Richard Farnsworth

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Acting

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 (2006)
• The Straight Story (1999)
• Best Friends for Life (1998)
• Lassie (1994)
• The Getaway (1994)
• Highway to Hell (1991)
• Havana (1990)
• Misery (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989)
• Snake Treaty (1989)
• Good Old Boy (1988)
• Space Rage (1985)
• Anne of Green Gables (1985)
• Chase (1985)
• Wild Horses (1985)
• Sylvester (1985)
• Into the Night (1985)
• Rhinestone (1984)
• The Natural (1984)
• Ghost Dancing (1983)
• Travis McGee (1983)
• Independence Day (1983)
• The Grey Fox (1982)
• Waltz Across Texas (1982)
• A Few Days at Weasel Creek (1981)
• The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
• Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail (1981)
• Resurrection (1980)
• Ruckus (1980)
• Tom Horn (1980)
• Comes a Horseman (1978)
• Superstunt (1977)
• Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
• The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
• The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)
• The Master Gunfighter (1975)
• Strange New World (1975)
• The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
• The Front Page (1974)
• Honky Tonk (1974)
• Blazing Saddles (1974)
• Papillon (1973)
• The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)
• High Plains Drifter (1973)
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
• Ulzana's Raid (1972)
• Pocket Money (1972)
• The Cowboys (1972)
• Skin Game (1971)
• Monte Walsh (1970)
• The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Sam Whiskey (1969)
• The Stalking Moon (1968)
• Assignment to Kill (1968)
• The War Wagon (1967)
• Texas Across the River (1966)
• Duel at Diablo (1966)
• The War Lord (1965)
• Cat Ballou (1965)
• Major Dundee (1965)
• How the West Was Won (1962)
• Spartacus (1960)
• The Hard Man (1957)
• The Tin Star (1957)
• The Ten Commandments (1956)
• The Indian Fighter (1955)
• A Lawless Street (1955)
• The Violent Men (1955)
• The Caine Mutiny (1954)
• The Wild One (1953)
• Arena (1953)
• The Lusty Men (1952)
• Horizons West (1952)
• The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
• Mighty Joe Young (1949)
• Red River (1948)
• Fort Apache (1948)
• Silver River (1948)
• Stallion Road (1947)
• California (1947)
• Duel in the Sun (1946)
• This Is the Army (1943)
• The Outlaw (1943)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• Gunga Din (1939)
• The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)