crew
Duel in the Sun
Crew
Mighty Joe Young
Cowboy (uncredited)
Cat Ballou
Crew
Lassie
Len Collins
The Wild One
Man (uncredited)
The War Lord
Crew
The Fire Next Time
Frank Morgan
Havana
Professor
Silver River
Crew
Ulzana's Raid
Trooper
The Front Page
Crew
The Tin Star
Posse Member (uncredited)
Comes a Horseman
Dodger
Resurrection
Esco
Major Dundee
Crew
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Mover
Monte Walsh
Cowboy
Gunga Din
(uncredited)
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Workman (uncredited)
Rhinestone
Noah Ferris
The Stalking Moon
Man (uncredited)
Tom Horn
John Coble
The Grey Fox
Bill Miner
The Outlaw
Crew
This Is the Army
Soldier (uncredited)
Highway to Hell
Sam
The Two Jakes
Earl Rawley
Horizons West
Crew
The Violent Men
Anchor Rider (uncredited)
A Lawless Street
Townsman (uncredited)
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Sheriff Campbell
Skin Game
Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
Ruckus
Sheriff Jethro Pough
California
Crew
The Flame and the Arrow
Outlaw (uncredited)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Outlaw
The Indian Fighter
Crew
Honky Tonk
Driver
Travis McGee
Van Harder
Texas Across the River
Medicine Man
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Mongol Warrior (uncredited)
Sam Whiskey
Pete the Guard (uncredited)
Assignment to Kill
Crew
Pocket Money
Man (uncredited)
The Boys of Twilight
Cody McPherson
Sylvester
John Foster
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Wild Bill Hickok
Space Rage
Colonel
Arena
Cowboy
Wild Horses
Chuck Reese
Another Man, Another Chance
Stagecoach Driver
Good Old Boy
Percy
The Lusty Men
Crew
Snake Treaty
Helmer
The Master Gunfighter
Crew
Strange New World
Elder
Independence Day
Evan
Chase
Judge Grand Pettitt
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Stagecoach driver
Best Friends for Life
Will Harper
Ghost Dancing
Russ Ward
Anne auf Green Gables
The Soul of Nigger Charley
Walker
The Hard Man
Posse Man (uncredited)
Stallion Road
Crew
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Jason Stayvey
Waltz Across Texas
Frank Walker
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
Ridge Fenton
Superstunt
Self
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)