Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 01, 1920
Died
Oct 06, 2000
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
111 titles
Richard Farnsworth
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 - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)
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 auf 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
Ruckus
Sheriff Jethro Pough
Resurrection
Esco
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)