Richard Farnsworth
Department: Acting
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
The Straight Story
1999
The Getaway
1994
Misery
1990
Into the Night
1985
Tom Horn
1980
The Stalking Moon
1968
The Natural
1984
Havana
1990
Arena
1953
The Grey Fox
1982
Comes a Horseman
1978
Lassie
1994
Highway to Hell
1991
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
Rhinestone
1984
Ruckus
1981
Anne of Green Gables
1985
Monte Walsh
1970
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976
Sylvester
1985
Resurrection
1980
Space Rage
1985
Ghost Dancing
1983
The Wild One
1953
Snake Treaty
1989
Skin Game
1971
Independence Day
1983
Waltz Across Texas
1982
Ulzana's Raid
1972
The Violent Men
1955
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
2006
Texas Across the River
1966
This Is the Army
1943
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
Good Old Boy
1988
Another Man, Another Chance
1977
Blazing Saddles
1974
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Gunga Din
1939
Gone with the Wind
1939
The Two Jakes
1990
Spartacus
1960
Sam Whiskey
1969
The Tin Star
1957
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
Chase
1985
The Soul of Nigger Charley
1973
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
1981
Pocket Money
1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Red River
1948
The Hard Man
1957
Wild Horses
1985
Duel at Diablo
1966
The Cowboys
1972
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
A Lawless Street
1955
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
The Ten Commandments
1956
Honky Tonk
1974
Travis McGee
1983
Best Friends for Life
1998
Papillon
1973
Strange New World
1975
Superstunt
1977
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Highway to Heaven
1984
Anne of Green Gables
1985
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987
Cimarron Strip
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
The Big Valley
1965
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Rebel
1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
State Trooper
1956
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
The Oscars
1953
The Fire Next Time
1993
The Boys of Twilight
1992
Maverick
1957
The Big Valley
1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Bonanza
1959
Anne auf Green Gables
1986
Bonanza
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Roots
1977
Maverick
1957
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951