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.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 2000 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1979 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Anne of Green Gables
Little House on the Prairie
Gone with the Wind
Misery
Papillon
The Ten Commandments
The Grapes of Wrath
The Straight Story
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Spartacus
Bonanza
Highway to Heaven
Roots
The Front Page
High Plains Drifter
Red River
Blazing Saddles
The Caine Mutiny
The Cowboys
Best Friends for Life
How the West Was Won
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Tin Star
Fort Apache
The Natural
The Grey Fox
Ulzana's Raid
Maverick
The War Wagon
The High Chaparral
Major Dundee
The Lusty Men
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Skin Game
The Wild One
Into the Night
Resurrection
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Gunga Din
Tom Horn
Another Man, Another Chance
Cat Ballou
The Violent Men
The Indian Fighter
Horizons West
Mighty Joe Young
Duel at Diablo
The Flame and the Arrow
The War Lord
The Big Valley