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Richard Farnsworth

Known For: Acting
Born: September 1, 1920
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: October 6, 2000

Richard Farnsworth

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.

Filmography

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

2006 · Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)

The Straight Story

1999 · Alvin

Best Friends for Life

1998 · Will Harper

Lassie

1994 · Len Collins

The Getaway

1994 · Slim

The Fire Next Time

1993 · Frank Morgan

The Boys of Twilight

The Boys of Twilight

1992 · Cody McPherson

Highway to Hell

1991 · Sam

Havana

1990 · Professor

Misery

1990 · Buster

The Two Jakes

1990 · Earl Rawley

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

1989 · Sheriff Campbell

Snake Treaty

1989 · Helmer

Good Old Boy

1988 · Percy

CBS Summer Playhouse

1987 · Carl

Anne auf Green Gables

1986

Space Rage

1985 · Colonel

Anne of Green Gables

1985 · Matthew Cuthbert

Anne of Green Gables

1985 · Matthew Cuthbert

Chase

1985 · Judge Grand Pettitt

Wild Horses

1985 · Chuck Reese

Sylvester

1985 · John Foster

Into the Night

1985 · Jack Caper

Highway to Heaven

1984 · Jet Sanders

Rhinestone

1984 · Noah Ferris

The Natural

1984 · Red Blow

Ghost Dancing

1983 · Russ Ward

Travis McGee

1983 · Van Harder

Independence Day

1983 · Evan

The Grey Fox

1982 · Bill Miner

Waltz Across Texas

1982 · Frank Walker

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

1981 · Jason Stayvey

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981 · Wild Bill Hickok

Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail

1981 · Ridge Fenton

Ruckus

1981 · Sheriff Jethro Pough

Resurrection

1980 · Esco

Tom Horn

1980 · John Coble

Comes a Horseman

1978 · Dodger

Superstunt

1977 · Self

Another Man, Another Chance

1977 · Stagecoach Driver

Roots

1977 · Trumbull

The Outlaw Josey Wales

1976 · Comanchero (uncredited)

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976 · Stagecoach driver

The Master Gunfighter

1975 · Stunts

Strange New World

1975 · Elder

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975 · Mover

The Front Page

1974 · Stunts

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)

Honky Tonk

1974 · Driver

Blazing Saddles

1974 · Sheriff (uncredited)

Papillon

1973 · Manhunter (uncredited), Stunts

The Soul of Nigger Charley

1973 · Walker

High Plains Drifter

1973 · Stunts

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972 · Outlaw, Stunts

Ulzana's Raid

1972 · Trooper

Pocket Money

1972 · Man (uncredited)

The Cowboys

1972 · Henry Williams

Skin Game

1971 · Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)

Monte Walsh

1970 · Cowboy

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

1969 · Workman (uncredited), Stunts

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969 · Stunts

Sam Whiskey

1969 · Pete the Guard (uncredited)

The Stalking Moon

1968 · Man (uncredited), Stunts

Assignment to Kill

1968 · Stunts

The High Chaparral

1967 · Lloyd

Cimarron Strip

1967

The War Wagon

1967 · Stunts

Texas Across the River

1966 · Medicine Man

Duel at Diablo

1966 · Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited), Stunts

The War Lord

1965 · Stunts

The Big Valley

1965 · Bolin, Businessman

Cat Ballou

1965 · Stunts

Major Dundee

1965 · Stunts

How the West Was Won

1962 · Stunts

Spartacus

1960 · Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)

The Rebel

1959 · Trooper

Bonanza

1959 · Tate, Troy

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Rance, Hal

The Hard Man

1957 · Posse Man (uncredited)

The Tin Star

1957 · Posse Member (uncredited), Stunts

Maverick

1957 · Stage Driver (uncredited), Clint (uncredited)

The Ten Commandments

1956 · Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Trooper

State Trooper

1956

The Indian Fighter

1955 · Stunts

A Lawless Street

1955 · Townsman (uncredited)

The Violent Men

1955 · Anchor Rider (uncredited)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Farmer

The Caine Mutiny

1954 · Stunts

The Wild One

1953 · Man (uncredited)

Arena

1953 · Cowboy

The Oscars

1953 · Self

The Lusty Men

1952 · Stunts

Horizons West

1952 · Stunts

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951 · , Henchman Farnsworth (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

The Flame and the Arrow

1950 · Outlaw (uncredited), Stunts

Mighty Joe Young

1949 · Cowboy (uncredited)

Red River

1948 · Dunston Rider (uncredited), Stunt Double

Fort Apache

1948 · Stunts

Silver River

1948 · Stunts

Stallion Road

1947 · Stunts

California

1947 · Stunts

Duel in the Sun

1946 · Stunts

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

This Is the Army

1943 · Soldier (uncredited)

The Outlaw

1943 · Stunts

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · Stunts

Gone with the Wind

1939 · Soldier (uncredited)

Gunga Din

1939 · (uncredited)

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938 · Mongol Warrior (uncredited)

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