Richard Farnsworth

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-09-01 (80 years old)

Deathday

2000-10-06

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Farnsworth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1999

1994

1990

Misery

as Buster

1985

Into the Night

as Jack Caper

1980

Tom Horn

as John Coble

1968

The Stalking Moon

as Man (uncredited)

1984

The Natural

as Red Blow

1990

Havana

as Professor

1953

Arena

as Cowboy

1982

The Grey Fox

as Bill Miner

1978

1994

Lassie

as Len Collins

1991

1981

1984

Rhinestone

as Noah Ferris

1981

Ruckus

as Sheriff Jethro Pough

1985

Anne of Green Gables

as Matthew Cuthbert

1970

Monte Walsh

as Cowboy

1969

The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Workman (uncredited)

1976

1985

Sylvester

as John Foster

1980

1985

Space Rage

as Colonel

1983

Ghost Dancing

as Russ Ward

1953

The Wild One

as Man (uncredited)

1989

Snake Treaty

as Helmer

1971

Skin Game

as Man in Saloon fight (uncredited)

1983

1982

Waltz Across Texas

as Frank Walker

1972

Ulzana's Raid

as Trooper

1955

The Violent Men

as Anchor Rider (uncredited)

2006

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

as Self - Matthew Cuthbert (archive footage)

1966

Texas Across the River

as Medicine Man

1943

This Is the Army

as Soldier (uncredited)

1938

The Adventures of Marco Polo

as Mongol Warrior (uncredited)

1988

Good Old Boy

as Percy

1977

Another Man, Another Chance

as Stagecoach Driver

1974

Blazing Saddles

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1981

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Cowboy (uncredited)

1939

Gunga Din

as (uncredited)

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Soldier (uncredited)

1990

The Two Jakes

as Earl Rawley

1960

Spartacus

as Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)

1969

Sam Whiskey

as Pete the Guard (uncredited)

1957

The Tin Star

as Posse Member (uncredited)

1989

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

as Sheriff Campbell

1985

Chase

as Judge Grand Pettitt

1972

Pocket Money

as Man (uncredited)

1948

Red River

as Dunston Rider (uncredited)

1957

The Hard Man

as Posse Man (uncredited)

1985

Wild Horses

as Chuck Reese

1966

Duel at Diablo

as Wagon Driver #1 (uncredited)

1972

The Cowboys

as Henry Williams

1950

The Flame and the Arrow

as Outlaw (uncredited)

1955

A Lawless Street

as Townsman (uncredited)

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Chariot Driver (uncredited)

1974

Honky Tonk

as Driver

1983

Travis McGee

as Van Harder

1998

Best Friends for Life

as Will Harper

1973

Papillon

as Manhunter (uncredited)

1975

Production

1968

1965

Major Dundee

as Stunts

1973

1968

1946

1943

The Outlaw

as Stunts

1954

1952

The Lusty Men

as Stunts

1967

The War Wagon

as Stunts

1947

Stallion Road

as Stunts

1948

Fort Apache

as Stunts

1955

1957

The Tin Star

as Stunts

1974

1966

1965

Cat Ballou

as Stunts

1965

The War Lord

as Stunts

1948

Red River

as Stunt Double

1947

California

as Stunts

1952

Horizons West

as Stunts

1973

Papillon

as Stunts

1940

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