Richard Farnsworth

Born: 1920-09-01, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 2000-10-06

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.

Filmography

• Bonanza (1959)
• Little House on the Prairie (1974)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
• The Big Valley (1965)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
• The Rebel (1959)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• Misery (1990)
• Roots (1977)
• Cimarron Strip (1967)
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Papillon (1973)
• The Natural (1984)
• The Getaway (1994)
• CBS Summer Playhouse (1987)
• Into the Night (1985)
• The Straight Story (1999)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• The Cowboys (1972)
• Highway to Hell (1991)
• Ulzana's Raid (1972)
• The Tin Star (1957)
• The Wild One (1953)
• Pocket Money (1972)
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Rhinestone (1984)