Richard Farnsworth
Actor
Born September 1, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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
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
Highway to Hell
Sam
Havana
Professor
Misery
Buster
The Two Jakes
Earl Rawley
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Sheriff Campbell
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
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
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
Strange New World
Elder
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Mover
The Front Page
Little House on the Prairie
Wall (as Dick Farnsworth)
Honky Tonk
Driver
Blazing Saddles
Sheriff (uncredited)
Papillon
Manhunter (uncredited)
The Soul of Nigger Charley
Walker
High Plains Drifter
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Outlaw
Ulzana's Raid
Trooper
Pocket Money
Man (uncredited)
The Cowboys
Henry Williams
Skin Game
Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)
Monte Walsh
Cowboy
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Workman (uncredited)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Sam Whiskey
Pete the Guard (uncredited)
The Stalking Moon
Man (uncredited)
Assignment to Kill
The High Chaparral
Lloyd
Cimarron Strip
The War Wagon
Texas Across the River
Medicine Man
Duel at Diablo
Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)
The War Lord
The Big Valley
Bolin
Cat Ballou
Major Dundee
How the West Was Won
Spartacus
Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)
The Rebel
Trooper
Bonanza
Tate
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Rance
The Hard Man
Posse Man (uncredited)
The Tin Star
Posse Member (uncredited)
Maverick
Stage Driver (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Trooper
The Indian Fighter
A Lawless Street
Townsman (uncredited)
The Violent Men
Anchor Rider (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Farmer
The Caine Mutiny
The Wild One
Man (uncredited)
Arena
Cowboy
The Oscars
Self
The Lusty Men
Horizons West
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Flame and the Arrow
Outlaw (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Cowboy (uncredited)
Red River
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Fort Apache
Silver River
Stallion Road
California
Duel in the Sun
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
This Is the Army
Soldier (uncredited)
The Outlaw
The Grapes of Wrath
Gone with the Wind
Soldier (uncredited)
Gunga Din
(uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Mongol Warrior (uncredited)