Richard Farnsworth
Acting
September 1, 1920
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Movies
The Straight Story
1999
The Ten Commandments
1956
Misery
1990
Gone with the Wind
1939
Spartacus
1960
The Cowboys
1972
Strange New World
1975
Blazing Saddles
1974
Papillon
1973
Havana
1990
Anne of Green Gables
1985
Red River
1948
Lassie
1994
Tom Horn
1980
The Natural
1984
The Getaway
1994
Resurrection
1980
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
1981
Monte Walsh
1970
TV Shows
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Big Valley
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Maverick
1957
Maverick
1957
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The High Chaparral
1967
The Oscars
1953
Roots
1977
The Rebel
1959
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Anne of Green Gables
1985