Richard Farnsworth
Acting
Born: 1920-09-01 in 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.
Known For
Bonanza
Tate
Bonanza
Troy
Maverick
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Maverick
Clint (uncredited)
Little House on the Prairie
Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Highway to Heaven
Jet Sanders
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Rance
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Hal
The Big Valley
Bolin
The Big Valley
Businessman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Trooper
The High Chaparral
Lloyd
Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited)
The Oscars
Self
Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
The Rebel
Trooper
Misery
Buster
State Trooper
The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Roots
Trumbull
Cimarron Strip
Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited)
The Natural
Red Blow
The Wonderful World of Disney
Farmer
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Henchman Farnsworth (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Getaway
Slim
The Straight Story
Alvin
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Comanchero (uncredited)
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Into the Night
Jack Caper
CBS Summer Playhouse
Carl
Anne of Green Gables
Matthew Cuthbert
Ulzana's Raid
Trooper
Highway to Hell
Sam
The Cowboys
Henry Williams
Red River
Dunston Rider (uncredited)