Person
Richard Farnsworth
Acting · 1920–2000 · 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
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Little House on the Prairie
Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
Maverick
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Trooper
Highway to Heaven
Jet Sanders
The High Chaparral
Lloyd
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Rance
The Big Valley
Bolin
The Rebel
Trooper
Filmography
- 2006Kevin Sullivan's ClassicSelf - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)
- 1999The Straight StoryAlvin
- 1998Best Friends for LifeWill Harper
- 1994LassieLen Collins
- 1994The GetawaySlim
- 1993The Fire Next TimeFrank Morgan
- 1992The Boys of TwilightCody McPherson
- 1991Highway to HellSam
- 1990HavanaProfessor
- 1990MiseryBuster
- 1990The Two JakesEarl Rawley
- 1989Desperado: The Outlaw WarsSheriff Campbell
- 1989Snake TreatyHelmer
- 1988Good Old BoyPercy
- 1987CBS Summer PlayhouseCarl
- 1986Anne auf Green Gables
- 1985Space RageColonel
- 1985Anne of Green GablesMatthew Cuthbert
- 1985Anne of Green GablesMatthew Cuthbert
- 1985ChaseJudge Grand Pettitt
- 1985Wild HorsesChuck Reese
- 1985SylvesterJohn Foster
- 1985Into the NightJack Caper
- 1984Highway to HeavenJet Sanders
- 1984RhinestoneNoah Ferris
- 1984The NaturalRed Blow
- 1983Ghost DancingRuss Ward
- 1983Travis McGeeVan Harder
- 1983Independence DayEvan
- 1982The Grey FoxBill Miner
- 1982Waltz Across TexasFrank Walker
- 1981A Few Days at Weasel CreekJason Stayvey
- 1981The Legend of the Lone RangerWild Bill Hickok
- 1981Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee TrailRidge Fenton
- 1981RuckusSheriff Jethro Pough
- 1980ResurrectionEsco
- 1980Tom HornJohn Coble
- 1978Comes a HorsemanDodger
- 1977SuperstuntSelf
- 1977Another Man, Another ChanceStagecoach Driver
- 1977RootsTrumbull
- 1976The Outlaw Josey WalesComanchero (uncredited)
- 1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater FoxStagecoach driver
- 1975The Master GunfighterStunts
- 1975Strange New WorldElder
- 1975The Apple Dumpling GangMover
- 1974The Front PageStunts
- 1974Little House on the PrairieWall (as Dick Farnsworth)
- 1974Honky TonkDriver
- 1974Blazing SaddlesSheriff (uncredited)
- 1973PapillonManhunter (uncredited)
- 1973The Soul of Nigger CharleyWalker
- 1973High Plains DrifterStunts
- 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanOutlaw
- 1972Ulzana's RaidTrooper
- 1972Pocket MoneyMan (uncredited)
- 1972The CowboysHenry Williams
- 1971Skin GameMan in Saloon fight (uncredited)
- 1970Monte WalshCowboy
- 1969The Good Guys and the Bad GuysWorkman (uncredited)
- 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidStunts
- 1969Sam WhiskeyPete the Guard (uncredited)
- 1968The Stalking MoonMan (uncredited)
- 1968Assignment to KillStunts
- 1967The High ChaparralLloyd
- 1967Cimarron Strip
- 1967The War WagonStunts
- 1966Texas Across the RiverMedicine Man
- 1966Duel at DiabloWagon Driver #1 (uncredited)
- 1965The War LordStunts
- 1965The Big ValleyBolin
- 1965Cat BallouStunts
- 1965Major DundeeStunts
- 1962How the West Was WonStunts
- 1960SpartacusSalt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
- 1959The RebelTrooper
- 1959BonanzaTate
- 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveRance
- 1957The Hard ManPosse Man (uncredited)
- 1957The Tin StarPosse Member (uncredited)
- 1957MaverickStage Driver (uncredited)
- 1956The Ten CommandmentsChariot Driver (uncredited)
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTrooper
- 1956State Trooper
- 1955The Indian FighterStunts
- 1955A Lawless StreetTownsman (uncredited)
- 1955The Violent MenAnchor Rider (uncredited)
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyFarmer
- 1954The Caine MutinyStunts
- 1953The Wild OneMan (uncredited)
- 1953ArenaCowboy
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952The Lusty MenStunts
- 1952Horizons WestStunts
- 1951The Adventures of Kit Carson
- 1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- 1950The Flame and the ArrowOutlaw (uncredited)
- 1949Mighty Joe YoungCowboy (uncredited)
- 1948Red RiverDunston Rider (uncredited)
- 1948Fort ApacheStunts
- 1948Silver RiverStunts
- 1947Stallion RoadStunts
- 1947CaliforniaStunts
- 1946Duel in the SunStunts
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
- 1943This Is the ArmySoldier (uncredited)
- 1943The OutlawStunts
- 1940The Grapes of WrathStunts
- 1939Gone with the WindSoldier (uncredited)
- 1939Gunga Din(uncredited)
- 1938The Adventures of Marco PoloMongol Warrior (uncredited)
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